Melodie is TWO

This is a very belated post about your second birthday. The month of December will always be filled with celebrations beginning with your birthday. It seems impossible that you are TWO already. Two years of Melodie. And we are so thankful to have you in our lives.

The morning of your birthday, you slept longer than the rest of us. Miles woke up before you and waited with us in our bed. Finally we heard your little voice telling us that you are now awake and ready for the day. We all went into your room together with your cupcakes and your candles to sing you happy birthday. We then had breakfast together (cupcakes!) and you opened your presents.

The last few months, one of your favorite things to play is to pretend it's someones birthday. You make a pretend cake out of playdough, we add real candles on top, light them, and you sing happy birthday and blow out the candles. You'll want to do this several times. So it was especially fun when you got to this for real.

Your continue to adore dogs and kitty cats and your collection of such stuffed animals keeps growing (to your delight). You hug and kiss them (the real ones too) and show a true love for them. This makes your recently discovered allergy/sensitivity to real cats and dogs even more heartbreaking. You get red and/or dark circles around your eyes and sometimes break out in hives around cats and dogs. We hope this will pass with time.

You also love playing with baby dolls. You'll do everything your brother does, the good and the bad. This will probably not pass with time :)

You can count to at least 10. You love puzzles and reading books. And you love going to school.

You are already quiet opinionated - especially about clothes. You don't hesitate to tell me" No, I don't want to wear that!"

You love to eat apples, often two a day. You also love your milk, but only from a bottle. You drink one bottle before nap and one before bed time. This is ironic considering we had to literally force you to drink from a bottle when you were a few months old. Now we can't get you to stop drinking milk from the bottle. You'll drink water and juice from a cup, but not milk. It's sacred to you. And that's fine with me for now.

You are very tall for your age (off the charts according to the doctor). And you are also very cute (off the charts according to Mama & Papa).