ELIZA'S 2 YEARS OLD!

                             

                    August 1, 2015

            Eliza (22 month appointment)

                      Height 33.25in

                      Weight 24.4lbs

Wow I can't believe my baby is 2! She is such a fun girl! She wants to do everything just like Mila right now and she too is into princesses.  We had a super fun backyard water "little mermaid" party in grandma/grandpa Ebert's backyard complete with blow up waterslide, piñata, yummy treats and fishy cupcakes. 

I didn't do the best job getting pictures but we did actually have a lot of family and friends come (despite the lack of pictures to prove it - mom fail.) But most importantly we had so much fun celebrating this spunky girl's birthday!

Eliza is starting to talk a lot more, it is so much fun watching her and Mila playing together.  She imitates Mila very well and a lot of what she says is repeating what she hears Mila say.  She asks me to take her to the zoo every day. 

She is such a daddy's girl! She asks where he is all day long then she repeats what I tell her, "oh, he's at work?" Then we pretend to call him at least 10x/day and actually call him 2-3x/day to tell him we are excited to play with him when he gets home, then when he actually does walk in the door at night she really can't contain her excitement! It is darling.

She is very very active/busy.  She does not walk she skips, bounces or runs to wherever she is going.  She does not sit still for very long and loves to jump off of things into your arms (sometimes whether you are paying attention or not).  

She loves when Jeff throws her up high in the air she says "do it again" over and over and over! She could be pushed on the swings all day long and will go outside and run to the tramp and jump all by herself sometimes. 

She is becoming miss independent she always says, "do it myself" and is very persistent/determined to get it figured out  on her own.  She has started to get herself dressed and has even started forming some opinions about what she wears.  

She is just barely starting to pass Mila up on the growth charts.  They play very well together for the most part.  They love to make each other giggle.  But, they are sisters and who can bring out your strongest emotions better than a sister? I have found myself having to referee more often now that they are starting to care more about certain toys and not wanting to take turns.  Mila has had to endure a few nasty Eliza bites, Eliza has had a couple scratches/pinches and hair pulls from Mila. We are working on expressing our emotions through our words not violence!

I do have to say for the most part Eliza is very sweet and sensitive to others.  She loves being a "helper" and will bring Mila her toys, binkie, juice cup all the time.  Mila seems to know Eliza likes doing this and has started to ask Eliza to do things for her all the time, I'm curious to see how long this lasts.

Anyways I sure am glad to have this crazy, spunky, sweet, high energy girl in our family.  She adds so much light to my life and keeps me on my toes.  Happy Birthday little girl!