Happy Birthday wee princess!

Today my dear little wee princess, you turned 2. This means that I am not supposed to call you my baby girl, (yeah right) and that you are officially a toddler. I remember 2 years ago, we had just moved here and I was so nervous about having a new doctor, a new hospital, the c-section that was to happen, everything. Ironically it ended up being the best of everything. I still remember when the doctor said "You have a big baby gir!" I heard you way before I ever saw you as you screamed from the minute you saw daylight. That is understandable as I would have screamed too as you were being taken from your warm and cozy environment into such a bright cold one. I remember crying as they put you on my chest and thinking how beautiful you were with your boochy little cheeks and sweet little nose and beautiful blue eyes. I think daddy teared up too. He was busy checking you out and making sure the doctors and nurses were doing everything right by you. He was so proud. I also remember your brother coming in with your sisters and taking one look at you and saying, "Aw, I wanted a baby brother! Do you have another one in there?" (This being said because my sister had just had twins 6 months earlier.) It didn't take long for him to warm up to you and for you to wrap him around your little finger. In no time he was telling me how happy he was to have his new baby sister. Big sissy was a bit frightened by your coloring and kept asking, "Why's she so red!" In her defense you were a bit pinker than most, I now attribute this to the fact that you apparently inherited both your daddy's and my tempers. You may even have surpassed us as you repeatedly throw things when mad, bite individuals when angered, and have been known to slap. Although, in your defense I do believe cousin Nate showed you each of these things and so I will blame it on him;) My how fast those 2 years have flown. You have grown so much and each day you amaze me with a new word, action, or ability. You are also very much mommies girl in that you love to snuggle with me, love to help me do the chores (especially the dishes) , and love to just love on mommy. You love to give kisses and do so often by taking my face in your little hands and puckering up. You love to talk on the phone to daddy and I now cannot answer the phone without you begging to talk. You also have your daddy wrapped around your finger and have convinced him that the "cow" movie will solve all your dilemma's. Daddy will be happy to know that you rarely ask for "cow" anymore as you are to busy getting into whatever mischief you can find. Your favorite thing to do is to seek out the markers that your sister has left out. You take them and go and hide and eat the markable tops off them until you can no longer write with them and your mouth has turned whatever color the marker was. This is when I happen to find you and proceed to wrestle the marker from you with you screaming and flailing about. I then get the fun job of carrying you into the bathroom to try to clean the marker off your face, hands, body, tongue, teeth, ect. all while you continue to scream and flail and act like the water is poison to you and the cloth is sandpaper. You also do some very cute things like come crying whenever big sissy is mean to you and when I proceed to tell big sissy to apologize to you, you turn to her instead and say Sowwy! Which is so endearing. Your biggest sissy loves you to pieces and constantly kisses your cheeks until I think they are going to fall off. You are a wee bit spoiled by your siblings and they may get annoyed with you at times but are the first ones to come to your defense when you are in trouble. Needless to say we all love you so very much and thank God each and every day for blessing us with you. Your smile lights up the room and your cuteness surpasses any other. You make me smile all the time and I love you dearly. You are a very special little girl and I hope you had a very happy birthday baby girl!!

- "Are those my presents!"

- Here she is trying to steal my plate after eating all her icing and ice cream off from hers.