Monday, January 6, 2020

Lilykins is 2!

Lily turned two years old a week ago. I can't believe it. She is no longer a baby (to which Gerson responds, "Yes she is!  She is THE baby."). From 1 to 2 Lily can walk steadily, she can run. She can climb up on the bed, couch, chairs, and into the car independently. She can say three and four word sentences. Some of her favorites are: "Goodnight Mommy, night Mommy!" "Daddy's/Papa's/Michael's here!" "Momm/Daddy/Papa, watch this!"

Lily loves to sing. She sings "Let it go" from Frozen, and "How far I'll go" from Moana. She loves Anna from Frozen, and whenever the kids are watching Frozen and something happens to Anna, Lily points to the TV and says, "Oh no! Anna! Oh no! Anna!" Lily can also sing "Happy Birthday." She will attempt to sing the words to any song, even if she's just making noises, but the melody is clear to those listening that she is singing.

She wants to do everything Benjamin and Luna are doing. In fact, during family pictures this year, she refused to sit on the rock where we were taking pictures. Once she saw Luna sitting there and posing, she rant to the rock and got on, and then tried to push Luna off! Those two have quite the aggressive relationship. They love each other, and fight a lot as well. Lily pulls Luna's hair when she is mad at her, so we are working on that. But Lily just adores Benjamin. She always wants to cuddle with him, and play wrestle. And Benjamin loves her back just as much.

After six months, Lily still isn't on board with going to nursery at Church. She gives goodbye hugs and kisses, but as soon as I put her down she starts crying and tries to run back to me. So then I have to push her back in the door and zoom away. She's always happy when I pick her up, so hopefully she doesn't cry too long after drop off. She is a huge mama's girl, and could happily spend the whole day cuddling with me if she could.

Since Lily is our last, evey developmental milestone she hits is so special. So far, everything has been exciting, not sad. I cannot imagine a better completion to our family.






No comments:

Post a Comment