You fill my heart with gladness
Take away all my sadness
Ease my troubles, that’s what you do
– Rod Stewart
I hate to quote Rod Stewart here but it seems appropriate when I think about Lucy. I actually am a closet Rod Stewart Fan. My baby sitter in elementary school listened to R.S. all. the. time. so now I know all of his songs by heart.
Anyway, back to the point of this post…
Tomorrow, November 28th, is my baby girls 2nd Birthday. Holy Moley. Can not believe it. I am sure I said that last year when she turned one but here we are again. Another Birthday.
Last year she was still a baby. This year, she is a little girl!!
Today was her Birthday party. Don’t be offended if you weren’t invited… it was just a family party.
Lucy knows her colors and can almost count to ten. She loves pizza, string beans, string cheese, apples, mac & cheese and humus. She LOVES to dance. She loves “flops” (flip flops). She loves watching movies “wat mooovie?”(watch movie?). Elmo is her favorite. We are starting to introduce a few Disney movies.
She is really girly and loves babies and her purse. She enjoys coloring, play dough, stuffed animals (sleeping with ALL of them) and her cousins.
My favorite things this second year of Lucy’s life would be hearing her sing along with all of her songs in the car, hearing all of her new words and sentences (like hearing her say “I love you”, “pweeeze” & “wat dis” (watch this)). Also seeing her interact with her toys and using her imagination is really fun.
Now, don’t get me wrong, of course I think she is amazing and beautiful and smart and funny, but there is also a lot of challenges that have come along.
Being diligent with our disciplining methods is really challenging. You want to give up and give in so many times just to keep her from crying or freaking out. I can see how so many children get really bratty… I think it is because this is such a pivotal age and it is so easy to give them what they want just to keep them happy. Not giving in has been really hard but it has also been one of our greatest accomplishments.
She is not perfect, and neither are we.
We fought for a whole week at every nap time and bed time about her binky and I did not give in, no matter how much she cried or whined. And, now, she doesn’t even ask. She knows that binky time is bed time. This little victory encourages me whenever we are trying to train her in other ways that seem to be very challenging. That, and her becoming pickier at meal time has been the most difficult part of this year.
To you Lucy, Happy Birthday my love. I could not have made you better if I made you myself. That means, if I got to hand pick everything about you… you have turned out way better than I could have ever imagined. God knew what I needed and what I wanted because you are perfect to me in every way. Even when you are grumpy. Which actually really gets on my nerves. But even your attitude teaches me something about myself. And what I learn about myself helps me grow into a better wife and mother.
I love you.
=)
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