Katelyn is 2!

Our little Miss Katelyn is 2! I call her baby, so this 2 business is catching me off guard. Plus, she's very small. We went to her 2 year doctor's appt. and confirmed her smallness.

Weight: 21 lbs (6%)

Height: 32 inches (5%)

They didn't check her head, but I'm sure it would have measured big. But that big head sure protects her face a lot. She recently got a pretty bad bruise on her forehead from falling on our driveway. She was trying to ride Liam's bike down the driveway and I was looking the other way. Silly me, why would I actually talk to a neighbor. She was pretty tough, and the bruise went away pretty quick. Liam's is still visible and looks like eye shadow.

On Katelyn's birthday we went to her appointment, and then went to McD's for lunch at her "request." She loves their parfaits.

These two are great little friends. Liam can always make Katelyn laugh (and cry) and laugh.

We had chicken pot pie for dinner of course. She ate two full bowls. Then we had her cake. This girl was carrying around the birthday cake box for two days. To say she was excited, just doesn't fully express how happy she was. "Dirtday cae? Happy Dirtday to me!" She sang that song every few minutes for several days. She got a lot of practice from all of the recent birthdays! Love this girl!

After cake, we went to Troy's school for an activity night. There were several stations to do different things. Katelyn actually participated! With Daddy's help of course. Troy is growing up so much and loves to create. He loves to draw and color. Liam is having longer attention spans and actually did the activities. Not for very long, but he did them! It was pretty fun.

Some things about Katelyn:

-She calls her blankets, her babies and has to have one to sleep. We learned that the hard way on the flight home from Utah. 

-Katelyn loves her daddy and runs to him when he gets home with a big smile and shriek of joy. 

-She loves to carry things. She finds anything that will hold things, like a bucket or bag, and fill it with random things. 

-If we tell her no, she usually obeys. Which is wonderful! But if it involves candy.. then she probably won't.

-Her favorite game to play is ring-around-the-rosies. 

-She loves pink things and always chooses pink articles of clothing.

-Still obsessed with shoes. We went shopping for shoes the other night for the boys and she couldn't stop grabbing shoes to try on.

-She sings the abc's like this: "abcdabsabbabbabbadasdasdas" and can count to 5 very well. That's the number I count to when Liam or Troy are in trouble. 

-She hates lying on her back. Every diaper change is a struggle. The doctor had her lay down to check everything. You would think we just poked her in the eye! But she was instantly better with a sucker on the way out.

-She loves the new trampoline and has learned to sit on the side when the boys are jumping high. She does somersaults by simply bending all the way down and her body just kind of does the rest. Haha. 

-Katelyn loves to copy her brothers. Whatever they request, she says it too, and she usually doesn't know what she is asking for. 

-Miss Katelyn is just so special to us. She can make me smile so quickly. Everything she does is cute. We love to just watch her explore and grow. I am grateful everyday for this little girl. Love you Kate.