Ashlyn is 2!!!

Where does time go? I swear we were just trying to make it to 36 weeks before having you... We were just bringing you home... a tiny 6 lb baby... 4 weeks early... we were just watching you take your first steps... and now we are watching you conquer the world one toddler triumph at a time... How are you already 2? I was ready for terrible 2's... (well at least I was trying to make myself ready)... what I wasn't ready for was your hilarious sense of humor... your extensive vocabulary... your caring and inquisitive nature... You are totally 2... and I love it!
At barely 2 you weigh 21 lbs...
At barely 2 you are 33 inches tall...
At barely 2 you love to say "I do MYSELF"
At barely 2 you love to "shake the booty" as you say
At barely 2 you love to sing songs like "ABC's" "Baa Baa Black Sheep" "Tinkerbells" and "I love you"
At barely 2 you say excuse me to everyone you walk past in the store...
At barely 2 you have a big girl Tinkerbell bed you sleep in... sometimes...
At barely 2 you don't like to eat much and when you do it's typically "fru sacks" and "yogi"
At barely 2 you love My Little Pony and Strawberry Shortcake...
At barely 2 you have stolen our hearts all over again...

Thank you for letting us be your parents... for teaching us about life... allowing us to experience it with you... and for reminding us sometimes it's ok to just laugh at yourself!

Mommy and Daddy

Ashlyn-isms at 23 months!

This kid is just killing me!!! She is such a little talker... She is talking in sentences... like multiple ones... strung together... she is saying multi-syllabic words... And its the cutest thing ever! Here are a few things transcribed as best as I can without access to a phonemic inventory font (sorry talkin shop)

"hippopahduhyou"
"GuacamoYEAH!"
"Mommy I chiyee pops!" (Translated Mommy I'm a chilly pop! which we always say)
"Uh Oh Sahdaddy OH!" (Uh oh Spaghetti O?)
"Shears!" (as she "clinks" her food to ours!)
"I hungry... I want hotdog... on Mickey plate"
even more recently when she's hungry she just starts singing the Mickey song "Hot dog, hotdiggity dog!"

My mom told Ashlyn "I'm going to get your butt!" Ashlyn responded "I get myself!" and proceeded to spank her butt and laugh! So cute!

Yesterday on the way to church Ash says "Mommy, No School!" Me: "No sweetie no school today!" Ash: "OK, NO church too!" Me: "Sorry pumpkin no can do!"

Her singing is ADORABLE!
After teaching her the FSU fight song she was singing to herself S-A-T-A-E WOOOO!!
Row Row Row Your Boat goes like this
"row row row boat... down steam, mer, mer, mer, mer, mer, mer, deam!"
ABC's
"A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K, lah lah lah lah PEE!!! H, I, J, K, lah, lah, lah, lah PEE!!!"

I have got to get this stuff on tape!!!