Millie's 2nd Birthday

Millie is 2 years old!! 

Sadie had a play performance that morning and Daniel and I were going on a date that night so we had her blow out 2 candles stuck in a donut early that morning. We had to wake Camille up since she normally sleeps until about 9 AM. She was disoriented but excited about donuts. We got donuts again the other day and Millie insisted that I put candles in and sing happy birthday. 

Sadie and Elise graciously assisted Camille in her present opening. She got a few Melissa and Doug chunky puzzles and books. She was very excited about them all.

After school that afternoon we all went to the Puppy Barn, which is a dog store. Kids are not allowed to hold the dogs but the adults can hold them while the kids pet. You are allowed to spend some time in a fenced corner playing with puppies, so we did that for a bit. 

Here's the lowdown on Mills:

-55th percentile for weight and 80th percentile for height, which is a drop in height for her. I am really interested in how tall our kids will be. Mainly because there is such a wide range of possibility between me and Daniel's height. 

-extremely independent and much more physically coordinated than our older kids were at her age. She does everything at the park by herself. If she can't do it on the first try she keeps trying until she succeeds or I tell her to stop because she is going to hurt herself. Falling down/getting hurt doesn't slow her down much.

-loves to read in her room. Her books are usually strewn all over the floor. She has most of our books memorized. The other day the last 2 pages of a board book were stuck together so I skipped it. She was not going to have that. Also, she knows all her letters and most of her numbers. We have never explicitly taught them to her but we do have several alphabet books

-LOVES to make messes and just plain bother people. She pulls Elise's hair all the time because she likes to make her cry and scream. She gets into what we call menace mode and she runs around the house wreaking havoc and loving it. She is quick to say sorry and then immediately does it again.

-freezes in funny poses for a long time until one of us notices her and laughs.

-almost always sleeps with her legs/feet crossed. She also loves her pillow. I don't think our other kids slept with pillows until they were in regular beds. She takes 1 nap per day. She frequently talks to herself for an hour until she falls asleep. Then we have to wake her up at 5 so she can still go to sleep that night. When we put her down at night she still talks to herself for an hour before falling asleep, even if it is late. 

-hams it up for the camera.