She is finally two!

It seems to me that normally a parent is how shocked at how fast their kid is growing. But Anna has been two for a long time in my mind. Ever since Chad was born I mentally placed Anna in the two years old category because otherwise it meant that I had two babies and that just seemed weird. Okay I will remind you, they are 16 months apart. Sounds crazy, but it has turned out to be awesome!

I think now is an appropriate time to give a synopsis of my two-year-old Anna.  Puzzles....she does them all day long and she can't get enough of them. She also loves balls, which is why she got a bball hoop for her birthday.  I am not really sure what her favorite food is but if I had to guess it is pizza or fruit snacks. She absolutely loves dogs, the bigger the better. She is not afraid of anything.  She is not really interested in talking unless it is in animal sounds. She takes very good care of baby Chad. She involves him in everything and likes to make him feel better when he is sad. She asks him, "You ok?" or gives him his pluggy or sippy cup. Although she likes to look cute and occasionally likes to play dress up she is a rough and tumble kind of gal. She loves wrestling with all of us including the baby, which he tolerates most of the time. Anna is very independent and self motivated. She does not let me help her with her puzzles no matter how hard they are.  I love this about her.  And that's a little synopsis of my firstborn (And yes, she entered the terrible twos long before this birthday arrived. Its been...well..........you know how it is :)

Birthday dinner, compliments of Little Caesars

 We had a typical birthday. Pizza, cookies and cream cupcakes followed by presents. I enjoyed watching all her smiles as she unwrapped gifts.

Note to self: don't let Anna have a white crayon. She freaks out when it doesn't show up on paper, but refuses to switch crayons

Man, this is cute

After playing rough just before bed time, Anna started screaming and she held her arm for the rest of the night. She yelled anytime we touched it. Oh Man! The first broken bone?!! We took her to Urgent Care the next morning and to our relief it was only an elbow dislocation. Doctor popped it right back in and she was good to go!