How'd We Get Here?

It's hard to believe Charlotte is two already, where has the time gone?  I suppose if went back to look at our post for Gabe's 2nd birthday I probably would've said the same thing, every parent no doubt says the same thing at each birthday.  

Watching her grow and learn and blossom into the sweet, funny, smart little girl she is at two has been a lot of fun mixed in with a lot of work and patience.  She is very different from her brother even though she copies everything he does.  Her sentences and language amaze us, she comes out with full sentences like "I need a cookie" and "Where did Gabe go?", most phrases from her are 4-5 words which seems pretty impressive, at least to us it does.   She never stops talking, never.  The only time I'd say she is quiet is when she's sleeping or perhaps when she is watching ELMO!.  Her all time favorite!

She loves to dance and jump and be very silly.  She has also decided that anytime that she is said "No" to that she will start to cry and run off to her room and sit in her rocking chair until someone comes to see her or she is ready to come back out with us.  She adores Gabe and the feeling seems to be mutual.  She still sometimes stares at him like she did when she was an infant.  I suppose even then she was taking it all in just like she does now, every move he makes she tries to copy and usually successfully and in some super cute way.  The two of them are very close and Gabe really wants to share a room with Charlotte so we have begun the process of trying to do that.  Our goal is sometime in the summer although Gabe is quite anxious for it so we'll probably do some baby steps to get there sooner.  

To finish off she had her 2-year appointment and of course is growing beautifully.  She weighed 30 lbs. (75th percentile), 35.5" tall (95th percentile) and I think her head was 19.5" but I don't quite remember that one.  

So, there it is.  I could probably write pages and pages about what she is doing and the fun stuff she says but Elmo is done and now I must figure out what we're going to do for the day.