Blessed by Two: Happy Birthday Lorelei!

I can't believe that my baby is two today! Time has passed by so quickly! Lorelei is having a great birthday so far! Of course I am not sure she really knows it is her birthday yet. She keeps saying "I'm two in April," or "I'll be two in couple of weeks." Paxton and I have been trying to communicate to her that today she is two. Maybe she will get it later on tonight.

So far today we have been to the park with a bunch of friends. It wasn't planned for Lorelei's birthday but it worked out well. The kids got to play and sweet Suzanne made cupcakes cones for the kiddos in celebration of Lorelei's birthday. So she got to see all her friends, play at the park and eat cupcakes. What more could a two year old want? (Pics are at the bottom of today-the first ones aren't as good because I had my flash off!.)

Tonight we are headed out to Chuck-E-Cheese and maybe Build a Bear for some more celebrating. Her actual Princess party will be on Saturday with all the family. So lots more blogging and pictures to come! I wanted to take this blog space to just write down some of the cute things Lorelei says and does and just say how much we LOVE our big girl!

*Lorelei is such a SWEET girl! She often comes up to me and hugs me and says "I love you, Mama." Just for no reason, makes my heart melt!

*She loves the nursery at church! Loves the people and knows all the songs and stories by heart- they call her the assistant teacher! It's going to break every one's heart there when she moves up to the two year old class- including Lorelei! I told Ms. Debbie this week- no rush, I have a feeling this transition will not be fun!

*Lorelei loves her big brother. She wants to show him things all the time. "Show Paxton, hey Paxton look Princesses!" She is pretty good about playing with him and they are getting better about playing together rather than side by side.

*Lorelei loves her family! Grandmama, Grandaddy, Lala, Pam and Von, Matt, Jessica, Nathan, and Luke. She gets so excited when she sees any of them! She has a special bond with each person in a special way.

*She is Daddy's princess. Oh, Lorelei loves for daddy to gush over her and "escort" her down the stairs each Sunday morning in her Sunday dress. Of course she loves to wrestle with him too! One of my "favorite" things Daddy has taught Lorelei is to scream "Nuggies!" and "Claw!" Daddy is very much lovin' his baby girl too! I am not sure he is ever going to let her out when she gets older, he is very protective of his girlfriend.

*Of course I think she is a Mama's girl too! I love our special bond and the way we can play with princesses and play house. She loves to "make" me food and bring it to me to eat. I was impressed the other day when she brought me two of my favorites: bagels and carrot cake!

*Lorelei is a girly girl! She loves her bows and shoes, her princesses and little ponies. She loves to push her baby dolls around in their stroller and she carries her purse everywhere!!

*She is also Ms. Independent. Everything now is "I do it myself!!" Including wanting to cross the street alone- we are working on it!! If I dare try to lift the spoon or fork to help her she throws a fit!

*Lorelei know all her colors and shapes. She can count to 14 in English and 10 in Spanish. She recognizes almost all the numbers to 10. She recognizes the majority of the alphabet, there are about 10 letters we are still working on. Of course, we think she is very smart and people often comment on her verbal ability- she has a three year old brother that never stops talking-so she picks up some words here and there.

*She is a big singer, especially in church! Unfortunately, they are not church songs. But she will belt out Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and By-Oh-Baby-Bunting for the whole church to hear. We are working on the concept of whispering but that is very difficult for her right now. She is so cute singing around the house. She sings little ditties to herself and will often be heard singing "This is the Day" and "Jesus Loves Me" too!

*She is still in a crib- we plan on moving her to a big bed this summer. She still uses a paci but only at night- we will phase that out when I get brave enough. She isn't potty trained yet- but we have started! More on that to come!

*Lorelei is still tiny tiny! People think she is lot younger than two. We are working on it but I just try not to force the issue with her. We go next week for a check up so I will have official stats then.

We love our baby girl so much! She is such a huge blessing to us. She can bring a smile on even the worst of days! She is light that shines and she is gift from GOD! Happy Birthday Lorelei Sophia Osborne!!