Meika Turns 2

Where did the past two years go? They seriously have flown by. It feels like yesterday that she was born and I am a little sad to see her growing up into such a big girl!

She was really cute on her birthday. She didn't really "get it", but she loved that we kept singing Happy Birthday to her. At some point in the day, she was singing it to herself almost constantly with a big grin on her face. Once we blew up a couple balloons and I started to maker her (pathetic) birthday cake, she started getting excited. She was so cute when we sang her Happy Birthday and had her blow out the candles. She sang the entire time with us, while rocking back and forth. She even did a great job at blowing out the candles right away. As soon as she did, we realized that the video wasn't actually working and made her redo the birthday song and the blowing out of the candles. She happily did it and then yelled "again!" right after.







Meika also loved opening up her presents!











Meika's birthday had just a handful of presents and was totally low key, but perfect.



There are so many things I want to remember about Meika at this age. I feel like I have been saying this Meika's entire two years of life, but she is such a little sweetheart and such a good baby... or should I say little kid now? She has such a nice, sweet temperament and hardly ever fusses or cries. She has become more of a picky little eater lately, but we are trying to nip that in the bud. Some of her favorite foods are cucumbers, noodles, yogurt and fruit. She is talking now, but seems a little slower at talking than my others (a lot slower than Norah, but she was a freak of nature!!). I feel like in a month or so, she will be a lot better at speaking. She just seems to not be as mature as my other two were at this age. Maybe it's because she is so laid back or because I baby her! She sleeps from either 7:30 or 8 until between 9-10am and also takes a two hour nap. Oh how I love what a great sleeper she is! It will be hard for me to want to transition her to a big girl bed or take away her binky while she sleeps. I don't want to ruin her sleeping habits! She wants to keep up with her sisters and is always playing and mimicking them. I am starting to play with the idea of potty training her. She is not as ready as my other two were and doesn't seem extremely interested. My goal is just in the next couple of months so she can be solid before the baby gets here! She is a little too attached to me right now and always wants me. Abe told me yesterday that we need to wean her from me a little bit! I love my little Meika!!