I cannot believe this child is already two years old. It's so interesting thinking back to when we first found out we were pregnant. It had been just Braelin and me and Bradley for so long, it was hard to imagine life with another child. But now, I can't imagine life without her. She is such a joy in my life, and, although exhausting, I wouldn't change anything about her. Well, maybe that scream of hers that travels up and down my spine and forces me to give her whatever it is she is screaming about so she will stop.
So, let me tell you a little about Devrie.
Here is a picture of her after she ate her cake at her 2 year party:
So, let me tell you a little about Devrie.1. From the time I could feel her kicking, she never stopped moving. She wasn't one of those that slept in my tummy during the day and kicked at night, oh, no...it was constant. I would be traveling on a plane, and there she was, like an alien trying to get out of my belly.
2. Once born, she continued moving, and she really is 100 miles an hour all of the time.
3. After the first year, she finally started sleeping through the night. The 100 mph all day helps her crash and burn at night. You can hear the house sigh once her bedroom door is shut each night.
4. She can already carry a tune. Even though the words to whichever song she has in her head may be jumbled, I know exactly what she is singing.
5. She is a bilingual wizard...every day she amazes me that she can understand both languages so completely.
6. Nothing gets past this child...you know how with some kids you can hide the remote or the chapstick, and they will think it just mysteriously disapearred? Nope, not her, she will look until she finds it, she knows you hid it somewhere in the couch!
7. Everything right now is "MINE"!
8. Before you leave, she will ask you for "mos", which means Eskimo kisses, which means you won't want to leave.
9. She loves to dress herself, and if you pull out the wrong thing, she will let you know it.
10. She loves shoes...a crazy love for shoes already. She says, "Patas", which means feet, and she wants to try them all on and look at herself.
11. If she could be outside all day, she would do it, no matter the weather.
12. If you say the word "shower" or "bath", she will sprint to the shower, strip down, and scream until you turn on the water.
13. When her daddy comes home from work, you would think he'd been gone for 2 weeks, she is so freakin' excited to see him.
14. When you try to leave her in the Nursery at church, she vomits so you'll come back. It works.
15. When she wants you to be quite, she says, "Shhhh.", and holds her finger to her nose instead of her mouth.
16. She has these amazing brown eyes, and we have no idea where they came from...we are guessing my mom's side, but who knows...
17. She thinks Desatin is face cream, and hand sanitizer is shampoo, and toothpaste is a treat.
18. She can get into anything and any place you have tried to lock. The other day I locked the bathroom door for some privacy, and she came busting through the walk in closet and out the other side, like, "hey, I almost missed you, lady! What gives?"
19. She can program a cell phone better than I can.
20. She wants to do everything her big sister does, including, dancing, singing, tumbling, swimming, talking. If Braelin is doing it, she is gonna try.
21. She can beat the tar out of Braelin.
22. She can beat the tar out of Mommy.
Here is a picture of her after she ate her birthday cake after her 1 year old party.
Here is a picture of her after she ate her cake at her 2 year party:
Still crazy, just older...
