MADELYN LEE | TWO YEAR RECAP

where did this last year go?!! i feel like we just celebrated madelyn's first birthday but my dear friends we have a two year old toddler. the monday after m's second birthday we had her two year check up and we're lucky that she is just growing beautifully. 

age: two

height: 32 1/4 inches (13th percentile) weight: 22 lbs (our pediatrician said they changed their standard charts so madelyn is actually under the chart which is expected since she was such a petite baby) head: 47.5 cm (53th percentile)

clothing: can still wear 6-12 months tops/dresses. definitely 12 month bottoms. i'm buying mostly 18-24 months as it fits and she has room to grow. she's a little peanut. she's wearing size 4/5 shoes which has been exciting since there are so many more options. plus girlfriends loves her shoes and is definitely starting to have an opinion on what shoes she would like to wear. 

favorite toys: absolutely loves reading and i really hope she keeps this love as she grows. one of her current favorite books is the little mouse, the red ripe strawberry and the big hungry bear. this play kitchen and shopping cart. alphabet puzzle, she's really recongzing the letters and loves the colors.  

favorite activities: singing, girlfriend is a singer. her jam is t.swift's "shake it off." she sings the lyrics and dances, it's so cute i'm trying to catch it on video but most of the time i am driving so i haven't had a chance yet. playing with bubbles and outside, she loves walking to check the mail with me. dolls and stuffed animals, her imagination is really amazing and the things she comes up blows our mind. she loves arts & crafts, drawing with her crayons, playing with stickers and sidewalk chalk. 

favorite foods: chicken, loves any and all kind. she's been really digging chicken tacos. avocados. apple sauce, i can't tell you how many she probably eats a day it's embarrassing. veggie sticks and potato chips. cheez-its. croissants. bagels and cream cheese or just eating the cream cheese. turkey and sprinkle cookie (it's a must everything we walk into publix, we have a routine and she knows it). 

favorite words: madelyn's vocabulary is out of this world. we're impressed with how clear and well she can speak and from our last appointment the doctor believes that she is definitely advanced for her age in this area. she's already putting sentences together and correcting them, it's crazy. she's like a little person and not my little baby, that i am actually having real conversations with her. vy and i have reached the stage where we're realizing that we need to watch what we say especially while we're driving since she's such a little sponge.
some of our recent favorite phrases:
"oh.my.goodness" - when she sees something that excites her
"i silly" - when she laughs and we laugh
"no mama, i do not like that" - when she doesn't want to do something i ask her to do
"i'm very sad" - after she does something she isn't suppose to do and we tell her no
"that's right, good job" - when she announces a letter and we repeat it back to her
"oh, good morning mama/dada" - in the morning when we come in to get her out of bed

signature moves: fist bumps then making it explode. singing and dancing, all.day.every.day. she loves any song i think she has every heard and will bust them out at any moment. vy and i laugh while we're driving because we get little remixes of nursery rhythms but it's the cutest to hear her little voice sing. she loves a good "wheels on the bus, row row row your bow, five little monkeys, itsy bitsy spider, rain rain go away."

this age i think is my favorite. she is just the sweetest and is really growing into her little personality. it's amazing how she communicates with us and we just love listening to her. although her frustration has released a few tantrums and we're learning together how to discipline and the best ways for her to express herself using her words, this is just the little part called parenting. we just love her to pieces and adores this little child of ours. thinking that her time as an only child is coming to end very soon has me feeling all kinds of emotions but my heart is truly full knowing that she is going to be the best big sister to her little brother that i cannot wait to see her in her new role.

oh how we love you all the way to the moon and back.

OUR LITTLE LAMB

today madelyn had her first last day of pre-school. i cannot believe it. i feel like it was just yesterday that we dropped her off for her first day of school and i cried more than she did. my little homegirl, she did it and she loved every minute of it so we celebrated with an ice cream cone.

TWO.

over the weekend, our sweet baby girl madelyn turned two. how??! [insert the ugly cry] 

we woke up saturday morning and sang happy birthday to our little birthday girl. all last week we kept talking about how it was going to be her birthday and teaching her how to say "happy birthday to me." so when she woke up she was all about it, all day we reminded her it was her birthday and when we would ask her "how old are you?!" she would put out a peace sign and say "I TWO!" The cutest thing ever! 

we celebrated with a party at gymbroee play & music with our closest family and friends. i was hesitate in the beginning to not have a birthday party for her at our house and the thought of not being able to decorate like a crazy lady was a little heart breaking but with our house being on the market and oh you know being 37 weeks preggo, it was a smart move from vy to book it. i didn't know how madelyn would like gymbroee since we had never been to one before but i felt like out of all the options out there it was the best fit for her little personality. we got the whole space to ourselves for an hour and half, there was a teacher to sing and play activities with the little ones and it was honestly a lot of fun. as soon as we got there madelyn was running around so excited to play with everything and loved singing along. it really couldn't have been any better and she loved every minute of it. 

it was a beautiful weekend filled with so much love. 

HAPPIEST 2ND BIRTHDAY TO OUR BABY GIRL, MADELYN LEE!

we love you with every piece of our hearts!