LucyKate is TWO!

LucyKate! How is she already a two-year-old?!

Here are a few of her favorite things and a few stats so we never forget...

Oh, how she loves her 'tutu'!!! She found a precious off-white, lace dress hanging in her closet sometime after Halloween and hasn't taken it off for three months. It was the cute dress Reese wore as the flower girl in Joel & Julia's wedding. She calls it her Tutu and literally puts it on the second she wakes up -over her jammies. Then when she puts her clothes on for the day, the tutu goes over the clothes. Then when she puts her jammies back on for bedtime, the tutu goes over the jammies again. She knows she has to take it off to eat meals and she'll patiently stand by her chair waiting for me to take it off before she sits down. so cute. then as soon as the meal is over.... tutu goes right back on. She also (usually) has to take it off before we get in the car. Generally, there are a few tears involved with this, but she knows she'll get it back as soon as we're home again. It's like she is just wearing her blankie, or her lovie. It's her comfort. She just loves it so much. She puts it on and her eyes light up and she dances around and holds it out like a princess. I don't know what it is about the dress that she loves so much. She has so many actual dress-up princess dresses, but she won't wear them because she just wants her tutu. I have to wait until she's asleep to wash it on ultra-delicate cycle and then hang dry it through the night so it will be dry in the morning. Oh the things we do for our sweet kiddos.

She loves "bia da dirst" aka Sofia the First on Disney Jr. She has just started to pretend and act out different scenes from the movie and its just so adorable.

Sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas (right before she turned two) she decided she could talk and all of a sudden just started saying tons of things. Before that she barely said a word. Her big sister says and does most things for her so Lu figure out pretty quick that she didn't need to talk :) She has the cutest voice. Kind of raspy and so dramatic.

She is so sweet to her baby dolls and loves to take care of them. and her little people princesses too.

Oh this is so cute... when we ask her a question (and reese isn't around to answer for her ;) before lucy answers shell say, 'um um... um um' really quickly and then say the answer. precious little voice.

She is still such an active little thing. Climbs on every.thing. jumps off everything. hangs on everything. jumps at all times. runs everywhere. in the store. in the hallways. at school. if any child ever needed a leash... it's this silly one.

She's still pretty tall for her age!! At her two year check up she was 34in tall (70th%) and 26lbs (50th%). Blue eyes. Blondish hair (well not much of it though haha) and we still can't really tell, but I don't think it's curly like her sisters'.

She'll finally sit and read books with me, which I love!!! She's not as much of a cuddler as Reese was so I love it when shell sit in my lap long enough to read a book!!

She still sleeps in her crib and its just working great and easy and I have no desire to rock the boat on this one. I think she'll be in her crib until we just absolutely need to move her.

Her best friend here (besides "beese") is our buddy Charlie Morris. He's also two and in our small group. He taught her "jump jump shake your booty" and she is pretty much constantly singing this now haha she says"jump jump booty booty" its hilarious.

she loves Frozen (what little girl doesn't) and she loves to pretend to be Elsa by wrapping a blanket around her and letting it drape in the back and singing let it go or '"noman....go!' aka do you want to build a snow man. and this is just so cute.... when she gets out of the bathroom and has to walk from the bathroom to her room wrapped in her towel that makes it look like she has a crown on her head she started saying 'coldcoldcoldcold' and it was super cute and i just thought she was being silly bc she is always making us laugh (or just making herself laugh haha) but the other day reese realized she was pretending to be anna from Frozen when she falls in the water and her dress is frozen and she can barely walk and says that. so so funny!

She still is an awesome eater!!! Loves loves loves all fruit, especially blueberries and pears.

She seems to be pretty independent! She's always saying "dooot" aka 'do it' and wants to do everything by herself. put on her clothes. take off her clothes. go up and down the stairs. feed herself. get her own snack. "nack peeese!" pick out her coat. walk by herself instead of me carrying her.

I'm sure there are a million more things... but this is all i can think of off the top of my head :)

We sure love watching you grow up Lucy girl!!!!! You are so precious and fun! Smart and hilarious. energetic. caring. full of personality.

oh my favorite thing.... we still always rock a little in your chair before bed, say our prayers and I pray luke 2:52 over you every night. "grow in wisdom, stature and favor with God and favor with man" and then we sing Jesus loves me. I don't know when this started but now you sing it with me and its the sweetest sound I've ever heard. "es, deesus yuvs me. ess, deesus yuvs me. da bidle dells me do"