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| Hailey May - Two |
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| Hide! |
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| NOT looking at your camera, Mom! |
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| NOOOOOOO! |
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| No, YOU say cheese! |
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| Oh Chapstick? I'm happy now. |
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| The thinker... |
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| OK, I'm done here. |
Hailey May,
You're TWO! Your little personality is not so little anymore. The independence we noticed about you as an infant is becoming more and more prominent. You like things your way or no way... fortunately you've got some pretty simple demands, and most of all you want to do things for yourself. Light switch needs to be turned off? "HAY DO!" (this means Hailey is going to do it) Shoes and socks need to go on? "HAY DO!" A piece of garbage needs to get thrown out? "HAY DO!" <--- this is your most favorite thing to do in the WORLD. 9 times out of 10 if we're out to dinner and you start having a meltdown, we crumple up a napkin, find a trash can in eyesight and ask you quietly to throw it away. You promptly snap out of your fit, grab that napkin and proudly march onward toward that trash can chirping "throw away, throw away" I have a feeling this method of therapy won't work on you for long...
Talking... words are coming out of your mouth left and right. Sometimes it's a weird Hailey gibberish language that goes on for a minute or two, and sometimes it's actual English that we can understand! What a difference it makes to understand some of the things you're thinking!!
Walking... more like running. Everyday after daycare, we have to let you run up and down the sidewalk a good 20 times before you're calm enough to get in the car (which you demand to do yourself). There was definitely a chunk of time when you'd bolt free, thinking you were being funny and we'd have to frantically chase you down. Thankfully it's never been into the street, but you've sure given mom & dad a scare. It's a pretty common occurrence for a bystander to see how active you are and tell us we've got our hands full. Yes, we know... now please get out of the way while I chase this rascally 2 year old down the cereal aisle before she rounds the corner into the Doritos display case.
Pacifiers... We made the idiotic decision to attempt taking away your beloved pacificer about 6 months ago... didn't work so we've embraced the Paci, or as you call it, your "ty ty" probably because you only get it when you're tired, for naps and at bedtime. Fortunately you don't use it when you're awake and you don't take it from other babies, so we're hoping this won't be an issue when your little brother or sister comes along and has one.
Sleep... unless there's something developmentally going on or a new tooth coming in, you're still an amazing sleeper. Probably has something to do with wearing yourself out jumping, running and gabbing all day ;-)
Eating... you eat like a bird a lot of the time, picking but by no means scarfing. The only scarf worthy foods for you currently are: milk & cereal, pasta with butter, yogurt and anything with tons of sugar or sprinkles.
Hair... slowly but surely you're getting some hair on that beautiful dome of yours. And those curls in the back? Whoa. Sadly you've got a mom with super straight hair and you REFUSE to keep a clip or pony in your hair, so most days you're rocking a very funky mix of crazy fro curls. You manage to pull it off thou ;-)
Play... you love toy kitchens, dancing, parks and "hide the monkey".... you run out of a room for no more than 2 seconds, to let mommy & dada frantically find a hiding place for your toy monkey. When you're back you almost always find that thing and cheer for joy, running out of the room to do it again. At least fifteen times. Or until we bribe you with something else.
Baths... You've been hit or miss with these lately. After a couple of meltdowns we had to revert to the toddler bath, set up in the kitchen with some kind of incentive for bathing. On our worst night, we literally had you in that tub, in the kitchen, pointed at the TV in the living room (playing your obsessively favorite show, Little Einsteins) with a pacifier in one hand and an Oreo in the other. Not a proud moment on our part, but you hated baths and daycare was going to quarantine you from stink if we didn't get you soaped up.
Big Sister.. yes, this next year you are going to be a big sister. Dada & I are of course terrified at the thought of two of you colluding with one another against us, but we are 100% confident that you are going to be AMAZING as an older sibling. You've been practicing for months now with the Wilder twin babies at daycare. You help get bumbos out, grab the wipes box, blankets, whatever. The only thing you may adore more than babies is helping. I can only imagine what a generous and caring person you're going to be when you grow up. Wait, what am I talking about, you're not allowed to grow up. ever. K, glad that's settled.
They say the days are long but the years are short... truer words have never been spoken. You certainly keep us on our toes but seeing the world through your eyes is a blessing I never knew could be so incredible.
Love you baby girl! (and yes, even when this new baby arrives, you will never stop being our baby girl)
~ Mommy & Dada
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