You're Two!

Cora, you're two!  Where did the time go?!

Here are a few of your new and favorite things:

• You love Blue's Clues as much as ever.  You've even started singing the Blue's Clues song.  
• You love to run, climb, and jump.  You have been able to jump for a couple months now, and you use the living room ottoman as your personal trampoline.  You also love to play "hands."  You will run up and grab our hands and want us to swing you around in a circle.  We can tell you are going to be our little roller coaster buddy.
• You love the water.  You were a little tentative in the ocean, but you will jump into a swimming pool with no fear.
• You love to kick a ball around.  You can kick with your right foot, and you are working on 'dribbling' the ball.  Looks like your dad and I may have to suck it up and put you in soccer after all!  (But, I think we'll start with gymnastics first!)
• Your vocabulary has absolutely exploded.  You amaze us at how quickly you pick up words.  The other day, out of the blue, you told us 'vamanos.'  Who would have thought you'd be bilingual! ; )
• You are such a good sleeper.  You go to bed without any ado.  Sometimes, you will ask us to go 'night-night' because you are just plain pooped from being on the go all day.  We love how easy your bedtime routine is!
• You are still my little carb queen.  You would eat crackers all day if permitted.  But, you also like most fruit, chicken nuggets, fish sticks, macaroni, grilled cheese/quesadillas, peanut butter, black beans, corn, and of course, fries and pizza.  You kind of steer clear of vegetables, but we sneak them in when we can.
• You love books.  You have your favorites that you rotate through.  You don't like to hear the book just once.  In fact, mommy and daddy have a lot of your books memorized because we read them 4 or 5 times in a row.

We love you so much!  And, we've been humbly thanking God for these past two years.  You are our greatest treasure here on earth.  We are so excited about what the future holds!