It's Official: We have TWO 2 Year Olds!!

Happy Birthday to our two little lovebugs! Your daddy & I can hardly believe it's possible that you have been alive for two whole years! Whew! Life sure is flying by! We praise God for your lives and thank Him for teaching us so much about His great love for us through both of you! What a treasure you both are to us and we hope the Lord continues to give us wisdom as we strive to shepherd your hearts towards Jesus. That is all that matters here on earth and we pray towards that end on a daily basis. For your hearts and your salvation. We love you so much and can't imagine life without you both in it! We are exceedingly blessed to be your parents and hope you always know how dear you are to us!

2 YEAR OLD STATS:

Mak-24.8lbs; MG-28.2lbs; roughly 32inches tall (MG is a smidge taller)
Diapers: both in size 4
Clothes: Mak- 18mo MG- beginning to wear 18-24 and 24mo
Shoes: Mak: size 4; MG: size 5
Teeth count: Mak: 12; MG: 14 with 2 on the way

What new things you girls have done this month!? (from 23mo-24mo)

-New words/phrases: mommy hide, daddy hide, “anyone” hide, I you momma (MG), yove you momma (Mak), What’s wong sissy!?!, MG says uh-hey for uh, huhreally putting together lots of 2 and 3 word phrases-just amazing to see the their budding language skills! They are communicating very well now! Maddie Grace especially has really turned into a little chatterbox and will talk up a storm putting so many things together! Makenzie winds up copying what she says half the time!

-Girls are really talking to each other and will have conversations that actually make sense now-so precious!

-Very into naming many things with a person’s name in front of it (daddy’s shoes, Papa’s house, Ruff Ruff sleep, Mommy potty) =)

-Girls will help pray at mealtime, bedtime, throughout the day and will then begin naming people to pray for-Mimi, Papa, Mommy, Daddy, Nana, Kenzie, and then quickly say “Amen! Nigh nigh!” when they are through-Maddie Grace does this a lot =)

-When we ask How old are you going to be, you both respond with TWO! And then try to get your two fingers correctly up =)

-have mastered the art of hide and seek-will “count” 8, 2, 3 (esp MG) while mommy & daddy hide or if you girls are hiding Makenzie will frantically stick her hand out towards MG and say, “come on!” and wait for her to catch up-then you two will get in your spots and start saying shhhh and then sit as silent as can be until we “find” you! Quite adorable!!! The only problem is that now they hide even when we aren’t playing and sit so quietly that I can’t always find them!

-Makenzie officially climbed out of her pack n play during nap time on March 6-and is pretty good at it which now makes traveling a tad more complicated! Maddie Grace wasn’t going to be left out and followed suit soon after!

-Enjoy playing ball together and will cup your precious hands together to “catch” it

-Maddie Grace has begun to mother Makenzie already-she yells “Whoa Sissy!” when she’s getting close to the road or will tell her “Kenzie back” if mommy has asked her to put something away-she’s getting pretty good at telling her what to do =)

-Both girls will say potty and run to sit on the potty and then want to use toilet paper and flush and say All Done with no activity, ha!

-Getting very emphatic and opinionated about what they want to do, eat, watch on tv, etc and will specifically tell people where they want them to sit or play, etc

-Lots of imaginary play with their baby dolls-the baby now participates in many activities like shutting the pantry door, putting shapes in the sorter, going potty, going down the slide, etc and they will cheer when their baby does something =)

-Fascinated with cars, trains, airplanes and love playing with them

-LOVE, rather OBSESSED with being outside and love playing in a yard, on a playground, or just picking leaves off the bushes out behind our house just so long as they don’t have to be inside :=) We have major fits when it’s time to come in =(

-Both very captivated by animals, bugs, insects and Maddie Grace will especially study them and watch their every move. She is not scared in the slightest by them. Makenzie laughs and giggles at them but would prefer to keep them at a distance.

-like talking on the phone to grandparents but even more excited to just get to hold the phone all by themselves

-First real Easter Egg Hunt where they could participate

-still love putting on music and dancing wildly around until they run into each other and fall down laughing hysterically

-Still rough house and love to tackle and wrestle one another; Makenzie still winds up pinning Maddie Grace to the floor and bouncing on her tummy until Maddie Grace can muster up the strength so say NO!!! while laughing =)

-love Mickey Mouse and will say HI MOUSEY when he comes walking over the hill; have really started liking Word World probably even more than Mickey

-Sing portions of ABC song while putting the letters on the bathtub walls; love singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star & He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands

-love doing Ring around the Rosie & London Bridge is Falling Down

-still not terrific eaters, but through some coaxing/annoying bribery they will eat quite a nice variety of meats, fruits, & veggies-Makenzie’s absolute favorite is cereal and she will ask for bites of mommy’s every single morning almost! Love to help “cook” and watch their food in the oven or microwave

-Part of their new bedtime routine now consists of them asking to be “rocked” every single night-and how can you resist when they are finally both still and snuggled in your lap, so we sing hymns until their requests for “one more” cease which is never. Mommy just has to tell them last one and then time to go night night

-Maddie Grace will intentionally not put in the correct piece of the puzzle or shape so that she can say, noo, and then put it in the right one to drag out her activity and make it a tad harder-too funny!

-My all time favorite thing they do is say “SWITCH, which sounds like SWEECH” =) when they want to trade toys or food or cups with one another. And the funniest thing about this new switching/trading off thing is that Maddie Grace has gotten smart and will try to switch her almost finished ice cream cone with Makenzie’s new cone-smart little cookie!