marin turns 2!

you're thinking, "poor girl, still doesn't have any hair!" this was actually her 1 year old picture. :)
" see! i have lots of hair! because i'm 2 years old!"
a nice new noise-making bus to play with! thank you gran and pawpaw!
now you can see even more hair! she looks so old. i'm sad. :(
we had a dairy queen ice cream cake! yummy!

dear marin,
you are now a big 2 year old. but still our baby. last year you had just started walking and now you run, hop, climb, twirl, somersault... and you have a bit more hair. here are some things that come to mind about your little life so far.
1. you are a talker. don't know where that comes from.
2 you are a singer. right now you love to sing, "ABC," "happy birthday," "twinkle, twinkle," and some original tunes that only you know.
3. you don't really like being/playing by yourself. maybe that comes from having two slightly older siblings around all the time. but on days when they go to preschool, you are never more than a few inches from mommy. even in the bathroom. geesh!
4. you love to eat. not so much veggies. but definitely fruit, meat and carbs. we go to the dr. in a couple of days so we'll see where you fall in the percentiles. right now, according to our scales, you weigh more than your older brother.
5. you are stubborn. and can have a bit of a temper. when you don't get your way you make your face turn all red and shaky. and you bite. remember when you bit mommy's cheek this morning?
6. you love going to daddy and getting "orders."- "go kiss mommy's nose" "go kiss mommy's ear" -back and forth you go.
7. you can count to 10 and say most of your abc's.
8. you love to "help" mommy fold the laundry. thanks.
9. you love to talk on your phone. aunt susu gave you her old one and somehow you can tell that it's "real" and don't even touch the fun plastic ones that we have.
10. after the dr. visit we now have the official stats.
weight-31lb 7oz 93% WOW!
height- 34.5 inches 69%
head circumference- almost 19inches 29% your little head is just filled with brains!
11. you love talking with ellory at night after we put you to bed. ("elllllll reeeee! townsend bite me!" ) townsend finally got you back the other day for all your biting on him. :)
12. you love taking off your pants and diapers and running around the house.
13. you are starting to pray and sing "jesus loves me."
14. you are much loved and adored by mommy, daddy, towney, and ellory.