How has it been 2 years already?

How has it been 2 years already? (1 comment)

Posted on on February 22nd, 2010 in: A Day in the Life of Abbey (and her family), Articles, Articles & Guest Blogs, MoM Thoughts, My Kids.

In our family we celebrate birthdays starting a week before your actually birthday. And for Luci this is great because she also gets to incorporate Valentine’s Day into her celebration. This is her second Valentine’s Day and her Second Birthday. As I was planning the week’s festivities, I became very sentimental. My days are full of activity now and I didn’t really have time to realize how fast time has gone by the last two years.

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You can tell it’s morning cause we got the crazy hair going on!

I just can’t believe all the things that my two year old now does and what a great big sister she has become. She is the most loving little girl that I have ever met. She protects her brother whenever we go out and even from us sometimes. “No Take Jakey” is what I overheard her telling John today when they were hanging out in the living room watching Dora.

Speaking of Dora, she has become somewhat of a staple at our house. Before Jake was born, Luci couldn’t have cared less about the TV, but once we introduced Dora into the mix, she was hooked. I try, on most days, to only let her watch Dora when Jake is eating but as we know sometimes Mommy needs a break from all the craziness and Dora does the trick. So an homage to Dora, she made her way into our hearts and our bellies at Luci’s Party!

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Yes, I’m well aware that I spelled Cumpleanos wrong. Oh well, she’ two, she doesn’t know any better.

What a difference a year makes because when all was said and done with the cake, all we had to do was wash off her hands and her mouth. Last year, she had to get a new outfit because it was a disaster. But that just shows me how much she has grown and what a little lady she is becoming.

We eventually had to help her blow out the candles because she was only making little puffs of air.

In just a little over 2 years, I remember the night that I went into labor with her like it was just yesterday because in my head it just happened yesterday. But she has grown so much and it makes me sad that life passes us by so quickly. I can’t imagine how I am going to feel on her first day of school, or the first time she drives, or when she gets married, has babies and feels the same way I feel about her now with her own kids.

I am always in awe of what a little smart cookie she is. She is the happiest little girl in the world and as my mom always says, “Of course, she’s happy, what does she have to be sad about?” I love that she sings to herself in the car, everything from The Wheels on the Bus to ABC’s to Twinkle Twinkle. It makes my heart melt when she says Mommy, Daddy, “uci”, Jakey, Shelly over and over again like she has to tell the world who her family is. And I know that I’ve done a good job being a Mommy when she consoles her babies when they are hurt with an “I know, It’s ok” and then pats them on the back.

My little performer will always be on the look out for attention in every arena of her life. She commands an audience doing her famous “Pitty Pitty Dance” with her own rendition of “Jakey’s Song” thrown into the mix. She will also be a phenomenal cook one day as she throws the best tea parties known to man with her own take on what noises are made in the kitchen.

Two years have gone by so fast and I just wish that it would slow down a little bit so that I have time to take it all in at a much slower pace. She was sad when her party guests left and I took down the decorations but that didn’t stop my party animal from continuing her own party by walking around with the streamers attached to her legs, talking about her “Party” and how she TWO (picture her telling you this with each index finger pointing directly at you)