2 years

To my Laney-Bird on her second birthday, 

A List of Things I love about you!

(in no particular order and certainly not everything)


your curly, crazy hair


your voice

how you and Harvey Jane get excited to see each other and play

how you notice the sound of every air plane that flies over our house

how you sing and learn the words to songs so quickly
(Right now you can sign: Jesus Loves Me, Away in a Manger, My God is So Big, Hakuna Matata, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Mary Had a Little Lamb, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, The Wheels on The Bus, The B-I-B-L-E, ABC's)

your kisses and hugs - they melt us

  how you love to watch things on the "high" pad

how smart and articulate you are

your giggle

how you take care of your babies

how you bring so much joy to our family


how you say things are "silly", "sweet" and "funny"

your love of books

how you say "good night Mama" when I lay you down for naps and bedtime

your run/waddle

your love of animals, especially Bubba and Tana

how you learn everyone's names and say hi to them when you see them

your love of the beach and being outside

how you look for the stars and the moon every chance you get and go outside with your daddy to look at them before bedtime no matter the weather

how you ask about your daddy every morning and then say "he's at work"

how you say "rock with mama" when your not ready to get in your bed yet

how determined you are to put your shoes on by yourself these days

your hard cry - it's totally unique to you
(Okay, I don't love it ALL of the time, but it brings back memories of when you were so little - with such a BIG cry!)

that you like a pbj better if it's cut into a shape

how you "read" books to yourself in your reading nook behind the rocker

how you ask us to play with you, "wanna play with my 
chi-chen (kitchen) da da?"

your memory


that you get excited when your daddy gets home from work

how you love bath time and "toothbrush time"

your dimples

when you say please and thank you

how much you love Nonna and Pa and Mimi and G and love going to their houses

your love of baby Jesus and the nativity - we still haven't put it away from Christmas

when you dance

that you made me a mama and have taught me way more than you could ever know

And last . . . 
I love the fact that you are all of these things but you don't even know it, 

right now your are just you, purely and positively!

Happy Birthday sweet girl - I thank God for you and can't imagine my life without you.