HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

It's been a big day. I, Cara, got blessed today and so did my cousin Rosey, but I'll let Siena tell you about that later. Right now I want to tell you about my awesome big sister who turned TWO today. That's right. Mommy has a TWO YEAR OLD. (As Grandpa said, it's nice to finally be able to refer to it as the "terrible twos!")

Two years ago today, Siena looked like this:

A year after that (when Mommy thought Siena looked like a big girl, ha!)

And now she's SO BIG:

Let me tell you all the cool stuff that she can do that I can't.
The obvious:
Hold her own head up ALL THE TIME
Sit up on her own
Walk
RUN
Jump

Not so obvious:
Sing: Popcorn Popping, Ring around the Rosie, Happy Birthday (You can loosely tell these are what she's singing)
Dance
Spin in circles
She knows all of her letters by sight and can do most of the lower case including "r' and "d" which I think is pretty dang impressive. Ironically, she can't sing the alphabet song. She's actually known all her upper case letters since she was about 18 months old
She knows A LOT of sign language.
The words she says has greatly improved too. She's definitely working on saying complete sentences.
She won't tell you when she needs to go potty and she's the first to pee or poo on the floor if Mommy looks away, but she's also going both pee or poo in the potty at least twice a day. (Progress, Mommy, progress)
Color on paper and NOT the table
Just the other day she started trying to put on her own shoes and socks

My big sister ROCKS. Happy Birthday, Siena! Here are some more fun pictures from the birthday part of the day (and yes we had Siena change out of her pretty dress and into a more destructible outfit!)