Henley is TWO!

OH MY GOSH!

Henley will be 2 tomorrow!

The last time I wrote in our family blog was right after her FIRST BIRTHDAY!

Feeling like a horrible mom, and the worst memory keeper ever - I just laid Henley down to sleep and immediately felt the need to share some thoughts about our little cutie before she turns two tomorrow!

I think it sounds ridiculous to even say out loud that tomorrow I will officially have a 2 and 4 year old! I feel like I should be really grown up or something....but I don't feel like I am :)


Henley, you are the sweetest little girl, and you are such a good friend to Hudsen. Yes, you two can fight over EVERYTHING, but you also play wonderfully together and you have learned so much from your big sister...especially since Hudsen likes to constantly correct your pronunciation of every word possible, or remind you where toys belong, and how to put them away exactly and in an organized fashion. But Hudsen will also brag about you too. When she hears you say a new word, she will call to me and 'Mommy, Henley just said ____' - so cute, and she loves helping you learn about everything.

Some of your favorite things right now...any sporty toys, anything that makes music, CUPCAKES, and snacks in general...(we have ZERO pictures of you without a snack cup...literally, you may have a snack cup in hand in your wedding photos some day) :), story time, running (everywhere...you do not have a stroll, you can only stand still, or run....really really short strides though, so I am always anticipating the trip and fall, which happens ALOT, in-fact...twice tonight at Sports Authority actually.

You have the loudest cry, but you get over things super fast. If you take a bad fall, I know you're okay within 1 second, because even through the tears, and the screaming, all I have to say is 'Are you okay?', and in the sweetest voice, you stop, and say 'Yes Mommy' and the cry stops immediately. You never wine, unless we are either A.) in the kitchen and not eating, or B.) at Hudsen's dance class...that's a long 60minutes for you sweetie, in a small space, and your snack cup is usually empty within the first 10min :)

Some of your not so favorite things....loud noises, trucks, buses, the vacuum, when I sing in the car, bugs, and 95% of Halloween Decor :)

So I am definitely not Mother of the Year this year, as I thought I would try and break you of your fear of Halloween by throwing a Halloween Birthday Party last weekend! You did let me wear a Witch Hat headband, but I knew anything more than that would have been unacceptable to you. And thankfully, none of your besties came dressed in anything scarier than a Sheriff, or a Strawberry :) You had a wonderful party and were spoiled by so many friends. Tomorrow we will have a family celebration, and the spoiling will continue! :)

On your second birthday, I truly just wanted to tell you how wonderful of a daughter you are, and how special you are to our family.  Your dad and I talk about you constantly, and at the end of the day, when all the toys are put away, baths have been given, and both you girls are tucked in...there is not an evening that goes by that your dad and I don't mention to each other about something funny you did or said that day, or something new that you learned.  You are an amazing daughter, and I am the luckiest mother in the world.  Thank you for being such a sweetheart.
Love you!