In less than a handful of days my teeny tiny little baby is going to be 2 years old. That’s like 14 in dog years, peeps.
It’s crazy how many things can happen in just one short year when you’re a small little toddler. In just one short year P went from a barely toddling, book-chewing, curious little nugget
to a walking, talking, opinionated tot.
Between then and now, she’s learned to keep stable on two feet and even run, jump, and stomp. Peanut went from taking her first steps and toppling over to watching her steps, carefully walking around obstacles and putting her arms out in the front when she’s falling down. It’s amazing to even consider that those are learned skills.
Peanut went from babbling mama and dada to starting to put together short sentences. Well, okay, a couple of words, but still. Her vocabulary has sky-rocketed in the last couple of months. But what’s even more amazing is that she’s able to use those words correctly and all on her own. Aside from just repeating words and mimicking us, she’s pointing out colors (correctly!), asking for specific food by name, telling us what’s hers, mommy’s and daddy’s.
She’s learned how to say most of her ABC’s and can even point to the proper letters about 80% of the time. She can differentiate between all the different shapes and colors, follow our commands easily, open drawers, close doors, and even flush the toilet.
But I think one of the most amazing differences is just how much opinions she has and how far back she can remember things. When she was 1, Peanut was easily distracted, her opinions wavering depending on what happened to be in front of her, and couldn’t remember something you took away just 5 minutes later.
At 2, P not only has opinions about things like what jacket she wants to wear or which toy she prefers to drag along with her, but she remembers her opinions 15 minutes later even if you dangle popsicles in front of her. She’s able to follow consecutive commands, answer whether she wants to do something or not, and say please and thank you at appropriate times. She recognizes when she went potty in her diaper, will grab a diaper from her changing table area, and lay down holding it out for us to help her.
Although a lot has changed in the past year, there are a lot of things that have stayed the same and seem to stay true to her personality.
Peanut still loves routines. She knows the rules at home and daycare and reminds us. P constantly tells us to zip up our jackets, knows to put on her outside shoes to go outside, participates in giving the dog a treat and putting him in the crate before we leave the house and helps us buckler her in her car seat.
She still absolutely loves her crib, nap and bedtime. She’s never protested going to bed and will bolt to her bedroom when you ask her if she wants to go to her crib to take a nap. Even in the morning or after a nap we have a hard time pulling Peanut out of her crib. She prefers to hang out and lounge for 5-30 minutes.
What a difference just one year can make!
Love this post!!
It really is absolutely amazing the changes they go through in their second year. I have loved watching Parker transform from a baby to a little person of his own. This is such a fantastic and fun age
She’s too cute! My daughter Aubrey is turning 2 in the beginning of February and just thinking about it makes my heart hurt… Time is going WAY too fast!!
It’s such a mix of emotions, right? You’re all proud that they’re growing and developing and learning all these new skills and then BAM they’re 2 and you’re like, WAIT WAIT WAIT NO IM NOT READY!
I can’t believe she’s turning two already. I think I started following you wen she was 5 months. Time FLIES! I’m so jealous that she just hangs out in bed when she wakes up. Both my kids cry when they wake up. Lame.
yeah I take no credit for that one. I think she gets the love of being in bed from her daddy
What a great post. I have a hard time “looking back” because it makes me sad to see how fast my boys are growing. I do enjoy seeing what P did at 18 months since that’s how old Caleb & Wyatt are now. I’m learning that they are doing a lot of the same things but boys and girls are naturally so different! There’s not one mention of balls or cars in any of your re-caps and that’s what dominates my life right now. I am a little jealous of P’s ability to veg out and watch TV for short periods of time. My boys just bounce off the walls 24/7!
Happy Birthday to little Addison!
Oh I totally teared up putting this post together. I’m such a mush.
I can’t believe she’s going to be 2 already. It seems like just last week you were posting her 1 year post. Time sure flies!
oh good I’m not the only one that thinks so!
It goes by too fast! She is a beautiful little girl!! Lincoln agrees too, he was looking at the pictures and said, “aww baby play choo-choo”
hahaha he’s too cute!
I cannot believe she is about to turn TWO! Seriously. Where does the time go?
Right?? I can’t believe Sam is over 1. I swear that you JUST posted that you were pregnant with him.
I love posts like these. They’re great for looking back on as the years go by.