Irene Turns 2!

My finger slipped when I typed the title and I accidentally wrote Irene Turns 21

Oh my.

So little Irene turned 2 this week!  Terrible two, terrific two.  Two is such an intense age.  She understands so much, but is understood so little.  What a frustrating predicament!  But we understand that she likes zebras and that she likes to blow candles out :)

 Rob had to be out on her actual birthday, so we had cake the day before and ice cream the day of, both with candles!

She enjoyed blowing the candles out much more than eating the ice cream - and that is saying something!  I relit them for her several times.

Although I cannot remember specifically about Caleb, I think Irene is our latest talker.  She actually talks a LOT, but until recently, almost nothing of what she said was intelligible.  This is probably the only area she is not ahead of the game in.  She is mostly potty trained, can jump with two feet, plays pretend like a pro, and  - believe it or not - can fold a washcloth.  She likes to dance and sing, she loves the moon, owls, bears, and trash trucks.  She likes books a lot.  She adores Anna and Elsa (even though she has never even seen Frozen).  She loves for me to sing Jesus Loves Me and rub her back at bedtime.  She is challenging too, more so than I remember her siblings being, but maybe that is because I'm older!  Happy Birthday to our littlest lady!