Cora's 2nd Birthday

Happy Birthday to our little Princess Cora May.  She's a feisty one!  :)

Stats from this mornings 2 year well check:
Weight: 30 lbs 9 oz (90%)
Height: 35 1/2" (90%)

She has grown over 3 inches in 6 months!  Doc was impressed!!  She said that was fast!  :)  I love hearing that!  She's only gained about 2 pounds... which doesn't surprise us at all.  Especially since her appetite is pretty much non-existent lately.  She's just not eating well at all.  Big bummer, but like we assumed - doctor said it's common, and just keep offering food.  Done.

Some of the major things going on right now are:

• Counts to 10 - easily.  Counts to 10 in Spanish too.  So awesome!
• Beginning to say 2 or 3 word phrases.  Examples: Hi Daddy, Hi Momma, Brother school
• Pottying pretty well.  We aren't very consistent at home, but at daycare, they are on a good schedule.  She's doing really well!   - with that, she tries to get dressed as well.
• Hitting.  A lot.  Period.  It's not fun... so we are attempting to teach her that's not what we do.  We've started doing Time Outs.  Obviously this isn't working right now, but I hope to see improvement soon! 

Cora has become very independent lately... I love that, however, you have to really watch her.  This girl gets into trouble!  She doesn't know her limits yet, so we have a long ways to go!  :)

Basic information:

• Clothes - mostly 3T.  I can imagine seeing some tighter things in 4T
• Shoes - size 6
• Diapers - size 5
• Likes to watch movies, but it honestly only lasts about 5 minutes.  Not long enough for us to go through the trouble!  ha. 
• Loves to do art - coloring, markers, paint, etc.
• Likes to have her picture taken by ME.  Not anyone else.  ha.  This doesn't go over well when I pay someone else to take her pictures.  :)
• Wants to be sang to at bedtime.  "Rock baby" = Rock-a-bye-Baby, "AB" = sing the ABCs
• Still loves to look through books... mostly brothers books.
• She's a climber - bar stools...  table... even my bathroom vanity.  UGH.
• Has one blanket she loves... and only wants.  I struggle to get that thing washed!  
• Opens doors so easily.  
• Has figured out she can climb up to turn on lights.  

Cora is a busy girl...  full of energy.  I can find her getting into trouble one minute, then the next minute, she's sitting nicely looking at books (maybe ripping pages), but quiet... or she's sitting playing with a toy of Kayson's. 

She loves giving hugs and kisses... a routine we've done since day one.  I heart that.  

She milks bedtime quite a bit... and I fall for it every night.  Surely it's because she's my last... and she's my girl, right?  She always wants one more hug.  Always.  :)