Gwyn Turned 2!

Yes, this sleeping beauty turned 2 this month! (In the above picture, she was waiting on the bed for someone to snuggle with and fell asleep waiting.) Her birthday was April 3, but we didn't have her party until last weekend. It was just family, but for us that is a lot of people! We had 4 grandparents, one great-grandma, my 2 brothers, 2 uncles, 1 aunt, 4 great-aunts, 2 second cousins, and the 5 of us.

Here a a few pictures from the party. 

Kevin worked most of the day on this home-made cake. (Not even cake mix from a box!) One wind was vanilla, and the other was chocolate.)

Colin led everyone in singing. Of course Gwyn was scared, so I had to be by her side.

Eating leftover cake the next evening.

 She is 36 inches tall, and weighs about 33 lbs. She is talking up a storm, and regularly uses 2-3 words together. One of my favorites is when she turns around and puts her hands out and says "Back!" to let us know she will be back. She also loves books, (Current favorites are The Nose Book and Hand Hand Fingers Thumb) brothers whom she calls Bubby and Colin even though Kevin wants her to use his name, running around the house making us cheer her on, walks, milk, playing with friends at school, and basically trying to do anything her brothers are doing. She is getting quite bossy, and sometimes pushes at school, but that is because she is trying to wrestle. I have told her brothers that she is too young and doesn't know she can't wrestle other kids at school, but they love playing with her. She drinks from normal cups, walks up and down stairs without railings, jumps, draws, and takes care of her baby. She says "rock baby" when she rocks it to sleep. She also loves for us all to sing to her when she gets put down for bed. We all have specific songs we sing. The boys sing the songs they made up for her. She doesn't get to hear us all sing every night, but that doesn't stop her from asking! She likes purses, bracelets, and lots and lots of snuggles.

 Here are two pictures of her from when she turned 1. Her hair is so much longer now!