Eden's Second Birthday




Eden Annelise turns two years old tomorrow! Just for fun, I went back and looked at my post about Noah's 2nd birthday and Seth's as well. There are a lot of similarities between her and the boys, though she is her own person for sure! Here are some fun facts about Eden.

1. She's a big girl! She's wearing 4T size clothes, and size 7-8 shoes. Her hair is really long and thick for a two-year-old, too, and people often think she's 3.

2.  She talks almost non-stop (like Noah did), and we can understand most of what she says. She speaks in simple full sentences. On a recent Wednesday night we were singing in church, and after the song was over, she looked up at me and said, "I like that song!" She'll also say, "I love you too!" if you say "I love you" to her. She can repeat anything you ask her to say.

3. She's starting to report on what her brothers are doing, much to Noah's chagrin. :) He says, "I can't get away with anything anymore!"

4. Her favorite foods include spaghetti, yogurt, blueberries, and chocolate.

5. Eden spent the first almost-two-years of her life not being one iota interested in most toys. She always preferred someone's actual phone, keys, makeup, or what-have-you. Also Batteries, coin money, sharpie markers, pill bottles (EEK!), wipes, tissues...you know, the good stuff. Now she has started to enjoy playing with a baby doll. Hooray! She likes her baby to eat at the table with us, and go for walks in the stroller. I even caught her spanking her baby once!

6.  Her favorite book at the minute is Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? which we have all read to her dozens of times now.

7.  Only in the last week has Eden given any attention to t.v. Just this morning she actually watched 6 minutes of Little Baby Bum (a nursery rhyme song show) while I was making breakfast. It was only 6 minutes, but they were glorious; every second. :) 

8. She could be potty trained if I took the time, but so far the only opening in my calendar is about when she graduates from high school. I think I'll have time then. HA! Hopefully before then she'll figure it out.  Currently, if I catch her in the act of using her diaper (*ahem), she says, "Don't look at me, Mommy." So. There's that.

9.  This last one is more about me, and it is a confession : It is hard for me not to wish away these "little" years. I feel like I have been doing the Little Kid Thing forever. Eleven years, to be exact. Eleven years of nap times, spills, potty accidents, short attention spans, disastrous messes, and chaos. One minute I can't believe Eden is already two, and the next I feel like she should be twelve. 




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Resolving Everyday Conflict

Image
If you've ever been asked to lead a discussion or teach about a certain spiritual discipline, you can be sure that the Lord will lovingly bring just that exact topic to the forefront in your own life. He'll graciously put your ugly sinful tendencies "right on Front Street," as my good friend Dara likes to say. This is grace! This is God's kindness to reveal sinful tendencies in our own hearts so that we can repent, seek renewed relationship with God and others, and be used of Him. Here is a story about one such evidence of God's grace to me. Josh and I were late to our small group last night. Oh, we were there . We had technically arrived on time, but we remained in the parking lot of the neighborhood's clubhouse for over 45 minutes before we were able to walk in holding hands. Much later in the evening, on our way home from Grace Group, Eden begged to be the one to fill the boys in on why we were late (the boys had driven separately from a soccer practice
Read more

The Hand of God

Image
 I am in Scotland. S C O T L A N D. This is me; Joanna, the one whose comfort zone is within about one square mile, who said she never wanted to leave the USA, who hates to travel on anything public, who nearly hyperventilates at the mere mention of airplanes. How is this possible that I am here? Only by God's grace. Every step in front of the other, every long line, every minute on those airplanes was enabled by God's grace. On my end, it wasn't always pretty--usually it was very ugly--and I may have said, "I can't do this" more times than we could count (Josh had to tell me to quit saying that), but God was faithful to me and I have a really great story about one such miracle to share with you, but for perspective and contrast I have to share a really ugly story first. Here goes:  We dropped off our rental car in Dublin about 11am, and had to ride a shuttle bus back to the Dublin airport to catch our 1:10pm "quick" flight over to Edinburgh, Scotlan
Read more

The Whole Truth

Image
Our cat, Willow, has kittens periodically. By periodically I mean about 2-3 times a year, and we don't hate it. We actually enjoy guessing when her due date is, how many kittens there will be, what they will look like, etc. Then when she has them, well, is there anything cuter than kittens? But sooner or later, 8 weeks later to be exact, it's time for those kittens to go. At that time we will put an ad on Craigslist and find homes for each and every one. This brings the fun hassle of sending people additional pictures, telling them again how much we are charging (that was in the ad!), setting up potential meetings with people who will ghost at the last minute, after we've already given them our address. Everyone should put an ad on Craigslist at least once just for the experience. Should you finally get someone who likes the look of a kitten, wants to pay the price, can meet at an agreeable time, successfully finds your house, is okay with the fact that the kittens haven&#
Read more