The Journey is the Destination: Augusta is TWO!!

Birthday Cutie!

I cannot believe that my little miss is two! Seriously, where has the time gone? I have no idea, but I know it flew by. Like my husband said the other day, it seems like yesterday we were at the hospital waiting for her to make her grand arrival. And now two whole years have flown by...wow.

We celebrated Augusta's birthday on her actual birthday with a party. It's was Minnie's Bowtique theme (as you probably saw from the previous post) and Augusta loved it! She had a good turnout considering how thanksgiving fell so close to her birthday this year.

Mommy slaved away and made cupcakes the night before. And Augusta surprised me by actually eating one. If course it didn't have frosting, but still! She didn't touch the ones at her party with frosting either! But there was plenty more for her to eat.

She absolutely loved everyone singing "Happy Birthday" to her. She ate it up like a big ham, smiling and posing the whole time. She attempted to blow out her candle, but in the end needed a little help from mommy to get it done.

My little sweetie on her "motorcycle"

She received far too many gifts! Everyone was so generous in thinking of our little girl! She has enjoyed everything, but her most favorite things have been her building blocks, her "motorcycle" (actually a tricycle), and tiny toy figures. She's really enjoying everything though! :)

That night, when it was just us at home, she kept saying, "My birthday's all gone." We had to remind her the party was over, but it was still her birthday. She picked her dinner, and chose chicken nuggets from chick-fil-a. (Random since we haven't eaten there in forever!) But she enjoyed it! She had a "lemon juice" (lemonade) to drink, which is one of her favorites!

Every now and then she'll still sing, "Happy birthday to me". It's actually pretty cute. She also remembers that she is two years old, and can hold up two fingers. My little smart girl!

Now on to stats for the birthday girl! She definitely has her daddy's height gene--she's in the 90th percentile! She weights 28 pounds and is still growing steadily along her growth curve.

She's talking up a storm, with sentences up to 8 or 9 words long at times! She's singing songs, and repeating pretty much anything she heard. Favorite songs are "Twinkle, twinkle little star" and "Jesus loves me". She can consistently count up to 15...sometimes she'll go higher, but its usually a sporadic naming of numbers. She knows lots of shapes, like triangle, circle, square, rectangle, star, heart, oval, and octagon to name a few. (Thanks Umizoomi!) And she knows all her colors--and has for awhile. We can thank Aunt Lys for drilling her on those!

Coloring while Mommy cooks

Her favorite activities are coloring, playing with her toys, and running around! Though she will tell you she loves to shop! ;) Her favorite tv shows are Team Umizoomi and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She's getting back into being read to recently, and really enjoys "The very hungry caterpillar". She also likes her peekaboo baby book and "Goodnight Moon". Cutest thing is when she wants to read them to you!

My girl has turned into a super picky eater! She likes chicken, Mac and cheese, Special K red berries, bacon, toast, spaghetti, and that's about all that's good for her. Besides fruits, she is a fruit addict! She'll basically eat any of them--veggies, not so much! She loves her milk and juice too, though she's gotten better about constantly wanting a cup.

Augusta, you are such a sweet little blessing. I love watching you blossom and come more into your own each day. Your expressions are priceless! Your sweet words and displays of love are the best, especially when they catch me off guard. You light up every room you enter, and have a way of directing attention to yourself(when you want it!). I cannot wait to continue to watch you grow and change, just hopefully not too fast! Thank you, Lord, for allowing me to be this sweet angel's mommy! I love you, Augusta Kate!