almost 2!

Annika is turning 2!

Next week, our sweet, silly, singing, talkative,

and darling girl has a birthday...

She has quite the personality and is our most talkative baby yet,

it's good she's the 4th child because we probably would have

wondered what was wrong with our other three had she been born first! 

Her favorite new phrases and words include:

there ya go

bye!!!!!!

there it is

I see a _____

uh oh

mine!!!!

peesh (please)

he go  (thank you)

mama

dada

Ga-Ga (Gavin)

Drew-Drew

Sissy

horsey

moosey

cat

hat

my _____!

dog

(her favorite dog even has a "voice" and she turns his head

 to look out the window, and he "eats" snack with her!)

oh _______!

like: Oh, paci! There it is..

sit

 (she pats the floor and asks me to sit next to her and play)

and many, many more!  She keeps us laughing constantly. 

She has a song in her heart and a dance in her steps ALL DAY. 

Annie enjoying ice cream on New Year's Eve!

She is also a whirling dervish, and in less than a minute she was doing all of these things:

talking apart the boy's computer time timer....

being silly by putting two pacifiers in her mouth...

pitching a quick fit...

then grabbing my boots and trying them on for size, on the wrong feet of course...

Our home just wouldn't be the same
without the presence of Annika Scarlet. 

We love you, love you, love you.