Happy Birthday M&M!

Happy 2nd Birthday my sweet little loves!  On Saturday we celebrated their birthday and then this weekend we will have their party! 

I can hardly believe that these itty bitty babies;

who turned into these wonderful one year olds;

are now these busy, wild two year olds!

Watching them transform and grow and learn new things is a highlight of my life. They have changed so much in such a very short period of time.  It's so hard to believe!

Their personalities are in full force.  It's amazing to me how much they are a mini version of Mike and I.  

Michael is starting to look more and more like his daddy every day as he gets older and his face changes.  He has these smirks and facial expressions he makes all the time that are identical to those of Mike.  He is a social butterfly.  He can walk in to a room and immediately wants to get down and play and you can hear him saying "Come on, Come on" to Madison as he leads the way. He is very opinionated and doesn't do anything he doesn't want to do.  I find that giving him a choice empowers him and he is more compliant.  He has mastered his scowl face for those situations in which he doesn't want to do what I want. :)

He has a sweet tooth and goes crazy on the rare occasion he gets a treat.  His favorite meat is chicken but he loves vegetables.  When he is done, he's done.  You know this because he dumps his plate upside down and throws it on the floor, lol.  He loves fruit.  On the rare occasion he is refusing to eat, a spoonful of peanut butter does the trick.  

He loves playing with balls, legos, cars, and reading books.  He loves to clean and always picks up all of his toys before bedtime.  How lucky am I?!  He also looooves being outside and loves the water.  He is a huge fan of the park. 

At his 2 year well child check he weighed 33lbs and was 37" tall.  His head circumference was 52cm.  He is in the 93rd percentile in weight and off the charts in height and his head circumference.  Just like his daddy. 

Madison is just a mini me.  Her pics looks just like me at her age.  She is very cautious.  When she walks in to social situations, she retreats and clings to me.  After a little soothing and encouraging, she normally warms up.  She feels safest around strangers that are older.  I find that she warms up quicker to grandmother-type figures.  When she is comfortable, she is a bull in a china cabinet.  She goes non-stop and has mastered that little girl shriek.

She is a meat eater.  She could eat any meat all the time.  Really, this girl will eat anything.  She loves food.  Much like her momma though, she doesn't really care for sweets. She loves fruit and goes crazy for strawberries. Like her brother, when she is done, she is done, and she dumps her food out or throws it on the floor.  Both of them mimic each other also so if one does it....yep, the other does it too.

She loves all the same things as her brother does- cars, legos, balls, and loooooves books.  Normally, whenever I get home from work, she is standing at the baby gate with a book.  As soon as I climb over, she runs to the couch, pats it, tells me to sit, and expects me to sit down so she can climb in my lap to read a book.  That is usually followed up with "another one" where she proceeds to get more books for me to read before bed time.  One of my favorite parts of every day.

At her 2 year well child check she weighed 37.2lbs, and was 35 1/4lbs.  Her head circumference was 49.2cm.  She was off the chart in weight, 80th percentile for height, and 90th percentile for head circumference.



They make my world go round (and round and round and round!)  They have the ability to make me cry tears of joy and pass out from exhaustion all in a matter of 5 minutes.  I never knew I could possibly love two people as much as I love these two.  I'm so blessed to be their mom!