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2 Years and 4 Month

***Posting this late because I had issues with pictures loading properly again.  Written on March 5 and posted on March 16.***

Yesterday Via was 2 years and 4 months old.  She is truly a treat to be around.  She asks so many questions.  She loves to wear dresses.  She closes her eyes so tight when we pray before meals and at bedtime.  Via likes to put things on the table at meal times. She is sometimes mean to her younger brother, but mostly she is a good big sister. 

Physical Milestones:  Via can jump!  She can get both feet off the ground and loves to prove it.  Via is potty-trained!  We are a cloth-diapering family and it's great to be back to only laundering for one baby.

Eating:  3 meals and 2 snacks.  Lots of fruits and veggies, but much like her parents she has a major sweet tooth.  We are all trying to be more self-controlled.  She loves veggies and hummus!

Sleep:  We put the kids to bed by 7:45 p.m. most nights, but sometimes we need to go in to Via at around 8:30 to sing her a song and remind her it's time to go to sleep.  She wakes up between 6 and 7 and takes 1 nap a day.  She isn't feeling well right now so she's been crushing her afternoon nap.  As I type this she has exceeded two hours and is still snoozing. 

Words:  Oh this sweet child is such a funny conversationalist.  She has so many words and is quite interactive.  Sometimes she will be telling us something and then kind of falter off.  She then says, "I don't know what that word is," and then keeps talking.  It's so cute and funny!  She's quite the parrot and Justin and I find ourselves being more and more mindful of the words we speak because we know we will hear our two-year old copying us.

On to the pics.  I snuck in a few more of Little Man as well.  :)


I do a thing where I talk to Via without letting my teeth show.  She can't handle it, but she always loves it.  She says, "Mommy do your silly thing!"
 
 Playing dress up.
 
 I love this lady.

 Getting huge.
 
 Clapping in the kitchen.  Soren loves to get all the pans out and play with them.
 
 Focus.

 
His "determined" face.


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