Approaching Two

Hard to believe but Samantha Lee will be turning two this Saturday.  She is officially a little chatter box these days and went from having about 40 words to over 100.  She is putting words together and saying things like "Oh gosh Mom", "Go to park now"  and "Javie no barking!", as I have said before, it is clear that she takes after her Tia Molly in the bossy realm. Speaking of Tia Molly, how cute is the Flamenco outfit she got Samantha from Spain in the photo here?

I don't like to call her terrible but she is showing other signs of her age as well.  She uses the word no rather frequently along with a hand in front of the face gesture indicating to talk to the hand.  She has some intermittent tantrums along with fake crying.  The other day she was throwing a real fit, crying on the floor of her room, she then came running out to where we were in the living room screaming, stopped and said "All Done!" and suddenly stopped her crying. 

We are planning a fun party on Saturday complete with a bouncy castle, pizza and kiddie pools.  Having a birthday that falls so close to a holiday means many of her friends are out of town but because she is our daughter I know that she will figure out how to have a fantastic time. New photos can be found here.