So Elyse's first birthday was pretty lame. She was sick; David was out of town. It was just lame. I promised I would do better for her second birthday, but yeah, I didn't. FAIL.
David was here this time, but I pretty much saw none of him in January. He had two back-to-back trials, magistrate court in the middle of it, a trip to Alabama to the JAG school, plus all the other office stuff he has to do on top of courts. I heftily dislike January anyway (post Christmas let down, it's cold, etc, etc) so having David not be around was just the icing on the cake.
I knew David wouldn't be home on the night of her actual birthday. My next door neighbor talked me into doing something to recognize her birthday, so we went to McDonalds (don't judge; we don't have a whole lotta options in this town!), I brought some cupcakes, and we let the kids play.
The Sunday after her birthday we actually had David around for dinner, so I made a beans and rice cake (her favorite food molded into the shape of a cake) and we ate it with chicken fajitas.
Sara Katherine wanted to make her cupcakes so I let her. She pretty much did them all by herself, including icing them. I think she'll be pretty handy to me in the kitchen in the next few years. My friend Sara had sent the kids some paper garland she made, so I strung that up and she opened her presents after dinner.
I think it was a fine enough birthday for a two year old who is likely not to remember any of it, the other two just got a lot more for their first and second birthdays, so I feel a little guilty about that. Of course, we did live near family for their first and second birthdays, so we had more reason to do a little more. So Elyse, when you're reading this twenty years from now and you see the disparity in your first few birthday parties and your brother and sister's, don't think I loved you any less! I will do you a special cake next year, I PROMISE!
And she weighed 28 lbs at her well check! She's finally got some good weight on her (and a cute little pot belly too). She has had a runny nose for seriously the last six months and has had several ear infections. I can't wait to get her to the ENT next month where they will hopefully put in some tubes. She doesn't sleep well for all the congestion she keeps. It's hard for me to believe she is 2 because she still looks so much like a baby to me. She doesn't have much hair, she still has about four teeth that haven't come in, and she's smaller than my other two at this age. She has the most firey personality of my kids. She's very sure about what she wants or doesn't want. And she's the first child I have had that gets in trouble for hitting, and the first one that will outright tell me 'no'. It's mildly horrifying. One kid at her mom's day out group wouldn't give her the toy she wanted, so she took her shoe off and threw it at him! Eeek! What do you do?? Despite her little temper, I love her to pieces. She doesn't say much (I think because she can't hear well because of all the fluid that stays in her ears, which I think leads to her little frustration tantrums), but her little vocabulary is expanding and I love to hear her call for me.
I love you, Lysie Lou! Happy 2nd birthday!
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