Two Years Old - 02.27.14

our sweet emery annabelle is two years old today! all day, i've asked her: "how old are you?" and she answered: "i one!" and so i said, "no..." and held up two fingers. she said: "i two!" at one point, she kept going: "i three! i four! i five! i six! i seven! i eight! i seven!" 

emery has started to recognize when things are and aren't a certain way. when she eats, she'll hold up one hand, "this hand messy," and the other hand, "this hand not messy." this week, i grabbed her slippers and quickly said, "let's put on your shoes." she corrected me, "that not shoes. that slippers! green slippers!" 

this month, emery started using "you" correctly. "mommy, you color blue crayon." and then yesterday and today, she used "your" correctly: "daddy, your com-peter hah a circle." (dell logo). 

she still doesn't quite get how to use "me": "mommy, i help you!" (means mommy, i want you to help me) and "hold you" and "sit by you" when she wants me to hold her and sit by her. i think those are cute.
 
she has picked up some funny phrases like, "i hah idea" (i have [an] idea), "don't worry," "oh no, wha happeh?" (oh no, what happened?) she also likes to end phrases with "you know?" and play a sort of I-Spy game by saying: "dooo yoooou see a kitty cat out the window?" 

she gets some phrases mixed up or over-generalizes them, such as "we not watch mickey mouse anywhere," when she means "anymore." or she see a lot of something and says there are "too many" bowls, instead of "so many."

today we were looking at flash cards she got for her birthday. she recites numbers past 12 in a random order, but doesn't really identify them visually. so i was showing her that FOUR-teen, SIX-teen, SEVEN-teen, etc., all have the number in the name. we looked at fourteen, then turned to the next card and she said: FIVE-fourteen. ok, that one is a tricky one!

we love this girl. she's such a sweetie and a fun kid. when we got her up this morning, blake and i sang Happy Birthday to her and she laughed hysterically. apparently, singing a duet is really funny. i just love that sweet little happy face!

this girl is all about the accessories. blake's mom made her emery-sized bracelets that fit great and a pretty matching necklace. 

we got a new filing cabinet which affected our photo area, but made for some fun "peeky-boo."