Our little firecracker is two!!! And oh man is she a two-year old... Any given thirty minutes with Juliet can look like this; she tries to communicate something to us and we don't understand, she tries to do something for herself she hasn't yet mastered and struggles to get it done, she loses it, she flails herself on the ground, we try to talk to her and she loses it even more, we try ignoring her and the tantrum doesn't stop, her anger boils over, she kicks Amelia, she hits us, she throws whatever she gets her hands on, then the tantrum lessens in intensity, Amelia starts whining, we look at each other like today may be the day we totally lose it, we take a moment to sit on the couch and collect ourselves, little Juliet comes to join us, she gives us the most amazing/messy/sincere/full body hug you could imagine and in an instant we have forgotten the past thirty minutes and our hearts are melting. That is Juliet! In one moment she has you pulling your hair out and the next she is lighting up a room with her grin.
Juliet - Keep being yourself! We will try our hardest to hold on tight to the parenting Juliet ride as long as you keep those grins and hugs coming! Fair deal?
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| Just give me time, I will eventually get it. |
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| You want to tell her she didn't quite get it all on correctly? |
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| I'm cute right now but really I'm just thinking about what I can do next. |
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| Coloring outside the lines. |
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| Charming Papa. And eating all his breakfast. Juliet still loves being fed. She will eat your entire dinner if you feed it to it to her. |
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| Her birthday cake made by EE with love. |
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| It's my birthday so if I want to pick at the frosting on the whole cake I most certainly will. |
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| What seems to be a classic moment these days; Amelia whining, Mark looking like he may lose it (we take turns playing this role), me smiling like this is of course how I envisioned having two young children and Juliet with an expression, "I didn't contribute to any of this." |
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| The girls calming down after birthday cake. Amelia is such a great big sister to Juliet and was so happy to show Juliet the ropes on her birthday. Amelia helped her open her gifts, got excited for Juliet for each gift she got, told her when to blow out her candles and couldn't have been sweeter to her little sister. |
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| Our little firecracker enjoying a warm spring day, meatballs from Basil Leaf, covering the front steps in chalk with her sister and getting read to cheer on the Jayhawks in the Big 12 tournament! |
