Dear Kamryn,

So like I have recently talked about I have been blogging for a whole year. One of my first entries was titled Dear Christian. I decided to write that one day just because I found a picture that I loved of him and I and I thought that would be a good post to attach to the picture. I thought in the next day or two I would do the same with Kamryn. Here we are a year later...days before her second birthday and still no list for Kamryn. I just haven't found thee picture. Ridiculous right? I know. So her we go. Kamryn these are the things I love about you:

• You are our "first out" baby. I remember thinking what if I didn't have cute kids and the minute they held you up over the curtain- you melted it all away.
• The way you cried and your mannerisms that you exhibited in the first minutes and hours of your life are still true today.
• In the first year of your life the way that you ate was fierce and no nonsense and determined. Serious business.
• In your second year of life the way you eat is fierce and full of nonsense and still you are determined. You push food away and refuse without even looking at it. Somehow though you know what is junk food and never refuse that. You only like Dino nuggets...no other chicken nugget will do. You are a VERY PICKY eater. I love that you know what you want and what you don't.
• You refused a binky when you were born and somewhere along the way decided to use them and now have one in each fist along with one in your mouth.
• I love the way that you smile every single time I tell you that the monkey says ooh ooh ei ei ah ah. And the same when I sing "here comes the sun"
• When given something to play with or to eat you ALWAYS 100% of the time look at Christian to make sure that things are staying even and fair. I wonder where you get this from?
• You don't show your belly laugh often but when you do it is THE BEST.
• I love that I haven't been able to totally figure out your sense of humor yet. It really is all your own.
• You are so nosy and in public you are in everyones business. There is no denying that you are my daughter.
• When we say goodnight to the animals in your room and I tell you to blow them a kiss instead you just turn and give me a kiss.
• Speaking of kisses, when you were closer to one when you gave your dad and I kisses you used to put your hands on our cheeks and hold our faces. It was the BEST!!.
• No matter how many times you climb on the chair and the table or I tell you to not play in the garbage and no matter how many times I take you away from mischievous behaviors you just smile. I cant even say its a devious smile. Its happened enough times but I really don't think that you understand the word naughty. Christian on the other hand...I think he has the word naughty down.
• You LOVE to draw.
• You love to have things labeled. You will point back and forth from two objects over and over so I can tell you the difference and then onto more objects after that.
• You are in control of yourself at all times. The cautious behavior that you display doing day to day activities is extraordinary. You will be two at the end of the week and although you are capable of walking and know how, your need to be overly cautious holds you back. These words do not even do justice to what I am talking about.
• When you are not in control you try to control others. If you do not like where Christian has his hands, arms, feet etc.. you move them where you want them. Even today as you sat in the shopping cart you kept trying to remove my hands from the handlebar because that was only for your hands...so we sat still.
• Even though in someways you are high maintenance...in other ways you are low maintenance. A nice balance.
• Your curly sweaty bed head. Nothing is cuter.
• The way you always check to see what/who is on your cup.
• The way you crack up at Cooper.
• How you used to be scared of the bathtub but loved swimming.
• Just your little way. You are you...doing things your way on your terms. Your the boss.

Of course the list of the things I love about you is endless. There is stuff that can be added on a daily basis. I cant believe that soon you will be 2. I am so lucky that I get to be your Mommy and so happy that you are my dee dee bug.