Little ladies , big personalities

It has been such a blessing to watch my little infants blossom into the 2 year old toddlers they are today. It is funny because at some point you get an idea of who you think they are and what their personality will be like going forward.  Then they change! They are at such a fun stage right now. They interact and really communicate with us in ways that we can understand.

Ivey
We always thought that Ivey would be the really outgoing child and Brooklyn would be very shy around strangers and more open with family. Ivey opens up pretty easily around extended family and most people she isn't familiar with.  This little girl is fiercely independent! Don't dare try to hold her hand while walking up or down stairs.  Most requests to help her are met with a "NO!". She is such a sweet and caring person.  She is always looking out for her "sissy" and making sure that is she gets a treat that Brooklyn has one too.  If Brooklyn takes a fall she will be the first one to ask "You ok?". She loves to take her sisters face in the palms of her hands and gives her sweet kisses- when Brooklyn allows it :) I can only imagine how she is going to smother shower our little boy with love.  She knows all the primary colors, can count to 10 and back, and can sing the ABC's.  Ivey's language is really exploding right now. It is awesome to see how she can respond to questions or will come up with phrases out of no where. She loves to buckle things and figure things out.  We always say she is going to be an engineer.  She can't resist touching everything and trying to make things work.  She also enjoys singing songs even if it's the first time she hears it and dancing.  Both girls like to see animals at the zoo, go to 'nastics (gymnastics), play outside and watch their preschool DVD's.

Gimme all the doughnuts

Brooklyn
We saw the biggest change in Brooklyn from Christmas to now. She changed from an introverted girl to the class clown.  She LOVES to be silly and make us laugh. We will catch her staring at us and then she will furrow her eyebrows and give us a real stare down and then crack up.  She also can make herself burp and "poot" (I've been banned from saying the word fart) on command.  After she does it she says "What's that?" and when we respond she dies laughing.  She loves to have us read her a book and then she will walk away with it and sit by herself and read it out loud.  She used to not be very interested in getting attention from Ivey, but she is coming around and will say to Ivey "Come on!" when she wants to run around and play with her.   She craves knowledge and wants to learn (they both do). She can recite the ABC's, count to 10 and knows her primary colors. They both love to be quizzed on colors.  Brooklyn was always the one to repeat everything I say, but now she comes up with independent thoughts and strings words together to form short sentences. The wheels are really turning in their heads and it is evident that we should try to teach them everything we can right now!

I can't wait to see how their personalities change from this point and how they grow into the little people they will be.  I also can't wait to see how they react to our new addition who will be arriving next week! Our predictions are that Ivey will be our little helper who wants to be the baby's second mom and Brooklyn will be jealous of the attention the baby is receiving and will be very needy.

Is there something on my face?