Rachel's 2nd Birthday

We are celebrating Rachel's Birthday today. She is lucky enough to have her dad taking the day off work and her Uncle Nate visiting from Utah. It should be a fun-filled day. Rachel has requested several things over the past couple of weeks when we have asked her what she wants for her birthday. She wants pancakes, cake, ice cream, and bubbles. Not that hard to please, huh? Here are Rachel's 2-year stats:

• 22.5 pounds and 34.5 inches tall (tall and skinny)


• Loves to color and she's really into drawing circles (which she calls flowers).


• Knows most of the basic colors and is constantly telling us the color of things - white, yellow, orange, pink, red, purple, green, blue, brown, and black.


• Loves being read to and has special names for all of her favorite books.


• Can sit for a good 30 minutes flipping through a Reader's Digest.


• When caught in the right mood will sing several songs pretty much the whole way through - her latest is "I Am a Child of God".


• Loves to be outdoors checking out flowers, ducks, and dogs.


• Has quite a vocabulary - the biggest word she can say so far is anniversary.


• Longest sentence so far: "I don't know where airplane is."


• Enjoys helping Mom cook.
• Can count up to 16 (minus the number 15) - we have 16 stairs. :)

It is amazing how much joy and happiness the past two years have brought. We feel so blessed to have Rachel in our lives and try to make the most out of every day! We already feel like she has grown up so much and we don't want the time to slip away too quickly.