Another year makes 2.

I don't know if I'll ever stop saying it but time really does fly, and it seems like every time I turn around, Reese is changing. I can't believe our baby girl is 2 years old now. She amazes us every day with all of her new discoveries and watching her really come into her own little personality.

We celebrated on her actual birthday with bowling and dinner out and are planning a small birthday party for her this weekend.

Reese is saying so many new words and putting those words together to form sentences. She loves her baby dolls and always requests to sleep with 'two babies' along with a handful of other buddies. She's also recently started daycare two days a week and is loving it. I was a little nervous about the transition since she's never really been away from us for too long. She did great though, only crying a little the first couple days when she would realize we weren't there. I was a little sad the first day but know she needs the social interaction and it is a nice break for us too. The one thing I don't love is all the extra germs that come along with it! Oh well, guess it's either now or later.

We are officially crib-free now! At least for a few months anyway. Reese loves her 'new bed' and handled the transition much better than I anticipated. Although, we're holding our breath a little as we've heard the tough times come a little later once they really realize they can escape. For now, she's doing great in her new bed and fingers crossed it stays that way.

We've also started a naughty step for disciplining. We use it with a warning first when she acts out too aggressively (hitting, kicking, etc) or blatantly disobeys. She goes on the step a little too willingly though and we're not exactly sure why. There is nothing on the step for her to 'play' with but she will sometimes run there and stays the entire 2 minutes without a sound. Then we come get her and explain why she was there and she will say 'hit mama' as if she knows exactly what she did wrong. I'm just not sure it's effective in the way we had hoped, as in discouraging the bad behavior. Um, Super Nanny, what do we do with that?!

Hard to believe how much she has grown and changed over the last two years and we're trying to cherish every precious moment!