Our sweet baby is two (sigh).

Chloe has brought so much joy in the two years we've known her and she only seems to get more and more adorable by the day.

Sweet Chloe girl, we love you.

You are a big girl, Chloe, but not quite as big as brother was. You still wear size 2T and have size 7/8 feet. Some size 7's don't fit you though, because your feet are very chubby. You love your Crocs and prefer to wear them with every outfit you own. You wear a size 5 diaper, tell us when it's dirty (by plugging your nose and saying "ewwwww"), but have zero interest in using the toilet. You actually cry when we attempt to sit you on it.

You are stubborn. If there was a word in the dictionary that meant "more than stubborn" you would be described as that word. Being stubborn doesn't make you hard to have around though, we just have to be creative and make sure everything seems like it was your idea! There has been some bribing by us to get you to do things. You will do just about anything in order to watch Bubble Guppies. Speaking of Bubble Guppies, you really like them. You ONLY want to watch them and won't settle for any other show we introduce to you. You know how to say Bubble Guppies and you are crystal clear in demanding a "SHOW!" We don't know what your first word was (bad mommy and daddy) but it may have been "show".

You understand everything we say, and you refuse to talk unless you want to. You respond to complex, multi-step directions but still pretend that you can't say certain words. For instance: You will take a tiny piece of paper from the carpet and show it to us. We will ask you to put it in the garbage can under the sink in the kitchen and then come back to the living room. You immediately toddle over to the garbage can, dispose of the tiny piece of paper and come right back to us. But, if we ask you to say "paper" or "garbage", you simply look at us and say "NO". You are a stinker. A real stinker.

You are into babies. You like to take wipes, preferably an entire package, and change your babies diapers. You take your baby to the big girl toilet and we can hear you making the sound "pssssssssssssss" to imitate your baby doll going tinkles. You still need help getting your baby dolls clothing back on her, but you are able to communicate by bringing us the doll, the shirt and the pants and saying "help" or "please" or on a stubborn day "uhhhhhh" (which means help or please). You say the word "baby" very clearly.

You amaze us on your brother's I-Pod. You know how to swipe the lock button to get it open, you know how to pull the lever down on the toaster to make toast and you know how to clear a screen if you want a different game. You are very tech savvy and if you don't know how to do something on the I-Pod, we show you once or twice and you have it mastered. Whenever you hold any type of I-Pod or I-Phone you say "Ti-Ti, Ti-Ti, Ti-Ti" over and over again until we call Auntie Ti-Ti.

You are amazing, Chloe.

You love your brother a lot, but he dynamic between the two of you is still less than peaceful at times. You try to keep up with your brother and he is easily frustrated with you. You get mad when he takes things that are yours and you scream "mine" at him and you often end up on the floor crying and screaming. It's hard to have a big brother, but we already see that you and Brooks are going to be buddies. You are really lucky Chloe, your brother is big and strong and he'll always protect you. In fact, he often tells us that is his "job". When you two want to be sweet to each other it's the most amazing thing. You play, interact, talk and giggle. We sit back in delight that the two of you are buds.

Did I mention that you are shy? You are painfully shy. You are so shy that you'd rather sit in our bedroom with nothing to do than come out and get a present from your Oma and Opa. You hide behind us, run away from people, want to be held, turn your head away from people you see every single day, and close your eyes so that people can't see you.

Here are some of your favorites:

Most favorite things ever: Your pacifier and your "nigh-nigh" (we used to call it your silkie, but you have recently re-named it). You go everywhere with your dirty little blankets (even though recently washed). We say "blankets" because you often carry 4 or 5 of the same "nigh-nigh's"with you all at the same time. Instead of asking for your pacifier you open your mouth as wide as possible and groan until we give it to you! We know that you could say "soose" or "pacifier" if you wanted to, but you prefer to just moan and groan until we get one for you.

(Shhhh...we aren't telling you yet, but your pacifier will be going away now that you are two. You'll be okay, Chloe.)

Food: Cottage Cheese, cheese, yogurt, apples, pasta mostly in the form of mac and cheese, veggie chips and corn

TV Show: Bubble Guppies

Activity: Watching a show, coloring, playing in the garage with Brother, riding your car or big-wheel, getting your tummy rubbed (if we stop, you grab our hands and force them back onto your tummy), going to Cub Foods with Daddy on Monday's and saying"hi" to every single person you pass and reading books

Person: Daddy. Hands down. Daddy.

Song: You are Holy and Soar like Eagles. You can sing You are Holy wonderfully and you love the actions to Soar like Eagles.

Toy: Your dollies, your dollhouse and Lego's.

Drink: "Juice" but anything that is in your cup is defined as "juice"

Treat: Popsicles and strangely enough you know how to say popsicle very clearly

Color: Pink because you have no choice, but your eyes look best in blue. You got your Daddy's eyes and they are Blue...Blue...Blue!

Accessory: Your cowgirl hat, big bows and sunglasses. You love to wear them and you never take your hair bows out. You tell us about them and point to them, but you have yet to pull them out.

Chloe, you are a joy. A pure joy. We love you.

Happy Birthday baby girl.

XOXO