Ta da - she's two!

An equally belated post for Noemi's birthday - my girl is two! Pictures from the last two months.

Praying:

Backpacking:

Splash padding (in her two-large bathing suit):

Aren't they just too cute?

Mugging for the camera - Noemi loves to show you whatever she is holding:

Who knew cream cheese was so wonderful:

I can scoot with one hand and a granola bar:

Stay!

Hide and seek or melting Frankenstein face?

C-c-c-cold, Mommy!

Someone has to do the grocery shopping:

Wh-aaa - no heartbeat?

Even a not-quite-two-year-old knows how to pose at Cloud Gate aka The Bean without being told:

Her big birthday present from Mommy and Daddy:

Excited to open presents! Also to note: she picked out this Hello Kitty romper herself to wear for her birthday, insisting and refusing to wear the pretty dress I got for her!

No coaching needed - happy birthday is the only song in her cabaret repertoire:

She loves Minnie. Well, pink Minnie - we had to go and exchange the one below at the Disney Store. Lately, she's enjoyed sleeping with Minnie/and or a stuffed dog.

She is so sad because she sees the scooter rolling away from the fountain:

Trying on every pair of Simone's underwear all at once:

Sad to say good-bye to her big sister at the bus stop:

These days, you ask her to smile and you get this:

Okay, so we should have cut her bangs a lot earlier....I really did put a barrette in every morning, just didn't last very long. Fairy tea party!

The oldest gag in the book: