She's TWO!!!!!

I am literally in shock as I type this... My little lady, our first princess, is now TWO!!! When did this happen?!? The time is flying by so fast, I keep finding myself grabbing her in the middle of her playing and loving on her as much as I can... pretty soon she won't let me do it anymore! :(

McKenley has been super busy lately learning all about her surroundings, and pretty much becoming the smartest 2 year old out there (sorry other moms, its true!! haha). She knows most of her colors, all of the basic shapes, she can count to 12, and is working on her letters (mostly the ones in her name)!!

Here are some of McKenley's favorites:
Color: Green ~ if she doesn't know the color, she's gonna call it green
Song: Wheels on the Bus
TV Show: we do a rotation of Yo Gabba Gabba, Sesame Street, and Mickey Mouse
Movie: Finding Nemo
Food: Mac and Cheese & pizza
Toy: All of her baby dolls ~ she loves being their "mommy," she spends most of the day cooking for them, pushing them in her stroller, putting them to bed, and rocking them... maybe she'll start appreciating how exhausted I am at the end of each day!! haha :)
Phrase: "Oh so pretty" "Whats dis" "Tank to momma"

Accomplishments:
~  The little lady is TALKING OUR EARS OFF!!! To think, at one point we were worried about her being speech delayed! haha, guess she wanted to just talk on her schedule, not our, surprise! surprise! haha. It is so cute when she strings a whole sentence of words together or uses a phrase that she has heard mommy or daddy says (yes, we have to be VERY CAREFUL!!)
~ Being the BEST big sister ever!! We are amazed every day by how loving and caring she has been with Parker!!

~ Colors, numbers, letters... McKenley is such a little sponge for new information! She is constantly learning about things around her. She loves naming the colors of her toys, counting them, and naming the letters in her name!! Here she is showing off some of her mad skills:

Struggles:
~ Ugh! With the 2 year old birthday, comes the 2 year old attitude!!! When the girl wants her way, she wants HER WAY NOW!! We are working through it as patiently as possible and trying to get her to use her "Big Girl words" instead of crying, but MAN does she know how to push those boundaries!! :) The joys of parenting!! haha
~ MOLARS!! We're hoping this struggle has a lot to do with struggle #1!
~ The Binky... I keep saying we're ditching this thing, but keep putting it off... hoping that with my next update this will be moved to the accomplishment section!!! Fingers crossed please :)

Stats:
Length: 34 1/2 inches (75%)
Weight: 24.8 lbs (little peanut is still only in the 40%)
Head:
Diapers: Still in size 5... can't wait til I don't have to update this anymore... potty training coming soon!!
Clothes: Since she's a little string bean, she needs 2T in the length, but then things fall off her tiny waist! So.... somewhere between an 18mo and 2T, but she can still squeeze into some 12mo pants if I don't mind them fitting like capris :)

Here's a little something to send you off with until my next post... can you see why these last 2 years have been such a joy!?!?!