Karcyn turns 2!

Monday March 10th we celebrated two years with Karcyn. It hardly seems possible. She's a funny girl and as the only girl, she adds the perfect dynamic to our family. She's still very happy and laid back.

She hardly speaks a word of English. She just started saying 'no' and even then it comes out more like 'doh'. But she shakes her head when she says it which is how we knew what she was saying. You're a fool if you don't think she understands. She understands and obeys better than than the boys sometimes. Though she's not speaking any comprehendible language that we know, she definitely speaks something with fluctuations and intensity.

Karcyn is so fun to have around. The boys have a good time with their little sister and she can definitely hold her own. Considering she has two older brothers and one younger one on the way, that's a very good thing. However, that's not a good thing when I try and put dresses with bows on her. Mom tried to put her in a dress with a huge bow on the front for her birthday celebration. We've had this experience before. But Mom hadn't. Karcyn hates it. Jared wished Mom luck. Karcyn wouldn't even go near the room. Fortunately, I am able to pull her bangs in a pony tail on top of her head to get them out of her eyes without any resistance. I'll take it.

The first week Mom and Dad were here, they noticed Karcyn tipping a small child's rocker forward in our living room to create a make shift slide. Someone asked where she learned that. Her brothers of course! So they went and bought her a real slide for indoors. She was in toddler heaven! She knew just what it was and by golly, I think she was even saying "slide".

Sticking with tradition (okay, it's only been two years, but hey...) we had strawberry cupcakes with strawberry icing. To our surprise, Karcyn blew out both her candles, one at a time. We had no idea she knew how to do that or what they were for.

And amazingly the whole celebration lasted 15 minutes from beginning to bath!