The day before Casey's second birthday

I wanted to jot down a few thoughts about Casey before her second birthday. She's been really fun lately, and funny, and she has also been throwing the most awesome tantrums of her life. The tantrums have partly come from all the fun she's been having, which has led to scotched bedtimes and eating on the run. She has developed a screech that sounds like it could break glass.

A few of my favorite things lately have been watching her hop, with two feet, all over our bed. She also loves to be naked---except for a pair of Mary Janes. She runs around the house in her little shoes, but without another stitch of clothing, shouting, "I'm naked, I'm naked." Her vocabulary continues to grow, though she still likes to call "oatmeal "emo" (reversing the order of the vowels). Yesterday, referring to her morning ritual of yelling from her crib for one of us to pick her up, she said, "I was yelling and crying and shouting." That's a lot of synonyms for such a little girl!

She's been saying "why" a lot, too. After everything. Anyway, those are a few thoughts for now. Tomorrow she'll be two!