Sasha at 2 years

Well, If she looks a bit confused, it's because she turned 2 a few months ago...

 

 

So, at her birthday, she was 28 lbs, 8 oz (75th) and 35.5 inches LONG (90th), which meant she was actually about 34 inches tall, but who's counting. 

 

This girl continued to grow cuter and sillier and smarter.  When people asked her how old she was, she would say "Two," even though we never taught her to say that.  She also realized what the word "Cute" meant.  One day we watched the movie Despareaux (about a little mouse), and as we were all watching it, out of the blue she quietly giggled and said, "chute"  

She has gotten more obsessed with babies, climbing into our laps with a cup of milk and ask us to hold her like a baby.  Even resorting to treating Kaleb's Iron Man action figure like one. 

 

Here she is putting him down for a nap:

 

And here she is helping him walk:

 

If babies are around she constantly fights an inner battle of whether she wants to be with the baby or be like a baby.  Anytime her cousin Tehya is around, she gets crazy jealous and wants to be wherever she is, even when it's not with Mommy or Daddy.  Thankfully, she is usually very gentle with the babies she does encounter.

 

In spite of this, she continues to progress, and she finally found the patience to finish a puzzle... and of course, did it within a few seconds like she had always known how (but didn't want to be bothered).

 

She has also said a few family prayers (with help).  Since her vocabulary is still limited, she usually only says about half the words we give her, but it's good practice. 

 

With Sasha's birthday, came the end of monsoon season, which, if she had understood, would have brought an onslaught of tears.  Nothing brought this little girl more joy than to play in the rain.  One afternoon, we were surprised to hear rain pouring outside, so Daddy opened the front door to get a closer look.  Sasha didn't even pause; she just bolted out the door, bare feet and all. 

Some of the weird things that came up this month is how much she loved having her hands in her mouth.  She would walk around with four fingers dangling from her jaws and then reach out to hug us with a stream of slobber to match.  Ick.  She also got a bit shy of strangers this month.  One of my favorite quirks of the month was when we would listen to a recording of the Primary song Nephi's courage and she would sing it in a low, manly voice.  It would crack all of us up!!

 

Daddy brought home giant boxes he got from Grandpa Reed!  Best toys EVER!!

 

Kaleb and Sasha's relationship continues to blossom.  I am so grateful that Kaleb has never been jealous of Sasha... envious of her toys yes, but never jealous.  He appreciates her silliness as much as we do, and is always the first to help when she seems to need it... and even when she really doesn't.

 

 

 Sasha's 2nd birthday party was also a lot of fun!  We had SOOOOO many kids over to play (mostly cousins), it was a bit of a rodeo!

She got so many AWESOME presents like a 'laptop' and smartphone...

 

and a Belle doll that looks just like her. 

 

Our big gift to her this year was a kitchen (thank you, craigslist) and some play food. 

which was an instant hit at the party... I love that Kaleb is in the background on the phone (the one that came with the kitchen).

 

My favorite part about the party was her birthday cake... mostly cuz I didn't have to make it and it was SOOOOOOOOOOOO STINKIN CUTE!!!  Sasha's Gramma Teller, Aunt Tashina and Uncle Landon all chipped in to make it awesome.  The antennae were the two candles!