Birthday catch-up: Lilia

We celebrated Lilia's 2nd birthday 15 June. Lilia has been so fun to watch grow up. She will not at all be left behind by her brothers if at all possible. And she does a pretty good job of keeping up. She is learning more and more every day. At her two-year check-up at the doctor, she was able to turn the otoscope on and off, which is no mean feat for a 2-year-old. The doctor said when that happens at that age, she makes a note of it in the chart. We always knew Lilia is one smart cookie! A couple of weeks ago Spencer was in a board review (for Step 2, which he just took yesterday) given by a pediatrician. Apparently 2-year-olds should be saying 2- to 3-word sentences and be understood roughly 50% of the time. Lilia regularly strings 4- and 5-word sentences together and is quite intelligible. Part of that may be that I am her mom, but I think others can usually understand her pretty well.

Some pictures.

The birthday girl.

The pool party.


Birthday burritos for dinner.


Spencer enjoys making and decorating all the birthday cakes.


Wearing her princess gloves and beads from Grandma and Grandpa.


In the birthday skirt I made with the music birthday card from Bubbe and Papa (this one plays "Girls Just Want to Have Fun").


Showing off her birthday things.


We were able to celebrate, again, with a lovely sister in our ward with whom Lilia shares her birthday. We had her over last year for a birthday dinner and we were able to repeat that this year.
We recently discovered that this lady's mother and I share a birthday. What a fun coincidence!