It's so crazy to me that Bobby and I have this little girl running around our house. This beautiful little girl, full of spunk, curiosity, love, persistence, opinions, attitude, smarts, etc.
Initially I wanted to take Jordan to Disneyland for her birthday, or at least some point around this time frame when the Christmas decorations were up, but we have decided to hold off and go with my sister and her family in February. In place of spending the day with Mickey, Bobby was able to take the day off and we took both girls to the Wild Animal Park. It's not too far from our house and always amazes Bobby and me to think that all of those animals are wandering around in our "backyard". We had a fabulous day and of course, this mama shed a few tears seeing the excitement and happiness on J's face throughout the day. She's such a big girl and I love it, but I truly cannot believe how fast she is becoming her own little being.
She seems so much older than 2, look at her!!! (Check out her awesome personalized Oso shirt!)
Right inside the front gate, we encountered a little show going on with this beautiful Kangaroo. Did you know that baby Kangaroos are born at about the size of your thumbnail??? That's so amazing to me!
We then hit the petting zoo...
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| "Shhhh, Goat sleeping!" |
This guy always has me in awe as well...
and this guy?? Again, I cannot believe these animals live so close to my house!
and no trip to the Zoo or Wild Animal Park would be complete without seeing the gorillas!
and here are a few snapshots from the rest of our adventure...
Jordan passed out pretty fast once we got in the car and the rest of our day was filled with a typical family dinner and leftover Birthday Cupcakes....that J has been asking for every morning since!
On top of all of her birthday fun, here are a few fun facts about the past month in Jordan's world:
- Hello, potty training!!! Jordan started using the big girl potty on October 18th and we haven't looked back since. We spent a few days running around the house nakey (we = Jordan. I did not join in on this fun, I promise!) to cut down on the amount of laundry from random accidents, but really, she only had a few within the first three of four days. I was very impressed.
- She then graduated to big girl undies on October 22nd. Since then she only wears diapers for naps and bed time.
- Her legs are canvases for constant bruises! This girl plays hard.
- She is officially in a size 6 shoe.
- She has taken a liking to Tom and Jerry! How cool is that?? My mom had given me a Tom and Jerry book for her and we started reading it before naps and bedtime. That lasted a week or so until dada
got lazyforgot the book and decided to play a YouTube video of T&J instead and now that book just isn't good enough for her! - When you ask her not to do something, ie: Please don't put your feet on the table, she'll come back with, "How bout dis?" and she'll take one foot off and leave one foot on! Sass much??
- Whenever she sees the letter O or a 0, she'll point at it and say, "O for Oso!" Since she started this, I have now taught her J for Jordan as well.
- She loves cheers-ing Bobby and me with her cup of milk. It's adorable.
- If she stumbles, coughs a little, or does something that generally could mean she's hurt or needs help, she will say, "You otay?" and she'll keep repeating it until you ask her if she's ok. Hello drama!
- If you tell her she can't do something, ie: can't go outside, she'll say, "[Mama, Dada, Gamma, etc.] said NO!"
- When I tell her that I'm going upstairs for a second, she then replies with, "Stay right der!" Yup, you're right! Don't move a muscle!
- I'm obsessed with the way she says screwdriver. It sounds something like "stu-stiver".
- She checked in at 27 lbs (71%) and 35 inches (78%).
Happy 2nd Birthday, Jordan Patricia! We hope you enjoyed your special day just as much, if not more, than we enjoy watching your grow! We can't wait to see what this next year has in store for you!
