Sunshine Girl

Almost a year has passed since I've written about my girl.  I suppose we've been busy living life.  Trying to soak up every moment of these sweet littles I am blessed to raise means there is little time to sit and reflect.  Most nights B and I are sitting down at 10:00 and folding clothes while we try not to fall asleep watching 30 min of something entertaining.  

So here's a shout out to my best girl, our real life princess and darling daughter.  

I call her my Sunshine Girl, because she is.  She knows what she wants, how she wants it and when she thinks she should get it, and she won't tell you about it quietly.  She is a little fire ball and those moments of strong will that drive me to a humble place as a parent are the same qualities that are going to help her move mountains.  

Her interests are heavily influenced by Henry, in a way that is almost crippling at times because she can't quite make a decision without leaning on what his decision might be.  Play time often consists of her dressing up as "Hooooo paaaaaaw" aka Darth Vader and trying to scare us but quickly lifting her mask to make sure we know "it's just me, nuffin to be fraid of".

She has deep empathy for others and is a mother hen at heart.  What an amazing big sister she is going to be.  

This little girl loves so much bigger than one could imagine.  A last kiss and hug from us when saying goodbye can last quite some time and usually happens more than once.  Her big love extends outside of our family to her friends and especially animals of any sort.  Henry told her the other day he thinks a veterinarian would be a good job for her.  

What a blessing it is to be in her presence, let alone her mother.  Mallie Lynn Estelle you are one treasured gift.  

Though I haven't had the chance to blog I try to do my best to jot down the precious things she says.  

Here are a few of the things we have loved hearing pop out of her mouth.

Fall 2016

The "I NOT" phase.  Usually used to protest doing something we told her to do.  

The "Yelcome" phase used for welcome.

"You stay riiiiight dare."  usually with a finger point telling us not to come any closer.

Opening a door and her short little person walking through announcing "Hellwo it's me."

Telling us everything that she couldn't turn on "Needs new battuhwees." 

For a good 6 months she became obsessed with Blues Clues and paw prints.  She loved to say to her brother, "Henry, know what?  Blues clues!"  as if she was telling him something important.  

Hearing a loud sound and asking "Fire truck?" No, I informed her it's a jet.  "Oh a jet, right!"  

Winter 2016-17

"Oh my goodness!" could be heard from her lips quite often.  

"MAAAZING!" she announced dreamily as she watched Henry write words on their chalkboard. 

As much as she loves anything Henry does and tries to be like him in almost every way she has found one way to stand alone in her love for the color pink, or as she affectionately calls it "MY PINK." 

Coloring with her as she picks up the ultimate color "Dat's a pink, my pink, ohhhhhh it's a dark pink you right!"

Learning from her big brother that everything is a competition she quickly caught on to the idea of winning.  Looking at us with a confident and mischievous grin she loved to challenge "I gone beat chyou!"

One of our long lasting favorites was her determined announcement for someone to stop doing something by yelling "SHOP, SHOP!!!"  It will forever be one of our favorite sayings.

Spring 2017

Her obsession with the story and song Wheels on the Bus began and she would erupt into song every single time she saw a school bus.  

We had always known her to be brave and tough and so we sometimes had conversations about the trouble she might get into as she got older.  Thankfully, she started to gain a healthy fear of things and her instinct to act like a mother hen kicked in.  If she had or witnessed an almost accident of any sort you would likely her say "Shew, that was close!"  

Summer 2017

She has shown us simple pleasures in the things she gets delighted to see.  Staring out her window the world outside the car looks exciting to a two year old.  The Arby's sign gets her excited because she thinks it looks like a hot dog and finds it hilarious.  Captain D's signs are a pleasure because of the big fish they display, Forcht bank and there ever changing fork decorations had us hearing requests to see the bunny or jockey fork every time we got in the car.  Water Fountains or statues of horses are like striking gold to her and she shrieks about a sighting with bliss in her heart.  

She made a funny self discovery when she informed me, "Mommy, I have whiskuz on my legs."  

"borella" = umrella

"max" = masks 

"actually....." and "It's pwobably" are two new additions to her vocal that always make me giggle.

My hands down favorite thing she has 

Lot's of "I wuuuuuv Henry, he's a nice boy, he's so handsome." statements can be heard coming from her sweet little voice.  He is her utmost favorite person and the thing that makes her most happy in this world.  It melts this mama's heart like the most severe heat wave you can imagine.