Jane is two years old!

Wow, sweet Jane is two years old now! I still remember being surprised when she arrived two weeks earlier than her due date. Her stats will come soon as her doctor's appointment isn't for a couple more weeks, but we know she is a big girl! She has the best smile and perfect curls in her hair that I don't want to cut lest they disappear!

Over the last month or so, Jane has gotten three of her four canines in and one of her two-year molars...so only four more teeth to go! Like her big sister, Jane naps about 2 - 2 1/2 hours per day and sleeps about 10.5 -11 hours at night, going down around 7:30 pm and waking up around 6:30 am. For most of the past year, Jane has barely spoken a word, but over the last three months her speech has exploded. Jane now says two and three word sentences and particularly likes trying to explain herself or tell you in detail something that happened by telling you one word at a time. Now that her speech has picked up, she and her sister play together a lot more, though they also fight more too now that Jane is able to speak for herself. Jane just loves to dance and has since she was a baby. Her dance moves are getting much more impressive the older she gets, though! She also has been attempting to sing recently, which is very adorable. She likes to play with babies, likes to carry around purses, loves to take walks in the stroller, and adamantly loves her crib. She almost panics if we try to lay her down on anything that doesn't have walls. She loves to swing and go to the "kay-gown" (playground). She eats pretty much anything and has recently been expressing interest in potty training (though I am trying to quell that until after the babies come). Her tantrums are starting to become quite regular and loud! She also still loves her elephant blankie (or "wickie" as she calls it) to sleep with. Our girl, who was never a snuggly baby, has decided over the last couple months that she now likes to be snuggled and held, just in time for her to be displaced as the baby of the family. I am trying to let her enjoy these last couple months while she can!

Eleanor at two for comparison:

Jane at one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, fifteen, and eighteen months old.