Evie Joy at 2 years old!

check out her little painted toes :)

this is my baby, ahhh- she is 2 years old! Evie Joy! And oh how she is bursting with personality! She definitely is not into posing for pics like her brother- she is a beauty and has a naturally beautiful smile but Jo always was into the camera "cheese" smiles- she is not- she is different- she is a girl! She likes to change her clothes, shoes and hats many times a day- when her feelings are hurt the least bit she can scream for an hour- she loves babies and cooking- recently she is very into coloring- not really in the lines or even one picture at a time- she is all over the place and book but very intently :) - she loves outside- she likes to ride in the buggy and run errands, go for runs with mommy, bike rides with daddy, play at the playground, go swimming...anything and everything outside...josiah is much more of a home-body than she is- she will tell people boldly they can not rub her face, take her picture in chinese but in reality she doesn't really care. She loves milk...way too much! We have no idea how she looks like such a chunker when she barely eats- so it must be all the milk, really we try to limit her but sometimes we give in- She loves papaya- the other day she ate 2 of them! And dippy- she loves dippy. She might not eat all her meal but she will finish off all the dippy! She is very verbal- much more than her older brother. She can say almost as much as Josiah can in Chinese- we are quite impressed with her. If her temperament were only a bit more stable, we would have already enrolled her into Chinese Preschool- so we are planning to try again in October :) She is very sweet to say "Thank you" for everything- "Thank you Mommy for changing my diaper" "Thank you Mommy for taking me to the playground, for going swimming, etc..." Very very sweet! But very strong willed- she rips books, breaks toys, throws toys, hits computers...like her older brother never has...she has a bit of an "umph" in her personality where josiah has proven to be more gentle spirited. I "hear" i was quite a terror when it came to toddler fits also but of course i don't remember...she has just now began showing an interest in watching a 5 minute elmo podcast, for some reason she really likes the show potty power and sometimes a little tiger and poo and xi yang yang (chinese show about a sheep and wolf). she loves reading- she reads books for hours a day and she loves singing! She learns new verses and songs every week- it is so fun to see how smart she is and just soaks so much in. Recently she is really liking stories about Abraham and Elijiah- she also loves singing the songs "Inright, Outright, Upright, Downright happy all the time," "Jesus Loves Me" and "Jesus Loves the Little Children" in Chinese. She loves playdoh, painting, playing in sand, rice, water. She loves pretending she is a monkey :) She is becoming quite the dancer :) WE love how her little personality is coming out. LIke I said she can be very strong willed - like the other day she just went up and kicked 3 babies, but she also knows how to just make peoples day around here- she'll start talking to them in Chinese and they get so tickled and light up, it's really precious- she also loves hugs and kisses and to cuddle, which is a special gift since jo wasn't really into that. We are pretty sure somewhere under all her girlishness is a hidden genius :) She is definitely a girl and a second born when it comes to understanding, expressing herself and her ability to do many things. She really amazes us. We just pray to be able to tame the also hidden monster wanting to roar at us all :) She is very much a JOY!