Dear Charlotte,
You turned two a little over a week ago. This past year has been full of firsts and lots of changes. It really does seem like you’ve always been with us and we are so happy you officially became a Derichsweiler in May. Your big brown eyes, beautiful smile, and silly laugh melt everyone’s heart, including your grandparents. Our life is more full and more amazing because you’re our daughter. We treasure every day and look forward to what the next year has in store for us!
Only a year go you turned one and shortly after you started walking. We moved to a new house this year, and we all love the extra space, especially because now you are running and climbing! You’ve asserted your place as big sister, although Cooper is starting to gain some ground. Although sharing is tough, you still use your brains to outsmart his might.
You learned to eat with utensils this year and now you get upset when your hands get dirty with food. You insist on having a napkin to wipe your hands and mouth when you eat. You have a full mouth of teeth and handled getting both sets of molars and your I-teeth with very little fussiness.
You are learning to communicate much better. You can make so many new faces and can easily show us happy, sad, mad and surprised whenever we ask. Our favorite is when you walk up to us and first make a mad face then immediately make a surprised face and we all burst into a fit of giggles. You use signs regularly to show us what you need, although you have a unique ‘help’ and ‘please’ sign that you came up with on your own. Speech therapy is going well and you are saying so many new words. You know that cars go beep, beep, motorcycles go vroom, and dogs go woof, woof. You can say car (caw), ball (baw), dog (daw), daddy (dahee), yeah, up (puh), help (peh), done (duh), and open (poh). You can almost say more and mommy. Our favorite is when you speak gibberish and end with a yeah, yeah, yeah.
You love cuddling and kisses with everyone including your brother Cooper and dog Scout. You care very much if people get hurt or are sad, and you always try to comfort others. You LOVE Handy Manny and dance and sing to all the songs. You are also quickly falling in love with Blues Clues and can make all the signs at the right time during the opening song. It truly amazes us!
You love any sport that includes a ball. You cheer and clap during football games, especially when a player gets tackled. When basketball is on you point to the ball and say over and over ‘baw, baw, baw’. Your favorite songs are Hot N’ Cold by Katy Perry, Use Somebody and Sex is on Fire by Kings of Leon. You stop whatever you are doing, get our attention and begin singing and dancing when these songs come on.
You love playing with your Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Puppy and share your milk and snacks with him. He is also your must have lovey for sleeping, along with your green blankie. You can play with cars and trucks all day long, but you especially love books. Dr. Seuss is your favorite author and daddy has memorized the Sneetches and the Lorax.
You are full of life and are very passionate. You are also impatient and have a stubborn streak and hot temper. At the same time you are oh so sweet and gentle. We love you so, so much! Happy Birthday, little Miss Charlotte!
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