Ying Turns 2!

Saturday was a big day at our house. My little baby celebrated her second birthday - her first at home with her family. I wanted to do a simple birthday - cake and ice cream with just family - since Ying has no idea what a birthday is or what it means to be 2. Well, lucky for her big sister is on the job, and big sister knows birthdays. She informed me that we needed a fancy cake, balloons, and decorations. Way to go, O. You look out for your baby sister! So, we had sort of a mini-party. As expected, the birthday girl had no clue what was going on. She woke up from her nap kind of grouchy, and it took over an hour for her to start getting into the party. The cake and ice cream bored her. The presents were mostly overwhelming – until they were opened and she realized that there was cool new stuff to play with. Then, we finally started to see some smiles.

The girls are starting to play together a bit more these days. The new favorite game is mommy and baby. O is the mommy, and Y is the baby. I have to get some pictures of O pushing Y through the house in the doll stroller (which is actually just Y’s size!). The funniest thing was to hear her calling O “Momma” and then looking at me and grinning. Yeah, she knew it was a game. At one point this weekend, Y yelled “Momma” and I answered. She gave me that ‘Oh, please, no one is talking to you look” and said “no”. Then she turned towards O and yelled “Momma” again. It’s so cute to see her little brain figuring all of this out. I know the girls play mommy and baby at daycare, so she is used to hearing O and G calling each other ‘Mommy” and “Baby”. I’m just surprised at how quickly she has learned the game!