23 months old!

How is it possible for Sam to be 2 next month?!  She is in such a fun, noisy, busy stage right now:)

Howie took her to the dr 2 weeks ago to get some new medicine for her eczema and she weighed in at 26 lbs!  She has also finally gotten some more teeth, in addition to the 4 molars and 1 lower front tooth, the other lower front tooth and two front top teeth have broken through.  Also she is officially off breastmilk, she weaned herself around 21 months and just yesterday she drank the last bag of frozen milk.  Almost made it to 2 years but she's doing fine with whole milk.

One of her favorite things to do now is read books, I'm so glad she loves them just like me!

She loves pointing out animals and babies in the books and as soon as you finish one she runs to get another one.

We also made our first trip to the beach this year and it was so much fun!  Long gone are the days of going to the beach to relax but I wouldn't have it any other way, so much more fun!  We went to St. Augustine beach where you can drive your car on the beach and it was so convenient.  

We already have 3 trips to the beach on the calendar in the next couple of months and I'm sure we'll make some impromptu trips as well.  I have to make sure and stay diligent about putting sunscreen on Sam since she has her daddy's skin tone she tans super easy even with sunscreen on.  

She has also moved up to the toddler story time at the library.  It's on Tuesday mornings and since I've recently taken Tuesdays off we should hopefully go quite a bit.  We've only been once so far but she seemed to enjoy it.

And she has moved up to the toddler class at church which means I've started teaching there instead of the nursery.  I've only taught one Sunday so far but I really enjoyed it! 

We've gotten into a pretty good routine at home where she gets to play outside a lot!  We usually walk to the park at least once a day and she loves to play on the back patio.  We're working on getting some grass back there so she can enjoy the yard too!

We just sent out invitations for her 2nd birthday party, just planning a small, family party with a Veggie Tales theme!  We're excited to have some family from back home coming down for it too!