Happy Birthday Iris!

How is my baby girl already 2?!  I am thankful every day for this amazing child.  She is funny and sweet and super smart.  I was afraid having a second baby might throw me over the edge of sanity and that we should just call our family of three complete, but here we are and I am so happy we decided to go for it!  I do have to disclose that my patience has been tried a bit lately with her constant need to be on my hip or in my lap, but I guess that's just a reminder that I need to slow down and appreciate my kids, in all of their stages, as often as I can.

Things she likes these days:

Reading books (Richard Scary's Best First Book Ever is her favorite right now)
Butterflies
Baby dolls
Yanking tissues from the box and taking them directly to the trash can
Shoes
Just about any food we offer her 
Watching nursery rhymes on the computer.  Five Little Monkeys and the Butterfly Color Song make her extremely happy.
Playing in the hot tub.  She asks to go out to it almost every night.
Listening to kiddie music any time we drive in the car.  She gets very upset if she doesn't get her way (which actually applies to everything, not just the music in the car)!
Singing Twinkle Twinkle before I lay her in bed.

Looking regal in her birthday crown from Aunt Jen

Happy birthday baby!