Our little girl is growing up so quickly before our eyes. She is talking up a storm and speaks in full sentences. Her pronunciation has completely amazed us. Grandma taught Zoe to say "See you later alligator, after while crocodile." Believe or not, she can say it and it is pretty clear for a little one not even two yet.
Homework is still a favorite of hers. She can name everything on her flashcards (about 150) and we can ask her questions of the different objects that she answers. One of her cards is a baby and I will ask, "What is the baby doing?" She says, "The baby sitting." Another one of her cards is a moon and she will tell me the moon comes out when it's dark. We are still working on our colors because we tend to get those mixed up quite often. The other day when Papa and YiaYia were visiting, she counted "5, 6, 7, 8, 9...". It was in order and she can count 1-5 when she is not being silly. During bathtime we have bath crayons, so we love to color during bathtime (and shoot hoops with Daddy, of course!). I like to practice her shapes when we color. She is unbelieveable! She know 6 shapes already!!! She can identify and name a circle, square, star, heart, triangle, and rectangle. I wrote her name and I asked her what she thought it said and she said, "Zoe! Mi name." Spanglish :)...
Just the other day I was finishing up my report cards at home on the computer and she said, "Mommy finish your homework." Grandma and Grandpa keep telling us how funny she is. They can't believe how well she understands humor already.
She is super observant and on car rides anywhere we tell her to search for different things. When it is visible she points it out right away. Her favorites to point out right now are motorcycles, big trucks, school buses, and city buses.
I got her a pair of velcro maryjanes and she can put on her own shoes now! She blew us away when she came in the room with her shoes on, so now every morning she wears those, she puts them on herself. Can you tell that we are proud parents?
Zoe's two year birthday is coming up! Shaun and I literally cry when we think about how big our little squirt (her nickname before we knew if she was a boy or girl) has become. She is so amazing and we are extremely blessed to have such an inquisitve, observant, cautious, bright, and fun loving little girl. We couldn't have asked for anything more!
Zoe turned two today!!! She was so excited that it was her birthday. The joke is when she is asked how old she is, she smirks and says five and holds up five fingers. Later she will correct herself and will say two. This morning she woke us, as usual, and we went into her room to sing her Happy Birthday. It was too cute to see her perk up and jump up and down. I think she is really starting to like this birthday stuff. We really started emphasizing birthdays when Daddy had his birthday in January. I asked her this morning whose birthday it was and she said, "Ummmm...Grandma's?" I said, "No, she already had her turn." "Ummmm...Jasmine's?" I said, "No, hers is next month." I told her it was her turn today. She beamed from ear to ear. I told her we had something special for her in the living room and there she found presents, cards and balloons. She is filled with expressions in these pics. We are forever laughing and enjoying all of her expressions. We went to dinner tonight and she blew out her two candles on her special cake. That definitely made me a nervous mommy, watching her get that close to the candles, but she blew them right out! She was so proud, she clapped and said Yay! We are now looking forward to celebrating with more friends and family at her birthday party in two weeks. It will be a ladybug filled day :) 
