Two and a half plus a month because time is escaping me, so rounding the bases toward three faster than I'd like to admit. Also messing with my mind, Beck will be a big sister at her next birthday in five seconds. 
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parenting
Mothering
Happy Mother's Day! It is one million degrees here (over 90 for the last 3 days, please tell me what is happening), and we have had all sorts of celebrations this weekend. A toddler birthday party with all of our besties, tons of baby steps on the construction on our house, a big family dinner last night for Mother's Day with my family, and today, the actual day, is more left to getting ready for the new week and begging Beck to not whine any more than usual for this one day. ...
About a Beck! Two and a Half
Time slow down time slow down time slow down. 
Today, in honor of Maternal Mental Health week, I decided to share how things are going with this moody threenager we are raising. Beck these days, that sort of thing. Beck these days is trying and wonderful and confusing and maddening and adorable and HITTING, so that's cute. ...
About a Beck - 2 years old!
"So, time for a little sister!" is the phrase most associated with a child turning two, I've learned. 
yep, those are baby Jordan's up there.
How, why, HOW is she two. I know, passage of time and 24 months and all of that, but it just doesn't seem like it's been long enough. It went way too fast, and seems way too early to be thinking about siblings for this child, even though I know that it's not necessarily. ...
Beck's 2nd Birthday
....in very bad pictures. 
Beck turned two on Saturday! And Beck acted like she was two on Saturday.
There will be a separate About a Beck post with talk of development and how much I love her, but this is about the actual day. Beck actually spent the night before her birthday at my parents' house, so we had the morning to decorate and clean and cook for her party without her, which in fact makes for a much better party, honestly. We picked her up still in her jammies (it was a snow day), and she was SO excited to come home to "some new balloons!" I have no idea when we have had old balloons, but ok.
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