Happy Birthday Chloe!!!

Today my baby girl turns 2 years old.  It’s wonderful.   It is pretty much impossible for me to imagine what life was like without her now.  And she has suddenly started to seem much older to me–especially after not seeing her for a few days.

We had our family celebration yesterday night, b/c I knew today would be a bit rushed with both of us going back to work.  And, let’s face it, she doesn’t know the difference.  🙂  She was VERY EXCITED about the gifts and the cake, but NOT about the candle.  Maybe I’ve gone a bit overboard on telling her fire is dangerous when she sees my candles burning.  Hmmm… another thing to work on.   She also had a bit of trouble getting her gifts open only being able to use one hand.  Tim had to help her a lot.

In all honesty, today has been a pretty lousy day so far.  The early morning was fine:  up for breakfast, Tim off to work, playing with new birthday toys… but then about mid morning, she smashed her pointer finger in her dresser drawer.

It was stuck and I had to actually yank the drawer and her finger to get it out.  The nail turned purple almost immediately.  And this was on her “good hand”… poor girl.   And if that wasn’t enough, a little bit later, she came running through the kitchen (forgetting that she was wearing socks for the first time in a long time) and did a nasty wipe-out.  It looks like she got a little floor burn above her lip and a tiny bloody nose.  And so, from that point on, she’s been in a very fragile emotional state–everything I say “no” to evokes a gigantic melt-down.  So, I put her down for her nap early today.  I’m just praying that she’s better for the nanny!