HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my cutie-pie, SUMMER!
We love you very much!
current weight: 26 pounds 8 ounces
current length: 35 inches
OMG! I can’t believe Summer is 2 already!….even though most people think she’s 3 years old (including us), and we treat her as such. 
Looking at the above collage, it totally blows me away how drastically she had changed over the course of a year. *cry*
Again, I’ve neglected to post her monthly updates on time. 
Since her last update, she has grown an inch, gained 4 ounces, and currently wears size 2-3T clothes and size 7 shoe.
Summer is quite the chatty one. Not only has she advanced to three-syllable words (ie…”butterfly”, “medicine”, “camera”, “vitamins”), but has started forming complete sentences. There are too many to list, but most are pretty basic. The sentences she says most often are: “that’s mine!”, “give me that!” or “give that to me!”, “i want that!”, “i can do it!” or “i’ll do it!”, “be quiet!”, “don’t touch it!”, “let’s go upstairs/downstairs/out!”, etc..etc… As you can tell, she’s very demanding and commanding. 
She’s also learning some chinese. YAY! 
I really love this stage…it’s a wonderful feeling when the blank stares are replaced by acknowledgement and understanding. It’s great to be able to communicate with one another, and I’m getting a big kick out of hearing what she has to say. Of course there are times when she’s tired and reverts back to the incoherent mumbling and whining.
We’ve already entered the “terrible twos”. She’s aggressive, bossy, and possessive…AND loves to exert her power over her
willing sister. I’m still learning that no two kids are alike, and in my case, my girls are like night and day in some areas. Ashlyn used to tantrum when she didn’t get what she wanted, or if we didn’t understand her, or if we didn’t agree with her. She required (and continues to require) us to be emotionally nuturing. Summer, on the other hand, tantrums when she doesn’t get what she wants. She could care less what you think, but once it passes, it’s gone….*snap*…just like that, she accepts whatever it is and moves on. AWESOME! No need to explain or negotiate. So even though Summer is the naughtier of the two, I find her much easier to deal with.
You’ve heard me say this before, but I find Summer’s physical strength and coordination pretty amazing. My little daredevil climbs to, and jumps from, daring heights. She lifts and carries items far too heavy for her.
And if we had a chandelier, you bet she’d be swinging from it. 
She can power the TV, DVD player, microwave, fridge water dispenser, telephone, cellphone, digital camera, and Leapster with ease. She’s figured out doorknobs and locks already. She can feed and dress herself, put on her own shoes, wash and dry her own hands/face, apply lotion and chapstick, and brush her own teeth.
On the flipside, she’s prone to injury. Not the usual bumps and bruises I’m used to, but the kind that makes me go weak in the knees…like when she bit through her lower lip in Taiwan, or when she split her upper lip at Target, or when she had a bump the size of a golf ball on her forehead, or the time she fell head-first into the koi pond. *sigh* My biggest fear is of her knocking out a tooth before it falls out on it’s own, broken bones, and/or stitches. *knock on wood*.
I always used to joke that Summer has the face and personality only her mother could love. hahaha That’s because she’s not particularly nice to strangers (or some friends), nor does she go out of her way to make them happy. But once you get past her serious and quiet stone face, Summer is such a character! When she warms up, she’s sweet, exuberant, fiercely protective, loyal, and a total comedian. Ever so slowly I’m noticing that she’s becoming more outgoing and friendly….slooooowly.
Nevertheless, she brings
us a lot of happiness and laughter, and we just adore her to bits! I’m looking forward to seeing her blossom and grow more!
Summer is looking forward to her party. Today I caught her singing “Happy Birthday” followed by the blowing motion. HAHAHAHA!
“what?!”
Poor kid looks like a fool now. *sigh* Of course I still find her cute…in a goofy way. HAHAHA! It’s a good thing we had already taken our holiday portraits. 
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