Anabella April Gracie...28 months old today.

Anabella loves to talk...

loves to sing...

loves to talk and sing while dancing...

loves to talk and sing while bathing...

loves to talk and sing while eating...

loves to talk and sing on the potty...

loves to talk and sing in line ups...

loves to talk and sing on walks...

loves to talk and sing to family...

loves to talk and sing to complete and total strangers...

Anabella loves to talk and sing and be seen and heard at ALL times.

I love how much my little bean is sprouting into this totally vocal, dramatic, incorrigible, outgoing little social butterfly of a girl.  I love how strong and confident and happy she is on even the most mundane of days.  I love how one little wink or smile from her can turn my entire day around and make me laugh out loud in an instant.  I love how strong she has taught me to be and how she has shown me the world through an an entirely new and more "simplified" set of eyes.  I love waking up to her face and her smell and her "Mama, I lubba you" and then "Mama, I lubba everyone" every single morning.  What a perfect way to start my days and an even bigger reminder of pure innocence and unconditional kindness and love.

She is absolutely the BEST thing I have ever done in my entire life.  She has taught me more in her 28 months as my constant shadow and side kick, then I have learned in my entire 34 years alive.  She has made me want to be the best person I can be and then even more than that. She has made me step back and realize what matters most in life and to not dwell on the stuff that doesn't.  She makes me smile every day, laugh every day and feel so beyond blessed and proud to be her Mama every single day. She has helped me become who I was always meant to be but never even knew it. She is my world and I'm pretty sure the feeling is mutual.

My wish for my sweet Anabella is for her to always feel inside her heart the way she feels today. May she grow and evolve but always keep the strength, confidence, curiosity, loyalty, kindness, consideration, compassion, thoughtfulness, outgoing nature, beauty and unconditional love for everyone that she has today at the age of two.

Oh, I am so lucky to be her Mama. I did something so right to receive a gift like her.