30 months!

Dear Alyssa,
   Yesterday you turned 30 months (that's 2 and a half if you don't want to do the math). I didn't even realize it was your half birthday until someone asked how old you were and I told them you would be two and a half next month and your Daddy corrected me and said no, she is two and a half today.
   I cannot believe how fast time has gone by it seems like it was only a few months ago that we were celebrating you turning 1!
    You still wear size 18 month clothes, though I have started to buy you some 24 month stuff. For pants they are the correct length but are so big in the waist that they just fall down. 18 month isn't too short on you so I just let you wear that, unless it is a dress and then it is 24 month. You weight about 26 lbs (you stand on the scale almost nightly before your bath and range from 25-27 lbs).
    You talk non-stop unless you are around someone your not sure about, then you pretend you don't know how to talk until you feel comfortable and then you talk a mile a minute again.  You love to sing songs, you know ABC's, Happy Birthday, Old McDonald, Jump up and down, and many many more.
    You love to play pretend with your friends and though you don't always understand what the older kids are doing you still go along with them.  You also love to torment the other kids and will do things that you know will make them mad just to get a reaction out of them.

    You still hate sleeping through the night. We have moved you out of a toddler bed and into a full size mattress( this just happened last week). Since we did that you have slept more of the night in your room, but still twice this week you have come to our room and slept with us for part of the night. Maybe when you are 18 you will sleep through the night on your own.
    You absolutely love your brother. When you hear him wake up in the morning you go running to his room and get on the step stool beside his bed and talk to him.  In the car you also talk and make him laugh almost non-stop. You love to give him kisses if he is crying and make sure that no one hurts him.
   I love watching the two of you play together and he just adores you as well. He will crawl after you if you leave the room.
   Alyssa, Daddy and I had no idea what was in store for us when you were born and as I sit here just two and a half years later I can't believe the joy you have brought to our lives. You are a very smart, funny, loving and out going you are. I can't wait to see what the future holds.
Love,
Mommy