eliza is two

you are two. there is no debating it, there is no escaping it.
you could snuggle up in a blanket with a bottle and lay in my lap all day long. that is, until jade would come trotting by as the animal of choice that hour and you would then quickly hop off and follow suit without a second thought.
you could also spend the entire day in an epic meltdown at my feet about whichever food item or object that didn't meet your standards for whatever reason.
you are fiery, stubborn, passionate, vocal - very vocal, and not about to follow anyone's agenda but your own. i have wondered where you come from until i recently admitted that i have many of these same characteristics. i, too, have emotions that come boiling over and go reeling out of control before i can pull myself together. i won't apologize for them, for myself or for you. they are beautiful even in their fiery terror. let's embrace them and embrace each other despite.
but at least you have an unyielding sense of humor and derive such endless amounts of pleasure by teasing your big sister.
you are my little cherub that loves to eat chapstik and flush copious amounts of toilet paper at once "dit it! dit it!" i'd better sweep you up in my arms and snuggle you all day before you run free and fly high to places i can't reach you.
to the little girl who keeps secrets from strangers but opens wide the gates of her soul to mommy.
i possess the luck of the universe to have you.