Runnin'andajumpin'MOREMOREMORE

Hannah, you are almost 2 years old now, and you are full of energy and enthusiasm for MOST things you are a run-on sentence personified, going on and on all the time - here and there and back and forth... you love going for walks, especially to nearby Mountain Lake Park (or in your cadence, "montinnn - lakePARK!) and Rossi Park when we go outside, you love to run, stop and say hello to every single person, no matter how big or small, until they smile and say "hi' back you like to stop and sit on every door step and charge up the longer, more challenging stair cases that line each block you love collecting pebbles which circle the trees as you skamper along the sidewalk I have spent more than a few minutes being entertained by your efforts to cram your fists-full-of-rocks into your tiny little pant pockets.... your determination and persistence, along with your great expressions of effort as your fingers figure out how to navigate the tight spaces - only to get stuck once they are deep in pocket-land, and your total body-jerk flailing campaign to ultimately wrench-free - absolutely makes my heart sing with laughter and joy you love to walk backwards and wacky-walk with me and we see how goofy and silly we can be you are so so talkative, and you say "Walk" when you want to go outside, "Running" if you see anyone else running by, or "sidewalk Chalk" or "MOON!" "Airplane" "Rainbow!" BUS! BUS! BUS! "Greenlight" ...and you can name every color of the cars lining the street you can climb the ladder on the big jungle gym at Mountain Lake Park and you can almost make it up the entire ladder on the slide at Rossi Park you still like to daddy's help for that, and you love to be pushed on the swing, but otherwise, you like to do everything yourself you love to walk to City Kids ("Cittydids!") and play with the huge Thomas-The-Train set they have laid out for kids to play with.... you like to claim everything "MINE" and often times you will assert yourself and yell "Noooooo!" if another toddler has something you don't want them to have - even if it is theirs... yet, you also know "Everybody's" and "share" and when you are not too excited or distracted you are very thoughtful to share... you like to say "Thank You" when ever you walk up and stick your hands out to give something to another person, which is pretty darn cute anywhere you go, you drink in the actions of all the other kids, and your mom and I take that as a clear sign you might be ready for pre-school soon... going for walks, even if it is just around the block, is always an adventure I love to go on with you... one of my favorite things is to see your eyelids get heavy as you are lulled into a peaceful daze by the swing, and at dusk, hoist you up onto my shoulders for a piggy back home you grab onto my hair like you are yanking weeds and we run under the trees with the low-hanging branches and leaves while you laugh and say "Mooooore," Moooore," "Treetreetreetree" at the end of our walks, now, you sit down by our apartment door entrance at the top of the stairs and let me take off your shoes before we go inside, and then you run and

give mom a big hug
I'll take that run-on sentence any day I love you, Dad.

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