There are so many little things (and some big) that you miss in life, or don't even notice anymore, that a 2 year-old will notice.
For instance a big thing would be an airplane flying overhead. We live directly in the flight path of Oakland International Airport, however that flight path still puts the plane quite a few thousand feet above our head, to the point where it still looks like a spec, but you can tell it is an airplane nonetheless. Now, the sound is something we just do not hear anymore, it is nothing to us, until one day Kennedy came running to us crying in the backyard and we could not figured out why. Until she looked up, and we saw it - then heard it. It was an airplane and the noise terrified her. It took us a month at least for her to get the idea down that it was an airplane and not anything to be afraid of, and about another month of us picking her up, pointing it out and waving bye-bye to the plane as it went overhead. Now I am back to not really ever hearing the plane anymore or noticing that it is there until there is this tiny hand waving and voice saying "bye bye". TO me it is one of the most precious things, especially when she has gone down for bed at night and it will be completely quiet until we hear a "bye bye" over the monitor and then we hear the plane overhead. (i swear this kid has killer hearing).
Another thing lately is her "moon". We got a moon wall light for her room before she was even born. It was something that was dim enough to be able to see at night but not incredibly bright that it was a disturbance. We stopped using it when she was a few months old, and now just moved it over by our chair for when we read books before bed. She is obsessed with the moon now. We have to have the moon on when we get home, and when we get up, and we say "night night moon" before we go to bed. She is also very intent on showing anyone who comes over the fact that she has a moon in her room. It is another one of those little things that make my heart melt.
the moon
Kennedy pointing out her moon :)
And now that Halloween is here (a week early in our house because we'll be gone for a week of October) she is beyond excited over all of our decorations. I never thought the wonder of a pumpkin could be so absolutely amazing, or the excitement over coming home and seeing pumpkins all over our porch thanks to Grandpa would be so gratifying.
The BEST part is that she has this thing now where she puts her hand in a fist and sticks out her pointer finger, but brings her hand up close to her face like she is pointing out a secret, and then she says "hhuuuhhhh, pumpkins!!".
She will carry her pumpkins around anywhere that she can, and will often wear her witches hat as well. She insists on all pumpkins (that can be) be plugged in at all times when we are home, and LOVES our Halloween houses sitting on the TV stand.
Seeing Halloween again and all the wonderful things that are Halloween through her little eyes and mind are amazing and I am loving every minute of it. I absolutely cannot wait for Christmas when we get to decorate. I can only imagine what Christmas will look like through a 2-year old's eyes
I love this little girl more than anything and I am so incredibly thankful for her everyday in showing me all the small and wonderful things that I may have been passing by.
