Yikes!! I almost have a 2 year old!

I keep prepping McKenna for her birthday in about 5 weeks, and it's really cute because I will ask her how old she's going to be, and she holds up two fingers (which kinda looks like four because she can never quite keep the ring finger and pinky finger completely down) and says, "two". And then I ask her what kind of party we are going to have, and she says "doggie paw..ty". It's really crazy to me that she will be two. TWO. Seriously??!

Here are some things McKenna's been up to at 22 months...or almost 23 months I guess ;)

* She's very interested in the potty. She is no longer scared of it, but also doesn't quite get the concept of holding out to use the potty before going in her diaper. She seems to tell me she has to go just as she's done it. So, we spend a lot of time sitting on the potty chair, but going potty has actually only happened twice. I think she likes the concept of toilet paper and flushing better anyway! ;)
* She responds to almost any question I ask (where the answer is yes in her opinion) with "yes pease". It's super cute, and I'm proud of her for being so polite. She doesn't say thank you without prompting nearly as often, but she does occasionally, and it always makes me beam inside :)
* She can fill in the blank if you sing the ABCs and pause for different letters - if she sings on her own, she usually just repeats, "A, B, C, D" over and over again.
* Everytime we get in the car, she wants to look for "beep beeps, horseys, and doggies out the window.
* Her vocabulary is expanding like wild fire!! At 21 months, I wrote that she was saying about 40 words, and now it's easily 150. She says new words everyday now, and our communication is much improved. It's nice to actually be able to discuss, reason, and talk about things two-sided. She's putting sentences together constantly. The most I've heard at once is 4 words together, "More books please mommy".
* She is now calling both my parents by name!! She was able to say John's mom's name, Gigi, before, but now she calls Grandma, "Aaama", and Grandpa, "Aanpa". Grandad is still a little confusing because of the "dad" part.
* She is definitely into doing EVERYTHING by herself. Buckling her seatbelt, putting on shoes, brushing her hair, brushing her teeth, putting on lotion, washing her body, twisting on her sippy cup lid, feeding the dog....the list goes on and on.
* She refers to herself as "Me" and Brinkley now as "Binkey".
* She is getting more and more imaginative with her baby dolls. It's by far her favorite thing to do, and lately, since she has a double ear infection and has to be on medicine, she's been wanting to give her baby dolls "medi" so I cleaned out an old infants tylenol container and syringe, and that's been the best thing ever! She also got a small kitchen for Easter, so she's been cooking and feeding her babies food before putting them "nigh, night".
*She's still not a veggie fan, but will now at least eat cooked carrots, raw cucumber, and sometimes green beans.
*Her hair is FINALLY starting to grow and she's had her first teeny tiny pony tail :)

Gosh, I'm sure there are lots of things I'm missing - but I will continue with the updates as I think of them :)