Ocoee turned 2 in November and had a wonderful birthday. Her birthday is doubly special because she was born on her great-grandmother Carolyn Standridge's birthday. When we found out, we named her Ocoee Carolyn.
We got her a dollhouse that makes sounds, but for now her brothers play with it more than she does. Instead of playing alone, Ocoee is always happy to be right in the middle of the action. Where they go, she goes, and of course wants to do whatever they are doing. She doesn't appear too much of a tomboy, as she loves makeup and dolls :), but she also knows how to wrestle and ride on a skateboard. Drop by our home if you don't believe me!
Her birthday cake was pumpkin muffins topped with honey-cinammon butter frosting and pomegranate seeds. One more picture included here to show how much fun she was having at the water play park!
She's saying and trying to say lots of new words, and quickly catching up on her language. In a recent evaluation, she came up with a receptive language age of 15 months, and an expressive language age of 19 months. At this rate, in 4 or 5 more months, she will be testing on par with her peers! It's hard to believe that she may be a talkative toddler by her next birthday, but once she learns how to talk, she won't be keeping quiet!
