"I can't tell you!"

This statement is uttered at least once a day by E when responding to the question, "Did you poop?". Translated it means, "Why yes Mother, I did defecate recently. How good of you to notice."

E is pip! She brings a smile to my face at least a million times a day. It is why, since the moment of her birth, I have called her sunshine. She revels in this nick name. She gets pissed when K tries to claim it as her own. SHE is mommy's sunshine.

E is the kid in ballet shoes with dirt on her face and stains on her clothes. You can't pin E to any one category. She is just E. She is fearless but afraid of the bad guys in every movie, show or storybook. She is clumsy but gracefully moves through dance class each week. She is independent yet clings to my leg in every public setting. She is E, my sunshine.

Her favorite thing is to ask for "huggies". Arms stretched high, smile wide across her perfect little face, fingers wiggling in the air she reaches for you. And those "huggies" are full of force. You cannot feel anything but love when she has her arms wrapped around you.

I think I'm going to teach her the phrase, "From the top!" as she constantly forces her father or I to begin again various songs we are singing before bed so she can sing along. And heaven help you if you don't.

E is enjoying being two. She is insistent and stubborn. She knows what she wants and what she doesn't. E will sing it from the roof tops too! And there is no consistency. Today, pizza is a delicacy and tomorrow it's swill. We never know what will catch her fancy from one day to the next. Daddy and I are just along for the ride.

E is sweet. She loves to play pretend. Whether it is ponies or princesses they all live communally in her little world. She has also picked up my love for reading and will sit for hours turning pages of books and telling herself stories. Or will curl up in your lap and listen with rapt attention.

She runs everywhere she goes, arms swinging and hair flying. And she is all mine. I don't know what I did to deserve her but she's mine and I am eternally grateful for that!