Two years old

Ella turned two yesterday. Already. Time is passing quickly and I swear it is speeding up. Maybe it just seems like it because I have more demands on my time.

Anyhow, Ella is now two. She can walk and run and dance and talk and kind of spell her name. She tries to write it too. She still only scribbles with crayons but they are darker and more deliberate scribbles now. She finally acknowledges Amelia (about time, she's seven months old) and sometimes shares her toys. This is great when it's not a crayon or a book that Amelia proceeds to eat. She's growing up.

Even as I type out the words that I can barely believe time has gone so quickly, I know I'll have this feeling many more times: when Ella begins school, when she has her first date, when she goes to her first dance, when she graduates and then leaves for college, when she graduates from college, when she gets married, when she has her first baby and makes me a grandma. Yeah, I know, I'm only 25 and she's only 2. But if the last two years are any indication, the time will pass quickly.

In other news, tonight I wore an old, faded tee shirt to class. Nothing special, just the kind of shirt you've worn so much that it's really soft and comfortable. The part that makes this newsworthy is the fact that I have not worn this shirt in about three years - since shortly before I got pregnant with Ella. It wouldn't have fit. In the almost three years (so 36 months) since we got married, I have been pregnant for 18 months. When I wasn't pregnant, I was trying to lose the baby weight and was rather heavy. In August I started doing Turbo Jam again and started counting calories. It has worked GREAT. I'm currently down 30 pounds and am lighter than I was when I got pregnant with Ella. I still have a little ways to go to my long term goal, but I can wear clothes I haven't worn in a few years. It's so nice to dig out a box of clothes that have been too small for a long time and have them fit again! Very exciting.