June is just growing and changing so much. I feel like I always want to write about something new that she is doing, but it feels like she does something new almost every day. She is a big two-year old and yesterday after the closing prayer in Sacrament meeting, instead of wailing in dread about upcoming nursery like she normally does, she gave a half-hearted whimper and then allowed Ryan to lead her away.

She says so many words and speaks in sentences and thinks she's the biggest girl on the block, except when she's interested in being the baby. Several weeks ago she had a major level ten freakout, on a scale of 1-10, when baby Toby was visiting and was using her bouncy chair. She got the most upset that she ever gets for quite a while. I took her upstairs for a lot of the dramatics but finally, she passed through the fire of adversity and came through stronger and more mature. When we came back downstairs she noticed that Toby had gotten out, so she climbed in and wanted to be bounced in it for the next several days. Since then, we have had Toby and some other babies come to visit and they have all had to use the bouncy chair and she hasn't fussed about it once. She's always quick to point out when they leave so that she can climb in and get bounced, but she's resigned herself. She LOVES to have me tell her that she is my baby and to play rock-a-bye baby with her.

June really loves her pacifier and it is becoming a bit of a problem when she wants to have it around the house all day instead of just in bed. Sometimes I'm really strict with her and sometimes on hard days a baby just needs her comfort. She also very much loves her softies and her pillow and reading books together before bed.

June loves Willa and often tries to hug and kiss her when Willa is upset and crying. She has a zero track record of this ever working and mostly she makes Willa more upset, but I think it's adorable to see her trying to hug and kiss her. Willa sees it as a gross invasion of personal space and privacy when she is most vulnerable.

June is doing better at eating food when we sit all down together as a family and she does try most things now. We still go through a lot of cold cereal, but I've noticed it slowing down. She has a big sweet tooth and always notices when Ryan is trying to sneak a little treat out of the pantry. She runs over to him and tries to pry his fingers open. We're currently using jellybeans as our bribe treat of choice. Small, not messy, and once of them makes her happy. Willa has even started calling them "reverent jellybeans" because I offered her one during family prayers if she would fold her arms and participate.

A sweet moment of sister cooperation, Willa is tracing June's hands.

One day after preschool drop off, I ran into another preschool mom at the store. She was trying to navigate with a three week baby and this little boy who is June's age. I plopped Mason down in our cart with June and the two of them had a grand time through the entire store.