On November 9th Siriana turned two. We had a wonderful birthday. The weather was great and we had many of our neighbors come to celebrate. The morning started off a bit rough though. She had the beginnings of an infection on her leg. Basically, she gets bit by mosquitoes, scratches till it bleeds, then plays out in the ocean. It was inevitable that she would end up with an infection at some point despite how hard we try to keep her legs in good shape. We spent the morning in the ER so that we could get her on antibiotics right away and you can see the bandage. It is all healed up now and she did a fantastic job taking her medicine for the week. 
Daddy made her a chocolate birthday cake. 
Siriana helps Dad make birthday pancakes.
She got to open one present early. Grandma Julie sent her a picture of Elmo and our puppy Artimus. She loved it! The picture is currently hanging in her bedroom.
She has grown up so much over the last two years. She is talking a lot. Her favorite word is "No" and she even says it in Samoan: "Owa." She can say her alphabet and count to 10 and sometimes she'll go to 20 if we help. She understands basically everything that we say. She is also great at brushing her teeth and going poddy in the bathroom, although we still put a diaper on her because she still forgets sometimes. She loves the ocean and will spend hours with us down there now. She is learning the names of shells- her favorite is a Cowry. She still loves to read, but now she will grab our books off the shelf. She loves Ericks textbooks with birds and fish in them and wants us to tell us what each and every bird and fish is, even if they look alike. She loves to climb and is very tough. She falls and gets right back up and does the same thing again. Siri does not like to swing but loves to go down the slide and stand on the top of the slide and hang from the side of the slide.
Artimus!
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