Davy's second Birthday

Davy is two years old!! It's very crazy to even think about the past two years, shoot even the past two months have been crazy. In honor of her birthday, I took her to her very first mall photo shoot. While I love my own photos, I can't resist the cheesy portraits, I just can't. I mean how classic is Davy in a box?! Looove it.

For Davy's Birthday we kept it pretty low profile. We just had cake with nearby relatives and we combined it with Sir Oliver Ben(I will post his later). I made a Butter cake with Chocolate frosting, swimming in sprinkles, it was pretty darn good.

Look, Davy's peace sign sure did come in handy this birthday. Now we are trying to teach her to say two. Although, I wouldn't want her to stop saying"Pace" to passerbys.

Davy Got really happy when we started singing to her, she loves all the attention.

Now carefully note the next 2 pictures. Here we have a family portrait in which we are all smiling. All but one. The one blowing out the candles.
And it wouldn't be a Schultz party with out my boys gettin into it. This is a very ticked off Ollie, yelling at Harper. But even better is the look on my face, total Mom disappointed face. By the way, Harper blew out the candles twice that night. By the third time we restrained him and put the cake directly in front of Oliver, so there could be no mistaking who did the deed.
Are you ready for some Davy updates, There are a ton.

*Davy weighs 32pounds!! What a chunk.

*She has been cleared to eat "mashable" solids. SO we can do all her nutrition by mouth now!! We just do liquids via Gtube. This has been SOOOO awesome. She got to eat her Birthday cake! Don't worry Miss Erin, we gave her small bites. We have to feed her one bite at a time, or she'll go all cookie monster on us. Which she would for sure choke. But she has been doing really well with food. Now we are focusing on liquids during therapy and that has been pretty challenging for her.

* Davy has been doing really well with her signing. She signs, eat, drink, more, please, thank you, all done, help, baby, swing, open and book. It is really cute to watch her communicate. She has even put to words together, More please!

* she even has been verbalizing a little more too. She says MAMA all the time. My sister, beth says Davy says cheese, but I think that just means eats as she's says it all the time while eating. She has said the word baby, Hi, and has said Dada, but only like twice. I am so proud of this, cuz all of my kids have been Daddy boys, but Davygirl is all moms!!

* we all know Davy has been walking but now she is pushing chairs and climbing up on the counters to scavenge for food and water. It's made life a little difficult. She is making it so I have to clean more. Bummer.

* she still holds no interest in toys or TV. But she does love to dunk my IPhone in the toilet. She is such a rascal. She is very hard to discipline. Moms of special needs, any help in this area? What has worked for you?

Davy's birthday always has me filled with a lot of emotions. I am so very proud of how far she's come. She is such a strong and determined little girl. She is constantly surprising me. Even though her little life has been hard and painful, it has been also so happy and she has such a purpose here on earth. I am very honored to be her mom.

Pace!