Charlotte is 2 1/2 today!

Our sweet, funny, happy baby girl is halfway between two and three. God we love her. She has a great personality, loves to laugh and play. And amazingly, hasn't hit the terrible two's yet touch wood. She's smart and talks up a storm.

She loves playing 'catch' with a ball, riding Lily's Barbie scooter, playing with Barbies and Polly Pocket. She still loves her Raggy and her soft toys. She is very affectionate and will say out of the blue 'I love you'. Anything she really loves she'll give a good ol' teeth-clenching squeeze to.

She loves cereal, porridge, red pepper, plain yoghurt and salmon. She'll happily eat brocoli. She can be a bit fussy ('like it' in a certain tone clearly means she doesn't like it) but there is usually something around she'll eat.

She loves garderie and going to the park. She loves TV, especially the Wiggles (she calls them 'Wake up Jeff') and playing with Lily. She can get a bit rough, but distraction sometimes works.

She loves you pulling funny faces while dressing her in her pj's at night, and will say 'this' and then pull the particular face if she has a request. She says 'Maman', 'bonjour' and 'voila' in context. And just recently I've heard her say 'Aha' which sounds a bit Alan Patridge-esque.

She's a Daddy's girl and a Mummy's girl. And she loves her big sister.