Celebrating all things Moo

Dear Myra,

Our sweet, sweet Myra Moo. You are a bundle of joy and we are so lucky to have you in our lives. You are everything that is right in the world -- a beautiful example of tenderness, kindness, and love.

You are filled with calmness and joy. You don’t walk, you bounce with happiness. You take such good care of us. You ask us ‘you okay?’ if the slightest thing appears to be wrong and you dole out kisses and hugs as required. You even fix us ‘double double’s in your play kitchen or at park windows.

Right now one of your favourite things to do is draw and paint. You have been practicing making the perfect circle for weeks and implore us constantly to help you draw happy faces.

You love animals -- cats, dogs and cows especially. You still love water and live for bathtime. You’ve recently discovered the joys of swimming in the lake. You are bold and brave in the water…jumping in face first even though you can’t swim. You adore picking peas from the garden and insist on opening them up for yourself. You have an incredible need for independence. One of your most common expressions is “Let me do that!” and it applies to almost everything…putting on your own shoes, dressing yourself, fastening your own carseat belt…the list goes on and on.

You are playful. You bait the men in your life…giving Grandpa and Pere that sly look. You meow like a cat and blow wishes with dandelions. You humour Vincent by playing along with his antics and are a patient, accommodating sister. You are also a bit devious and no amount of babyproofing can stop you from trying to get into the medicine and hand sanitizer.

You love the good things in life -- a delicious meal, a nice backrub, lazing around with a book. You have a remarkable number of words and have been speaking in complete sentences for months now. You are very clear about what you need: “more cheese!”, “breastfeed!” and you know how to stick up for yourself and defend those you love.

Thank you for choosing us to love, Myra. We will continue to try to live up to the honour of being your parents. Happy 2nd birthday our beautiful baby girl.