Terrible Two's?

Tantrums aside, this is a fun age (and oh boy does she have the tantrums--when she gets really upset she stomps her feet really quickly; if you have seen me do 'happy feet' with her, it's a lot like that only upset).  Zuri is three weeks away from turning two (don't worry, I already have a nostalgia post planned--lots of pictures from birth until now).  She is beginning to really communicate (in words we understand) and doing the cutest things.  Her new favorite words are "hot," "ow," and "all done."  Here are a few highlights from today:

She is a social butterfly and absolutely adores other kids, so when she saw a girl a little younger than she across the aisle from us during Sacrament meeting, she kept wandering over to the girl and giving the girl her toys to share and play with.  When I sat blocking her way, she would find all sorts of ways to get over to the girl.  It was quite entertaining to watch her little mind work and her persistence on trying to get past my blockade.  She has gotten quite sassy--or will be when we can understand all she is saying, but she makes it clear in her tone!  We have a video demonstrating what I mean which I will upload another time!

Another funny thing happened today, Zuri is beginning to distinguish good and bad smells.  We keep the diaper pail in the downstairs bathroom and J was taking out the garbage.  I went to put a new garbage bag in the pail and Zuri followed me into the bathroom, closing the door behind her.  Now we don't have a fancy diaper genie--just a little ten dollar diaper pail from Wal-Mart, so while it traps the odors in, the pail itself is rather stinky.  I got the liner in and she gave a little whimper.  I was washing my hands and turned to see what was going on and she seemed fine.  Next thing I know I hear hear her do a little dry heave.  I grabbed her and raced out of the bathroom.  She was fine after we were out of the smell.  I knew it smelled bad, but I hadn't realized it was that bad!  I laughed so hard when I realized that the smell is what had caused her to almost throw up!  She has never given a negative reaction to smells before so it caught me by surprise!

J was in the kitchen making ice cream and he was mixing everything together and banged the wooden spoon against the bowl, which made it sound like someone was knocking.  Zuri looked up at the door, jabbered something incomprehensible to me, and when I didn't respond, she grabbed my hand.  She proceeded to lead me up the stairs to the front door and grabbed at the doorknob.  She kept looking back at me like "duh, Mom, aren't you going to answer it?"