How did my baby get to be "almost 2?" I LOVE this age... she is so much fun! Although we definitely have our share of meltdowns sprinkled throughout our day, it is fun to see her little personality coming out. I am writing these down for my benefit so feel free to scan the pictures if you don't feel like reading the book!
She still narrates a lot of what we are doing and now she is into giving instructions or making requests. We are working on adding "please" and "thank you" along with "ma'am" and "sir" to our regular vocabulary. "Please" is her go-to word whenever she is supposed to be polite. If you ask her what the magic words are, she still says "Meeska Mooska Mickey Mouse!" (from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse) She wants to do everything "by self" (by myself) and if you help her out and she didn't want you to, she will go back and redo it so she can do it by herself. Where does she get that stubborn streak?
Here are a few things we hear all the time: Watch dis Daddy, Watch dis Mommy, I'm so big, I want some ____ (cookies, milk, etc.), I waked up (when you go get her up from a nap), Go for Stroll, Push Julie. We are always laughing at the things she says and my new favorite is this: I think I already mentioned that she got sick when we were at the beach and she ran a fever for several days and had to get used to us taking her temperature. After a while, she started telling us that her temperature was "nine pointy nine!"
I feel like she must be hitting a growth spurt because she has been eating everything in sight for the last 2 days and she seems to be taller and thinner. She still weighs about the same according to our scientific at home weight! She LOVES sweets - she would eat cookies all day long if we let her. But who wouldn't??
This month, we have had lots of fun activities with friends. Addy likes playing with other children and loves holding hands and giving hugs. She needs a little work in the "sharing" department as we have recently discovered. We have been to the library several times to pick out books and movies - Addy loves going to the library and she always finds a friend when we are there... usually an older girl that she likes to "show" books and mimic. Sometimes, her new friend will read her a book!
This month we went to the beach with Courtney's family and the next week, I went to Colorado and left Addy & Courtney behind in Alabama. Courtney taught Addy that Mommy was in "Codowado" and that I flew on an airplane and that I would be home not today, not tomorrow, "but the next day."
Addy loves to pretend. She talks on the phone, cooks "beh fust" and feeds Julie, puts Julie to sleep, reads to Julie... notice how many of the activities involve Julie! She still likes coloring and reading books too!
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| Garrett, Mallory & Addy |
Some of her favorite songs/rhymes are Jesus Loves Me, Old McDonald, Wheels on the Bus, and 5 Little Monkeys. She knows parts of the ABC song because I always sing it to her when we wash our hands but she can't sing the whole thing and some of her letters don't sound quite right!
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| Mallory & Addy |
She is still very much a mommy's girl but she has become a little bit more interested in her Daddy lately which is exciting for him!
