Our
sweet little toddler is now 20 months old….wow!
So not ready to be planning a 2nd birthday (ok…well maybe I
am a little excited about the party and have started the planning, but still
very sad that I already have to do a 2nd birthday…slow down time!!)
It
is impossible to update everything she is doing/saying because she does and
says it ALL! But…here is a small snippet
of who she is right now.
Wearing
24 month/2T clothes & weighs 24 lbs
She
has become a bossy little bee. J It
really puts into perspective what we say in our house because sooner or later
we hear it repeated to us. She will say “come on mommy” or “get up mommy” and
if you don’t jump right away she will continue saying it and then start with “now,
right now” and then “1, 2, 5…”…lol. I
think she hears that a little too much!
She can say her whole name…will say “Paisyn Book” (Paislyn
Brooke) or “Paisyn Pa-pela” (Paislyn Drapela)….soo cute!
Will call B by “Beckyn Kate”
She wants Breckyn to talk soo bad! She is constantly
in her face asking her “what you doin?” and she will not stop until she gets an
answer so this question will be repeated 50 or so times until she moves onto
something else since B can’t answer her…she also holds conversation with
her. This morning when P was eating breakfast I told her to “hurry
up”…she replied “we going bye-bye?”. I told her “yes” and she turned to B
and said “You ready go bye-bye Beckyn?” and repeated herself over and over
waiting for her to answer. It is too cute!
She speaks in short sentences/phrases….her little bossy
side is also beginning to come out. She always tells us “ome (come) on
momma/daddy”, “get up”, “ome here”, “cover me up momma”, and even the dreaded
“go away Momma”…ugh! Mini teenager! :)
I told N last night I would love to just freeze her just
as she is right now. She is smart, understands directions/commands, can
communicate her wants and needs to us, is sweet and lovable, is independent,
and has the cutest personality right now!
She is very independent and wants to do everything
herself. One of her favorite phrases lately (which is very trying for
me!) is “I do it”. She has to do everything!! Brush her teeth, feed herself, try to bathe herself, etc. The other day she wouldn't eat and I finally was able to get a bite into her. She got mad and proceeded to take the food out of her mouth and put it right back in because she had to do it herself! UGH!
She has started climbing (chairs, couch, changing table, car, etc.)...I foresee broken bones in our near future!
We are still struggling with drinking from an open cup…we
let her practice daily and she drinks very good from one rarely ever
spilling. However, she wants to play with the water in the cup with her
fingers, fork, spoon, etc. and likes to dip her food in it…yuck!
Can count to 12 by herself (often leaving out 3, 4 or 7)
and can sing the entire alphabet including the little melody at the end “now I
know my ABC’s next time won’t you sing with me”….her favorite song right now is
“Happy Birthday to you” and it is heard several times a day with either Momma,
daddy, Breckyn, or Grams names added in.
She can name several colors but can only identify pink and
blue correctly. If she does not know the color of something (and it’s not
pink or blue) she will guess saying yellow, green, or purple.
Favorite foods are still cheese, yogurt, avocados, and
strawberries.
Loves loves loves to be outside!!! Cries when it is time
to come in.
Since being home for a week while sick she hates going to
day-care right now. The 4 days she was there last week she cried and
cried ALL day long! That made it hard for me to leave. She whined
for them all day and just wanted to be held (even whining for me or N while
being held). She did it again today and I am just praying she can make it
through the next 3 days and she will have ALL summer to be home with me.
I cannot imagine what it will be like though when It is time for her to return
to day-care come August….ugh!
She has been known to throw a few fits here and there! J For the most part though if
you give her warning she does fine. But if you take something away,
change up the routine, etc. without giving her a warning it will be a
melt-down. We can usually distract her during a meltdown to get her to
calm down by asking her to count, say ABC’s, sing happy birthday. Or play
“where is…nose, eyes, toes, etc?”.
Can correctly say and identify all body parts. Her
most recently learned and favorites are chin, neck, and shoulders.
Loves to be right by Breckyn all the time, but does not
like when she touches her. Breckyn flails and kicks her feet when happy and playing
and often kicks, pokes, pulls P’s hair etc. when she is too close. She
gets upset saying “kicked me momma”, “poke eye momma”, etc.
We say prayers with her every night at bedtime. Now, the minute we say it's time for bed she says "say prayers" and starts making the sign of the cross. It is so sweet. She picks up on a few words here and there from her prayers but she is getting the jist of it.
When we pull in the driveway she says "we're home" and does the same for church and school.
She still loves all animals but we have learned she doesn't like them to get too close. She starts whining and freaking out when she is around a puppy or cat lately but she can't stop talking about them or making their sounds when physically not in their presence.
She is big into pretend play lately and it is so much fun. The little imagination she has and the things she does and says are hilarious. SHe also loves talking on the phone. I hear her repeating snippets of my conversations in her pretend phone calls and everytime I am talking on the phone she has to talk too. It's cute! WHen on her phone she usually says "hello....have good day....thanks...bye!" :)
She identifies objects by saying…she will point to
something that is mine and say “it’s mommies” or something of N’s and say “it’s
daddies”, then her stuff and say “it’s Paisyn’s”….little turkey!
She amazes us daily at what she knows and understands and can do. Sweet Paislyn we are loving every minute of watching you grow and wish time would slow down so we could truly enjoy every single stage with you since you are moving through life soo quickly!
Cheesin!
Hollywood!
