3 months away from being 2 years old and 2 months away from being a big sister. She has become such a big girl in the past few months. These are just some of our bragging points that we want to remember:
1. Memory! We have noticed for a little while that she is remembering things long after they have passed. For example, just today, we were driving home and she said "Muuu ride. Papa dump the trash. Feed the cows." She was remembering how she got to ride the mule (gator machine thing) this weekend and we used it to dump trash and feed the cows. She also knows her streets in the area, because when we get close to Grandma and PapPap's, she knows their house is near and starts saying their names, and when we drive down another street, she knows she's getting close to Sandra's (babysitter). She'll start talking about how she's going to "play with kids".
2. Books. Yes, again. Except this time, she knows the names of the books she wants to read. The ones she's asked for by name are "Goodnight, Moon", "Barnyard Dance", "Come On, Dudley", and the "Gig'em Aggies" book. The Aggie book isn't the name, but she knows it's all about going to an Aggie football game! Her Papa would be so proud. :) When she wants to read the books, she'll go get them, and say, "Read the book. Read "Goodnight, Moon" or whatever book she wants to read.
3. Moon. Speaking of "Goodnight, Moon", the child is OBSESSED with the moon. During the day, she'll tell you that the moon is sleeping or that the moon is hiding behind the clouds. If it's cloudy out at night, she knows it's behind the clouds, or she will just say "I don't know" when you ask where it is. She and Daddy always go out at night to say night-night to the moon before they read their bedtime stories.
4. Picky. She has become picky about certain things. Or should I say headstrong? Not food, so much, but it's almost certain that if she loves something at dinner, she refuses to touch it at lunch the next day. I'm guessing she doesn't like leftovers? She also requests ice in her water. She usually won't drink it without ice anymore...unless the ice has melted and we're not able to get ice. Doesn't like bugs to be near her. Freaks out about them. Food tastes better if it's coming off my plate. She and I can both have the exact same thing - eggs for example, because I'll make 3 of them, 2 for me, 1 for her - and she sometimes won't eat her eggs, but she'll eat mine. Or like the olives we were eating tonight. Actually, she just wanted to eat both our olives. And I found out last night that she doesn't like me to put my arm around her when we read in the chair. "No pushing" is what she told me. Whatever. :)
5. Vocabulary. This is just expanding so much everyday, it's crazy! I'm sure it's common for the age, but everyday is something new. She knows all her little "friend's" names at the babysitter. I'll randomly hear her talking about them every now and again. Now that she knows her colors (red, yellow, green, blue, purple, orange, brown, black, and pink), she'll put them together with other things she knows. Like bus. It used to just be "bus", then it was "school bus", then it was "big school bus", now it's "yellow school bus". She'll repeat anything, like "Mama's feelings are hurt", which she said today after I told her that it hurt my feelings when she said, "No I love you, too, Mama." Don't feel too sad though, because that's really code for, "I don't want to say I love you, too, Mama." She also says it when she doesn't want to do the "How are you? I'm fine, thanks." bit that we do. "No, fine thanks."
These are just a *few* (ha!) things that come to mind. I'm sure Brian has even more that he'd want to add, but he's not home yet! :) If you think I'm wordy, just wait for him to say something.
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