I know this is the post I am going to leave so much out of and it will make me so sad. This is probably the longest post I could write up to this point. You are amazing each and every day and you have learned so much!!! It is truly unbelievable.
You are talking all the time. While a lot of it is still babbling you can say about 20 words or sounds. You say MaMa, DaDa, Uh-oh, NaNa (banana), Go, No (when you first started saying no you would swipe your hand across your body like you were pushing something away - it is so funny - and you say it in the funniest voice), mine, cat, dog, MiMi (once or twice), ByeBye, Hey, juice, …
You can make animal sounds….Ah-Ah (dog), Moo, Roar, and cat says cat. It is so funny I can't correct it.
When you give kisses you give them open mouth. You will kiss us on our cheek or lips and make the AHH sound. Most of the time with the kiss we get a good lick. If you are in a really good mood you will continue to give them, alternating cheeks. You think this is really funny. It is so sweet to be able to ask you for love and watch you come running with kisses and hugs. It is one of the things I love most right now. When we go play with friends or family, before we leave we will ask you to go give them love. You will make your way to everyone in the room (even Lucy at MiMi's house) and give everyone a hug and say aww!!
You are a true Mommy's girl. You do not like when Mommy walks out of the room you are in, let alone actually leave you somewhere. You had done so good at school all year long, crying only three or four times. The last two weeks of school you cried almost every morning I left you. It broke my heart. While I know you only cry for a very short amount of time and then get over it, it makes it very hard to leave you. You even cry when I leave you with Daddy and always want Mommy. When we get ready to go to bed at night, if we go lay down together and you won't settle down I will tell you that you have to go back in the den with Daddy. You will normally lay down immediately, although it doesn't last long (trust me, this was never intended to be a punishment, but you view it that way). If I call Daddy in to come get you, you will cry and cry. While it make me feel good, it does make it hard to leave you when it does have to happen.
In March we entered you in the Purple Peanut Little Peanut Contest. Erin Cobb took pictures of you in one of Purple Peanuts outfits. You did an amazing job and the picture were phenomenal! I had so many people going by and calling to vote for you. While you didn't come in first, you were the second runner up and got a gift certificate to the store. I don't know how you didn't win….
One night Mrs. Christen, Mr. Ben, Mary Hyatt, Mommy, Daddy, and you all went to the mall to enjoy Chinese food (one of your favorites) and the jumpy place. You weren't sure what to think of it at first but within about 5 minutes were all into it. Mommy even got in it with you and went down the slides. I am enjoying getting to do things like this with you now. After about 20 minutes you were done, but it was still a good time and something we would go do again on a rainy day.
It's hard to believe that this month was your last month at school. It makes Mommy very sad. We were so blessed to have such wonderful teachers your first year of school. They made it visible daily that they truly love you. Your first years as been such a wonderful experience and we are looking forward to taking you back again next year. It is unbelievable all the things you have learned (half of the things we didn't even know you had learned them). You have learned how to play with friends and share your toys (which you are really good at most of the time), you learned how to do the Itsy Bitsy Spider, The Wheels on the Bus, and If You're Happy and You Know It. When you started you were just sitting up, not even crawling and now you are running. Of course you didn't talk when we took you and you are now saying almost 20 words, you can color, climb on things, know how to match your shapes and colors. It is unreal the things you can learn at such a young age. Here is a picture of your first day and your last day. Boy have you grown!!!
We enjoyed taking you to the Dragon Boat Races this year. We weren't sure how you would do on the sand, since you are still unsure about grass, but you seemed to enjoy it. You also enjoyed playing in the kiddy pools with Miss Meredith and Mary Hyatt. You are not afraid of the water!! You have also had fun out in the back yard now that it is warmer in the splash pad we bought you.
You have developed a temper here lately. If Mommy or Daddy tells you "No" you will throw something. We have gotten where we will spank you or your hand and you will cry and cry. We don't spank you hard enough to hurt, so it just hurts feelings but it is so sad.
You are very independent and want to do everything by yourself. You have started using forks and spoons at dinner. This is actually going very well. Normally if you can't feed it to yourself, you don't want it. Sometimes you get tired of using the fork or spoon and will just go back to using your hands - even when eating soup.
While we probably shouldn't let you watch TV as often as we do you LOVE Princess Sofia and Frozen. We literally watch Frozen every day!! You get very excited when we hold up the DVD box in front of you. You also get very excited when Princess Sofia comes on Disney Jr. You will clap and dance along to the music. Typically when we put either of these on, it gives Mommy and Daddy about 20 minutes of time to get some stuff done around the house.
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