Wow has the time flown by! Elizabeth is 2 1/2 plus a month! She is talking pretty good. She says please and thank you and I love that she answers herself... she says "thank you.... your welcome" all in the same sentence. She says "I'm sotty" all the time but I don't know why or what she is apologizing for. She loves to play by herself but also has so much fun playing with other kids. Independent like her mom and out going like her dad. She is in gymnastics once a week and was taking Mommy and me swim lessons until we couldn't get rid of an upper resp infection so we stopped the swimming for a while which has proved to help. Sugar still comes over M-F and has done such an awesome job helping us to raise Elizabeth. She is super strong willed and has been running from me when I want to change her clothes or get something from her. She thinks it is funny.... I don't. We are working on potty training- "dum" (gum) is her reward when she goes peepee on the potty.
Her favorite shows are Barney and Dora.... and she calls Dora, Boots most of the time. We have gone to see Yo Gabba Gabba which she loved the show but doesn't watch the show on TV. We also went to see Mickey Mouse which was not such a hit.... she calls Mickey Mouse... "Mouse."
We have tickets to go and see Barney at the end of January and I can't wait to take her! Our tickets are great and she loves Barney so this should be great!
We are taking her skiing this month- this may test our patience way more than we are ready for!
I can't wait though! She is so athletic and strong.
Going to bed at time had become a real issue- not because she is in a toddler bed (which she moved into in December 2010) but because she is just a night owl like us! I have been working for the last two days getting her to bed by 8 PM and it is working well. We have to start winding down at about 6:30 PM by dimming the lights and turning off the TV. I have been putting on some classic music (but will buy some piano CD's soon) and reading some books to her. At about 8:00 I put her in bed and say prayers with her and rub her head, singing hymns, My Favorite Things, Maybe, Tomorrow and anything else I need to. Tonight I had to get in bed with her and that worked.
Jay LOVES his girl and they have a special chase session almost every night! E growls at him under her breath and Daddy chases her and then she chases him. She minds him much more than she minds me.
Diva - "sister" the Pomeranian, who is 17 has adjusted fairly well to E. Diva does not like E but tolerates her and if E has food to hand out she is her best friend. Other than that she occasionally will try to bite her when E runs by- but since she only has a few teeth and her vision is horrible I try to make light of the attempted biting.
Life is great and I love my girl! We are so blessed. I know the grammer in this has been horrible- please forgive me!
