And The Fun Continues....

26 Months!

Adisyn is more impressive every day. She is expanding her vocabulary and is able to better express herself. She is magically developing sentences that become more and more complex every week it seems. We also had a few warm days at the beginning of March before turning cold again so we got to get outside more.

To start, we have been talking more Spanish. All of her animals have Spanish "names" for their name. For instance, her turtle's name is "Tortuga" or she calls him "Tuga" for short. So far she knows the word open, turtle, shark, butterfly, and let's go in Spanish. She can also count to 3 or 4 in Spanish as well.

She is also learning more about expressing her feelings. She will tell me things like "Mommy, Adi is tired" (or sad, happy, thirsty or hungry). She will also tell me that her baby is feeling a certain way such as "Mommy, baby is sad", when you ask her why the baby is sad she will say "She missed dada".

At the end of February we went to Myrtle Beach. Even though it was still cold, it was nice to enjoy some quiet beach time. Adisyn loved to look for shells to so she could bring home to Grandma (who was at our house watching our dogs). For some reason, though, she was still afraid of the water, and in particular the waves, which you can see by some of the pictures:

She was ok with this distance....

As we got closer, she stood behind Mommy

 We also went to the Alligator Adventure park, in Myrtle Beach:  http://alligatoradventure.com/. Adisyn really liked seeing all the Alligators and other animals. She even got to touch an alligator and snake!

Watching the alligator show

Adisyn waiting her turn to touch the snake

 

We also went to the aquarium in Myrtle Beach: http://www.ripleyaquariums.com/myrtlebeach/

 

 

 

 

 On the way home, we stopped for a quick trip to the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia: http://www.riverbanks.org/



Petting the rat

Looking for monkeys on the island

 



To get ready for warm weather we planted some flowers (inside of course). She loved putting the seats in the pods then we watched it grow everyday! She was so proud of herself!

Nature Center 3/8/14 with grandparents http://www.wncnaturecenter.com/. She loved watching the otters and sliding down the big otter slide!

It's so nice to see the weather getting warmer and there's more things for us to do outside! Auntie Jeannie bought me a cute outfit that is perfect for the warmer weather!

We've been trying to eat outside some when we can too!

 We all went on a nice little hike with Zoie. Adisyn is a great backpack!

  Adisyn got to see her friend Emma turn 3 at her birthday party on 3/30/14. They had fun in the bouncy house and playing in her yard.

Cold Winter Days

25 Months!

 

I personally don't like referring to the whole month old thing. Maybe when they were under a year, or at most through their 2nd year, but now, she's 2! She just turned 2, so she's not 2 1/2 yet. But, for the blog's purpose, she's 25 months.

January was a very cold month. Of course you'd expect the winter to be cold, but we have had below normal temperatures. I probably mentioned that I love warm weather. I enjoy being outside, in the sunshine and not being cold! Since it has been so cold, it limits our activities.

Adisyn is now a more permanent fixture in the 2 year old class at school. Before she turned two, she would go there from time to time, transitioning her into the class. Now, she spends almost all of her days there, although she does go to the 1 year old class at times (I think it's more of a ratio thing). Her 1 year old teacher has also moved to the 2 year old class. Adisyn really likes Eva and her other teacher now is Farrah. Farrah is convinced that her 1 year old son, Zane, is going to marry Adisyn and he talks about her all the time at home. Adisyn talks more about a boy Asher, whenever she talks about school. It's funny how they have their own little boy/girl favorites. The 2 year olds are much more involved in activities and they make so many crafts! She loves to do any type of craft and is so proud of it!

They also will be learning Spanish now that she's in this classroom. I have my bilingual books, and we read them some, but I am going to incorporate more Spanish as she has a bigger English vocabulary. I figure I don't want to push the issue because she's a sponge at this age anyway, so we'll take it slow. She watches some t.v, if we are ready for bed early. Her favorite is Sesame Street, but most of the time she wants me to fast forward to "Elmo's World". I found, on Netflix "El Mundo de Elmo" so we're starting to watch that some too now. I like that her favorite show is in both languages!

Adisyn can now count to 12 and is pretty consistent on taking her clothes off and is very quick at putting her shoes on! We have practiced more with her "big girl undies" on the weekend and her teachers tell us that she's been telling them that she "p peed" so they're now starting to take her to the toilet as well.

Myrtle Beach

Since it has been cold, we went to the Children's Museum in Greenville, SC:  http://www.tcmupstate.org/

I didn't mention it in the last blog, but we also went to the Children's Museum in Charlotte, NC:  http://www.discoveryplacekids.org/ for my birthday.

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things

 

Guess who's 2?!!

Adisyn turned 2 and we had such a fun day planned. We didn't want to have a party, since we already celebrated with our family and she's still young to have all of her friends together, so we just planned an excitement filled day. Her birthday was on a Saturday, so after breakfast at Chick-fil-a, we went to our regularly scheduled "gymnastics" class (as she calls it) first thing in the morning. We've been going to gymnastics for a little while now and she loves it! It's not a structured "gymnastics" class, because we felt like she was too young for that, but more of a "play and learn" class as they call it. I usually go with her, unless Mark is off then he goes too. We play on the equipment, which changes week to week, sing, dance and all of the other toddler loving stuff. She loves it and asks to go everyday! After that she took a nap in the car before we arrived at Monkey Joes ( http://www.monkeyjoes.com/) to meet her friends. I just wanted a few of her close friends there, because it wasn't an official "party" but more of a play date. Unfortunately 3 of her friends had to cancel at the last minute, so it was her and Jefferson. They had so much fun and it seemed like their favorite thing was the big slide! When it seemed like they were getting tired we left and took her to Club Tabby http://myclubtabby.com/. She loves it when I do her nails, so I thought she would think it was special when they do her nails for her and add all the glitter and anything else she picks out. She picked out pink and purple nail polish then they added glitter on her nails and hair (and for $5 it was a fun special birthday thing to do!). She did so good and really had fun. When the girl would tell her what to do, whether it was spread her fingers apart or put them under the fan, she would do what she said. She even got a balloon when she left! I was so impressed and proud of her! Since a two-year-old can't really tell you what she wants to do for her birthday, I think we did a good job of making her feel special and doing the things she likes to do best!

"Birthday Girl" shirt she wore to school on Friday

The birthday girl after she woke up

Birthday breakfast at Chic-fil-a

At "Gymnastics"

 

"Bumpy mats"

 

"parachute time"

At Monkey Joe's:

 





 

 

At Club Tabby:

 

 

Adisyn had her 2 year old check up and Dr. Jack said she's doing great! She jumped up a notches on the chart and is in the 50th percentile with height at 34 inches and  weighs 24 pounds, which is up to the 25th percentile for weight! He couldn't believe that how she jumped in height and is staying right where she needs to be!

Year to-date I was thinking about her favorite things:

1. "jump" when she gets excited - she still keeps 1 foot on the floor, but she's getting the hang of it!
2. play with her babies - she will give them medicine, listen to their heart, feed, change their diapers (or attempt to), put them to bed, etc...she loves taking care of her babies
3. reading books with mommy and daddy
4. coloring, paining, or any other art activity
5. "nymnastics" a.k.a "gymnastics" - she asks to go there almost everyday...too bad we can only go on Saturdays!
6. being outside
7. singing & dancing - she loves to make up her own song or sing one of her favorites - some of her favorites besides the ones I mentioned in earlier blogs are: The Wheels On the Bus, Rock-a-by baby, Muffin Man, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (or "How I wonder what you are", as she calls it) are just a few of her favorites. She really loves any song, especially kid songs. She also likes to dance and will dance to about anything!
8. any animal, especially owls, cats, dogs, monkeys
9. her favorite color is purple - she will pick this color out before others and prefers it more than any other color
10. is saying short sentences "daddy is at work", "where did daddy go?", "no shoes on the bed!", etc
11. pick out her own outfit and shoes so I sometimes give her 2 options, so she feels like she got to pick it out
12. she loves her shoes and will sometimes just want to try on different ones
13. her favorite stuffed animals now are the ballerina bear that my mom gave her for Christmas, any of her "babies" which she calls her dolls "babies" as well, her pink bunny to sleep with (but she does love them all!)

Milestones:
1. she can walk backwards
2. jump up with one foot still on the ground
3. say her ABCs
4. count to 10
5. spell her name
6. name a few of her friends at school when you ask (they tell us at school that she knows everyone's name in the building, including their mommies/daddies)
7. put on her shoes
8. take off her pants
9. knows her animals and what sounds they make
10. goes to the "potty" and has used it a time or two, but for now she's just getting the idea of it down and uses her "big girl undies" on the weekend when we're home
11. follows simple rules like no shoes on the couch or bed
12. eats with a spoon (but not all the time)
13. can use a cup to drink water (but we still use her sippy cup)
14. knows the colors: red, yellow, purple, and blue
15. knows the shapes: heart, circle and star
16. she can tell people her name and how old she is when asked

We couldn't be more proud of Adisyn. I love that I can document every little detail of her progress so she can look back on it in the years to come and see what a special girl she is! I can't believe how much she has learned this past year and how much she is becoming her own little person. She is such a sweet, caring, smart girl and she loves to learn new things! We have so much to look forward to this year as well and we love watching her blossom into a little girl!

Here's some more pictures I for her birthday pics: