I Twwooo

Warning:  Long Two Year Old Post!!

I love hearing her say these two little words!  Yesterday while she was in the car, she kept repeating them without being prompted!  I think she was pretty excited it was her birthday!  I still can't believe she is officially two.  She has had such great birthday celebrations, I'm kind of sad to see them come to an end!!  Below are some pictures of her birthday dinner at Willie's.  She had so much fun playing in the sandbox and sharing her icecream.  Alexis is quite the little tease.  She loves to pretend she will give you a bite and then take it back at the last minute. 

We started our afternoon off at the doctor for our 2 year shot, which she rocked!  However, A is the only child that I know that hates bandaides!  She rips them right off!  Then we headed over to Babies 'r us for some door locks for the lake house and two new cups with her name to take to the lak!  She also got some new PJs for her birthday because she is 36 inches tall!  Her height and head are in the 95th percentile but her weight, 26 pounds, is still in the 50th percentile.  This is all to be expected for a premie, though.  It is still so unbelievable to think how far we have come from 3 pounds and 10 ounces!  The nurse asked if Daddy was tall.  I was kind of insulted that she didn't think she got her height from me!!  I'm not THAT short!!  Unfortunately we still have to continue the Pediasures.  I was hoping to cut those out of our budget, but not yet!  I have been blessed with one very picky eater and many nights she goes to bed with nothing but fruit, cheese or milk in her tummy. 

Besides the big girl bed, this little girl is learning several words a day!  I am so glad she is finally talking!  I was starting to worry.  It turns out, she is just stubborn.  This week she learned to count to three in Spanish!  She can say yes ma'm and is finally saying please!  We are rocking along with our manners and they are like music to my ears!  She is using her sign language less and her words more.  Alexis doesn't like to perform for other people or be put on the spot, which is ok by me, but it makes it hard to have her use her words when we are in front of other people.  You just have to force it before you give her what she wants. 

She can say the sounds of a dog, sheep, horse, cow and duck.  She also knows that Daddy "pop pops" ducks and makes the gun sign!  We went out to the back to take her birthday pictures and she knows that Daddy goes hunting back there so she started popping as we were walking out there!  Daddy would be very excited if we have ourselves a little hunter on our hands! 

And finally, she knows all of her grandparents names!  We have to go through our "who do you love" game and she says "Mimi, Pappa, Paw Poooww, Gigi, Pops, Mommy, Daddy."  We are still working on Aunts and Uncles!  Hopefully we will get those down soon, but she has so many of them that it's hard on a little girl to keep those straight.  At least she can point them all out! 

Oh, sorry, and she can sing (mumble words, that you can totally make out, to the tune of) Frere Jacques, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, the alphabet (part of, of course) The Ants Go Marching, and Hi Ho from the Seven Dwarfs!  Of course we know what she is saying and not all of these songs are word for word, but she's got the tune down! 

Alexis's favorite show is Mickey Mouse Club House and she loves to do the Hot Dog Dance at the end of the show!  Her dance is more of along the lines of wild jump, but it is very cute!  This is the perfect show for her because it isn't that long, has no commericals and her attention span for TV is still very short.  Can I get a Woo-Hoo for that!!  We will see how long this lasts!! 

She is on the potty train and I'm hoping to have her officially potty trained very soon!  She has mastered peeing in the pottty, but is still having trouble telling us when she has to poop, until after she has done the deed!  Maybe I can strip her down the first week of summer and see how it goes!!

Her favorite toys are anything with wheels, especially if she can ride them, Lamby, of course, and her kitchen.  Thankfully, Alexis is still a book worm.  Her two favorite things to do right now are swing and swim.  So it is going to be one hot, long summer!  But, I'm going to soak up every minute of it!