Out-Side

I snuck up on her thinking she was trying to bury Candy Kitty. But she was just playing in the dirt picking "flowers." Candy ran away and she paused long enough to say cheese.

T thinks there might be a sandbox in Ladybug's future....I say let her keep picking those weeds....

No Okay = Yes

I have noticed a big difference in Ladybug when doing chores in the laundry room or kitchen. She really wants to be up and watching the action. When I say up, what I really mean is she wants to be held! She loves knowing what is going on. That might sound like someone else you know. /whistle

If I'm lucky, she'll play with this birthday present.... the Leap Frog Fridge Magnets. They capture her attention for a little while we're cooking some nights. She's not singing along with the ABC song that it plays yet, but I have heard her humming along.

Two word sentences are finally happening! She said, "Hi Mama" today and yesterday she started saying, "No okay."

Obviously when she says no, I need to say yes instead of okay. Oops.

Little Green Thumb

We spent a little time outside yesterday planting some pansies and saying flower over and over again. After we showed her the watering can, she thought she was a pro and could do it all by herself!

Gamer Chick

Bug has always been a "techy girl." She can hone in on a remote control or cell phone if you turn your head for even a moment. She also loves any toys that have buttons and make sounds. If it looks like a computer or cell phone, that's even better!

She's perhaps a little too young for her own Nintendo DS....but she has one of our old ones. She loves to turn it on and "play" with it. My friend Lori gave her a Kai-Lan DS game for her birthday. One day I watched her scratching on the screen saying "tickle, tickle, tickle." If you watch the show, you know that Kai-Lan tickles the sun! That's exactly what she was doing. I highly recommend the game. She can do some stuff on her own and we play it together too.

She's going to be a gamer chick and I think that's cool.

Is it odd that I name the toys?

Ladybug has a pitcher full of little bath tub squirt toys but she's been bored with them lately and not staying in the bath as long as she used to. (Is that a 2 thing?) I thought it would be a great idea to pick up a couple of interactive tub toys that were more age appropriate...and uh, more exciting.

Meet this little guy.




His name is Eddie and he swims along with his little brother Max. Well, after you wind him up, of course.

I introduced Bug to Eddie and Max last night and she was not very happy about them invading her bath. She wailed and cried those big crocodile tears and was quite frightened of cute little Eddie. Max heard all the commotion and immediately hid underneath a nearby washcloth.

Bath time was certainly over after all of that...and now I'm worried about showing her the cute little pink boat with Princess Blueberry on board!



It even makes sounds!

Stair Stepping

Look at her go!

At 2 Years Old

I know, I know...I'm a week late on my monthly chair photo. But as you can see we had a busy weekend with the best Ladybug Birthday Party ever. I didn't forget to take the picture, I just haven't had time to share it with you.

* She is walking the sidewalk front steps (there's just 2) with her feet and all by herself now. And she wants to practice going up and down them anytime she's outside.

* She has learned so many new words that I can't even begin to list them anymore. I will say that a few of my favorites are: home, outside, and purple. Sometimes she will say a word over and over 12 times and I still can't decipher what she's trying to say! But I'm trying to get better at this Bugspeak.

* One day I noticed her prop her leg up on the side bar of the crib, kind of like a ballerina. I said to myself, "She's about to climb out of there. We need to watch her." The next day guess what happened? Coco was walking up the stairs and heard this loud THUMP. When she walked in Bug's room, she was just standing there on the floor on her feet looking a little surprised and frightened. We don't know how, but she had climbed out of there.

* She'll say "cheese" when we try to take her picture...and stop and pose if she's in the mood.

* Loves to play in her kitchen and sit at the little table with her dolls to serve tea. LOVES to push the little doll stroller around.

* I've learned that I can let her go outside into the backyard to play while I leave the door open and work in the kitchen. Candy Kitty goes out there with her, it's so cute.

* 24.3 pounds

* Size 3 diapers

* Size 4 shoes

* 18 months clothing is on the way out, 24 months for spring

You can see last month's chair photo here.

p.s. She's still sleeping in the crib. T lowered the mattress all the way down so we feel like we are good for a few more months.