Twenty-Four Months (2 Years) Old!

Our baby girl is now a 2 year old! How (and why) does time go by so fast?!

I will say I love the stage she is in-I love hearing her learn to talk and she is seriously so cute! I could just eat her up! Yes she's a challenge at times (hello stubborn!) but I'm really going to miss this age-it's just so fun!

Peanut is still wearing 18 month clothes. She's still in a size 4 diaper for both day and night. She's still in a size 5 shoe.

She is still sleeping pretty well these days. She sleeps through the night and still takes an afternoon nap without a fight. Although at daycare I learned she isn't really napping anymore for whatever reason. Hey, as long as she sleeps for me at home, it's all good! Haha! She's really good about amusing herself in her crib though-even if she's awake, she very rarely cries about it. So I'm not complaining!

Cassandra is still a pretty good eater. Some days are better than others of course. Some of her favorites? Bagels with cream cheese, fruit, yogurt, pasta, dino nuggets, cereal.

Some new things she's saying now...."scissors", "big girl chair", "I want the Fox Song!", "I found it!", "I don't know", "on the edge", "Happy New Year", "cause I said so!", "not good manners", "my eyes are brown", "Aruba", "ragamuffin", "you OK Mommy?", "you blow nose?", "come on", "collar bone", "leave it open".

Cassandra also had her first haircut this month and did a great job! She was so well behaved! 

We also took her and Avery sledding for the first time and she wasn't thrilled with it at all! She went down the hill twice, but whined most of the time we were there. Maybe next time will be better?

Cassandra also started swimming lessons this month and is doing really well at them!  She was a little hesitant at the first class, but as of now she's had 4 classes and it's going really well. She loves getting in the water and splashing around and putting her face in...the total opposite of her sister!!

Here are the big girl's photos!

Hugging the giraffe

My faves:

Smile!

She was saying "little tiny" for some reason

Daddy's favorite face!

No idea what this was, but it's hilarious!

Flashback to Avery at 24 months!

Twenty-Three Months!

Amidst all of the hustle and bustle of the holidays, Cassandra turned 23 months old! One more month until we celebrate another birthday! In fact, today I was working on her party invitations! Crazy!

She's pretty much into 18 month clothes at this point. She does wear some 12 month stuff, but not a lot anymore. The 18month pants are still long on her so we have to roll them up usually!

Cassandra is still sleeping really well. Her coughing fits have stopped for now (thankfully!) so she's back to sleeping through the night and taking her nap in the afternoon.

Eating is still hit or miss with her. Some days she really puts the food away and other days she's not as interested. She's always interested in food though (which is a good bribing tool at times-haha!) just some days more than others!

Let's see...some new things she's saying these days: "trace your hand", "Happy Thanksgiving", "gobble gobble", "Ho Ho Ho", "reindeer", "santa", "humpty dumpty", "ommyman (ottoman)", "help me", "oh my goodness", "toilet", "I'm done", "bath tub", "I like your necklace", "Merry Christmas", "what the heck?", "what you doing?", "what you havin'?"

She has started singing some songs too! She loves "Jingle Bells", "Humpty Dumpty", "It's Raining, It's Pouring", and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". It's so cute hearing her little voice trying to sing them! Love it!

She has also started pulling her pants off and trying to put them back on. One day she literally sat there for a half hour just putting them on and taking them off! So silly!

She has started to show some interest in using the bathroom too. As we change her diaper, a lot of times she'll say "go potty" and wants to sit on the toilet. She'll sit there and pretend to wipe, but hasn't made any donations in the bowl yet. Once she does, we'll make it a pretty big deal!

Last week was the first time we had to pick her up sick from daycare. Poor girl had a fever for about 2 days-no other symptoms though which is good. And none of us caught it either! I was just glad she didn't have it for the holidays!

Here are her pics!

Totally not interested!

Pointing at something

Finally a smile!

My faves:

Cheese!

Silly face

And her fave position!

Flashback: Avery at 23 months!

Twenty Two Months!

Over the weekend, Cassandra turned twenty-two months old!

I feel like I repeat myself a lot on these because not much changes at times. She's still wearing 12-18 month clothes. The 18month pants are still too long on her so we're always rolling the waist or something to hike them up. Shirts and onesies fit her fine though.

She's still a good sleeper, although we have been having a rough patch because of her coughing. For about a month straight she coughs like crazy overnight. She has little "attacks" that range from a half hour up to 2 hours! She does sleep through them most of the time, but it keeps me up for sure! I had her at the doctors two weeks ago and they had me try allergy medicine for her, which did nothing. We went back to the doctors on Friday and now she's on amoxicillin-they think it's a sinus infection. So far, it seems to be helping, which is good! Now she's back to sleeping through the night and napping for about 2hrs in the afternoon.

Cassandra is a pretty good eater. She has her picky days of course but overall she does pretty well. And she's getting to the age where she can tell us what she wants, which is nice.

She finally got her last canine in so she's now up to 16 teeth. Just the 2 year molars to go!

Some new words this month include: "pumpkin", "sprinkles". Some phrases include: "____ right there", "my room", "hold my hand", "dot org", "what you say?", "eww gross", "____ gross".

Cassandra plays a "where's Daddy" game with Avery where they ask questions about where he is. Cass will say "is he moon?" "is he bus?" and Avery will usually respond with "no" until she guesses the right answer. It's pretty cute!

Cassandra also has learned a lot of color words, but doesn't always get them right. For some reason, she calls everything either yellow or blue! She'll get them one of these days! She also tries really hard to count. She can get 1-4 then she skips to 8,9 then 13!

If we ask Cassandra what her name is, she says it. It comes out "Danda".

Avery has started loving the song "Wrecking Ball" so now whenever it comes on or one of us sings it, Cassie will say "Wreck Ball".  Also, we sing a song "Oh Cassie Mac" (to the tune of "O Canada") and Cassie will say "OK Cassie Mac" very excitedly after! It cracks us up!

She has really good manners and says thank you all of the time. We very rarely have to prompt her and sometimes she says it to us when it's not needed. It's so sweet!

Getting pics this month was tough-she wasn't in the mood, but I tried my best!

giraffe hugs

happy huh?!

My two faves:

I told her to smile! Haha!

Flashback-Avery at twenty-two months!

Twenty-One Months!

Today Cassandra turned 21 months old! Hard to believe we have to start thinking of a birthday party soon! Wow!

Cassandra is still wearing 12 and 18 month clothes....my little peanut!

She's still sleeping well-between 11-12 hours overnight and a good nap in the afternoon. I have to say she is pretty easy to get to fall asleep. Sometimes she doesn't want to go upstairs for bed, but once up there, she's generally pretty easy to put down. Opposite of Avery in the sleep department, that's for sure!

Cassandra is still eating like a toddler-huge meals at times and barely anything at other times. I will say though that pretty much anytime you offer her food throughout the day, she very rarely refuses it! Girl likes her snacks, etc!

Some new words this month include: "hot dog", "buggaga" (bubblegum), "I see him", "all by self", "let's see", "bless you Avery", "fayaya" (pacifier), "where's boogy (buddy)?", "yeah sure", "trick or treat". Whenever we ask her a question now, she says "ummmm..." and thinks of an answer! It's really cute! She has also started singing parts of "The Wheels on the Bus" and "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes".

Cassandra has gotten 3 new teeth this month-all canines! She has one more that's being stubborn and hasn't popped through yet!

She went apple picking for the first time a few weeks ago and had a lot of fun eating all of the apples!

Cassandra is getting very independent now and wants to do everything all by herself-especially eating things! She uses her silverware and gets really mad if we try to help her eat something now! She loves going up the stairs, but still needs a lot of help going up and down them. She also really loves petting Jerri and giving her treats!

Here are her photos for this month:

So big!

Practicing her splits!

My faves:

Tickle Toes
 

Big hugs!

Smile!

Silly face!

Flashback: Avery at 21 months!

Twenty Months Old!

Today Cassandra is 20 months old-how the time is flying!

Cassandra is wearing mostly 12 or 18 month clothes now. A lot of the 18 month pants are way too long on her though! And she has the problem that Avery has where she needs tight waistbands or the pants/shorts/skirts just fall right off of her!  She finally bumped up to size 4 diapers for during the day. She's still in 4's overnight too. She's wearing a size 5 shoe now.

She is still sleeping well-rarely wakes up overnight and taking a decent afternoon nap. We've had a few rough nights here and there where she doesn't want to go to bed. Either she's realizing it's more fun to be awake or she's overtired...not sure, but we've had a few nights of her crying herself to sleep lately. Naptime is usually pretty easy with no crying, thankfully!

Cassandra's eating is still sporadic. She's definitely in the toddler way of eating-picky one day, not picky the next. I'd say her favorites are still yogurt, fruit (loves bananas), pasta and this month she has really been liking cereal with milk. I can't think of anything new she's tried, but we usually give her whatever we're eating to start with and go from there.

I feel like I'm slacking keeping track of her new words. She literally repeats everything so I have no idea what's new and what isn't anymore! She just never stops talking!  Some new ones for sure: "have fun", "thone" (phone), "I got it", "raining", "jacket", "yucky", "no more", "mirror", "another one", "more please", "cupcake", "sprinkling", "clap", "mornin' Avery". She also yelled at her doll...pointed her finger at her and said "sit down!" That was pretty funny! She sings the "everybody clean up" song, parts of "rock a bye baby" and "pat-a-cake". For animal sounds, she definitely does cow, horse, pig, sheep, monkey, lion, elephant, snake, dog, cat, chicken, duck.

One big milestone this month was that Cassandra started at daycare with Avery!  She has done really, really well! She cried the first 3 times she went and no tears since! She really seems to enjoy it there and randomly will talk about her friends and teachers when we're at home. I know Avery loves having her there and keeps an eye on her too, which is so great!

Here are her pics this month. We did them a day late because someone wasn't being very cooperative for me. And I took them after her bath, hence the diaper only shots!

My faves:

Yelling "Cheese!"

My little jack-o-lantern!

Flashback to Avery at 20 months!

Nineteen Months Old!

Yesterday Cassandra turned 19 months old!

Little girl is still wearing mostly 12 month clothes. I did pull out the 18 month stuff and she can wear some of it-mostly shirts and onesies and PJs. The shorts are too big in the waist and I'm sure the pants will be super long on her! She's still sporting size 3 diapers during the day.

Cassandra is still sleeping well-she very rarely wakes up overnight and if she does, she puts herself back to sleep. She's still napping roughly 2hrs in the afternoon and is super easy to put down for both nap and bedtime. Compared to Avery, she's a piece of cake!

Her eating is still all over the place. Some days she eats so much I wonder if she has a hollow leg. Other days she barely touches food. I'd say overall she likes to eat though and most days she puts the food away pretty well. She of course loves her fruit, yogurt, pasta, and cheese. The only thing new she tried this month that I can think of is a lollipop...and of course she loved it!

Cassandra is talking like crazy. I swear she comes out with new things everyday. It's hard to keep up with her!  Some new words this month: "outside", "inside", "teeth", "burp", "fruitfly", "Avery cry", "excuse me", "big boy", "uh oh spaghetti O's", "toot", "clock", "museum", "working", "mommy's car", "peek-a-yoo, I see you!" Another thing you do now is that if I tell you "No", you ask "why?" and if I say, "because I said so", you say, "said so." It's pretty funny!

You have also figured out how to raise/lower your eyebrows....but you also nod your head at the same time-it has to be one of the funniest things I've ever seen! We try to get you to do it a lot!  You also have FINALLY started putting your head down on our shoulders when we rock you at bedtime. Most of the time you want to face out and sit in our lap, but just in the past week or so, you started putting your head down. I LOVE it....little baby snuggles!

Here are your photos for the month:

Saying "cheese!"

My faves:

I told you to smile!

And here's a flashback to Miss Avery at 19 months!

Eighteen Months

Miss Cassandra is now 18 months old! A year and a half....totally crazy!

She's still wearing 12 month clothes! In fact, some of her 12 months shorts fall right off of her because they're too big! I'm about to drag out her 18 month stuff soon, but really I have no idea what will fit her. She's a peanut! She's still in size 3 diapers for day, 4's for night.

She is still a really good sleeper! Sleeping through the night for 11-12 hours and usually a 2hour (or longer) nap in the afternoon. I really can't complain about her sleep habits!

Her eating is still hit or miss. Some days she loves what we give her and other days she doesn't. She of course devours fruit (just like her sister). She really likes yogurt, bagels, waffles, pasta these days. She had ketchup/dip for the first time and was really into it-so sometimes I'll give her some to try and coax her to eat some sort of meat! Of course it usually ends up with her covered in ketchup/dip and needing a bath!

At her pediatrician appointment, the doctor told us she is talking like a 2yr old...and I totally believe it! This girl is amazing with her words! Some new ones: "ABCD", "ku ta ta" (Hakuna Matata), "pancake", "more music", "rainbow", "oops", "pigtails", "fish", "butterfly" and you also say most names now. One day I started saying the colors of the rainbow...when I said "red", you said "orange". Then I said "orange" and you said "yellow"-I was totally amazed! You also point to our faces and say "eyes", "nose", "hair", etc.

You also sprouted tooth #12 finally! You just have your pointy canines left and your 2yr molars. Also this month you started shrugging your shoulders! And for the first time, you went to time out. I don't even remember why, but Daddy told you to go to timeout and you walked to the step and sat down all by yourself! You sat there perfectly until we told you to get up. I have to admit, it was pretty darn cute!

Here are your photos for this month:

My faves:

Hugs!

I told you to say "cheese"

Flashback: Avery at 18 months!

Seventeen Months Old!

Yesterday Cassandra turned seventeen months old!

She's still wearing mainly 12 month clothes now. Still in size 3 diapers for day and size 4 for overnight.

Her sleeping is still the same-11-12 hours overnight and an afternoon nap. She has some nights here and there where she cries for a minute but then she'll fall right back to sleep which is good. She also has some nights where it takes her a long time to fall asleep-but she rarely cries. She mostly just plays in her crib and babbles until she falls asleep.

She's still a pretty good eater. She seems to be getting pickier as time goes on though. She used to love meat-chicken, beef, etc...now she won't touch any of it. As soon as she sees it, she throws it on the floor. She won't even try it! She still loves her fruit though-I swear it's pretty much all she eats some meals! She tried kiwi this month and loved it! Big surprise! Haha!

This girl is quite the chatterbox. She says so many things I'm sure I forget to write half of them down! Words that I did write down for this month include:  "bye poopy!", "book", "A-vy" (Avery), "hair", "eye", "ear", "bee ba-bo" (poopy diaper), "ni moo" (Goodnight Moon), "old lady", "hush", "hold it", "why?", "oh boy". One new thing you do all of the time is go "mmm hmmm" and it's so funny! Whenever we ask you something, that's how you respond! You also ask "why?" about everything, especially if we tell you "no" for something! You also have started trying to sing along with me, especially for "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"...it's so cute!

Over Memorial Day weekend, you really became a walker! I'd say you half walked, half crawled for maybe a week and then there was no turning back! Once you figured out the walking thing, you barely crawled ever again!  We also got you your first pair of real walking shoes!

Early this month your separation anxiety really kicked in. I couldn't leave the room without you freaking out and yelling "MAMA!" If I wasn't around, no problem. If you knew I was around, forget it....you had to be glued to my side!  I'm hoping it doesn't last too long because it's hard to do anything (like going to the bathroom, etc) some days!

Let's just say that taking your picture is next to impossible too....you don't care for it one bit! As soon as I put you in the chair, all you want to do is either rock the chair like a crazy girl or climb out. So I really don't have any great ones this time around!

can you tell we're trying to distract her?

saying "old lady" while looking at Goodnight Moon

rocking the chair

My faves:

reading her book

starting to assume "the position"

assuming the position....she does this all.day.long!

Flashback: Avery at seventeen months old!