Living with a 2 yr old

So like many things, I've been meaning to post a little about Amelia and all her 2 year old glory.

Well, to be honest, right after she turned 2 (really before!) she was quite the little monster. So much so, that I really didn't want to write a blog post all about it.

Thankfully though the past few weeks she's settled down a bit, or maybe we've just grown used to her terrible two'ness?

Dont get me wrong, she truly is a wonderful little girl. In fact, she hardly ever shows her terrible two'ness. It was just hard getting used to all the tantrums, random whining, crying and "go aways!" at first. On Mother's Day she promptly told me to "Go Away!" for the first time. Yay motherhood!

Anyways....like I've said I've been trying to post this for months. For some reason it won't let me upload photos, so here is a smattering of her two year old quirkiness in words:

• She's getting better at playing at the park. Mostly, she just loves to stare at all the other kids. Kinda creepy...kinda awesome. She's totally one to just sit back and watch and learn. She's still hilariously shy and quiet when others are around and then a funny, talkative munchkin while at home.

• Potty training = evilness. But she's almost got it figured out. At home she is about 99% trained, but has a little trouble when we go places, mostly because we forget to remind her. But it's getting better!

• Naps = heaven! She easily takes a 2+hr nap every day.

• We laugh all day at all the clever little things she says. Like "some?" whenever she wants something. Or "more some!" It's really fun just talking to her. She likes to just repeat whatever we say as our last word. Clever at first, but we've caught on by now.

• She likes going to get ice cream.
• Her favorite song is of course, "Let It Go" from Frozen. She loves to sing along.
• She still loves her little brother, but there's been a couple slaps and pushes here or there. She's not being mean, it's just that Henry has started crawling over or reaching for her and her toys. I get it. She still gives him lots of kisses and hugs and calls him Henry Rooooo. She runs right over to him if he's crying. It's sweet.

So we love this sweet girl a whole lot. It's actually a really fun stage that she's in. Sure, there are tantrums here and there, but there are way more hilarious conversations and impressive new skills for us to admire. Especially now that we have Henry it seems like she is such a big girl now. No longer a baby.

 

 

 

 

 

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