2 Year highlights:
~ Her imagination is really coming to life. We find ourselves sometimes just watching her play by herself with her dolls or easel to see what she'll come up with. She has her dolls and toys talk to one another and be friends, she will have 'conversations' with Austin and chase him around, and loves to fake cook.
~ Strings together about 5 words to make a phrase/sentence. Her favorite phrases right now:
"Run around naked" (said countless times each day in hopes I'll strip her down to a diaper)
"Austin NO, outside" (when she gets annoyed with him)
"Take Baby with us?" (or whatever toy she is obsessed with in hopes she can take it with her to school or in the car)
"Birthday Party" and "Birthday Candle, blow out"
"Mommy hold Jillian" (this is said for daddy, Bama, or anyone she wants to hold her)
"Austin, STOP IT!" (when's barking)
Seriously I don't know what will come out of her mouth daily. But her precious little voice makes me melt. I LOVE hearing her talk all day. I also love that we can carry on conversations now. So fun!
~ Knows all the colors, shapes and can count to 15. I just recently started the alphabet with her.... I know, shame on me for JUST starting the alphabet.
~ ALL GIRL. Jillian has a growing obsession for jewelry, make-up and the color pink. Whenever she is around a lady with jewelry, she wants to see it and wear it. Her favorite people to steal jewelry from are Nana and Bama. She knows they'll hand it right over and she will wear their bracelets and be so proud! She sees me put on makeup most days, and wants to do the same. Often times I'll let her play with blush and she goes crazy! She always wants lip gloss on when she sees me apply it. Last but not least - the color pink. She always asks for the pink marker first, or she gravitates to a pink pool toy over a blue on. She's so girly - it's so fun!!!
~Independent. She used to love me reading her books. Now most days before her nap, I offer to read her a book and she says "No! Read book self, crib!" She then picks out a couple books and we put them in her crib and she happily climbs in. I'll watch her 'read' those books for 15-20 minutes most days before she falls asleep. She also plays outside with Austin all by herself now (I'm watching from inside, don't worry!)
~ No updates on potty training. I'm kind of ignoring any signs she is showing, b/c I think if we start now it will be a 6 month process (probably longer) AND I dont want to deal with potty training and a newborn. She has gone potty a few times properly in her potty though!
~ She weighs 31.5 pounds (90th percentile) and was 36.5" long (85th percentile). I asked the Dr if she weighed too much and he said nope! Her height and weight are in great proportion.
Hilarious story:
Earlier this week Jillian ate dinner in the TV room (which is NOT typical!) because I needed to nurse Haven at the same time. Needless to say, I wasn't watching her that closely. She was eating some yummy enchiladas, black beans and rice one of our sweet friends brought for dinner. About 30 minutes after dinner I went to give her a bath and she's acting totally normal. After we get of the bath she keeps pointing to her nose and saying things I can't decipher. I think she's saying something like "Big finger in my nose" or "Pick my nose" and she keeps wanting me to look up her nose. I chalk it up to she was at school that day and someone must have said something about noses and she learned a new phrase I can't figure out yet. Well.... when I lay her down to put on her jammies she keeps picking at her nose and that's when I figure out what she's been saying... "BEAN UP MY NOSE". I can just barely see it!!! So freaking funny! I call Jeff in and we perform tweezer surgery, which Jillian hated. She needed her blankie and paci before we extracted the bean. Luckily after 5-7 mins we were able to get it! I couldn't stop laughing! It is so much fun living with a toddler. The next day she kept telling me "Beans no nose (while shaking her finger), mouth yes (and she'd nod her head)" and I'd agree with her. Beans are just for the mouth. LOVE that girl!!!
Saturday, June 18th:
On her 2 year birthday we wanted to make it extra special since she already had her party a few weeks before AND Haven would be coming soon. We soaked up this special day with her!
She got up at her usual time, around 7:45am and we played outside for a few minutes.... she doesn't do much (not even slide) without one of her babies.
Then we were off to breakfast... Jillian knew she turned TWO today!!
Jeff teaching her how to make & blow spit balls.
Then we were off to swim!
Well, Jeff and Jillian swam, I sat in the shade and baked.
We went home and Jillian caught a great nap, and I'm glad she did! We had a jam-packed afternoon!
We took her to Build-A-Bear!!! She LOVED it!! My parents met up with us, and spent the rest of the afternoon and evening with the birthday girl!!
Out of all the cute bears in the store, Jillian falls IN LOVE with the wiener dog. Ha!
Selecting the barking dog noise.....
Next we got ready to stuff the dog.... Jillian was enthralled with this process.
Rubbing the dogs heart.
Mommy needed to kiss the heart first...
Then Jillian would kiss the heart....
Now her dog has a heart!
We named her dog Ms. Jumpy, and she is one of Jillian's favorite stuffed animals!
Washing her...
Helping me create her birth certificate.
Then we went home and it was time to open presents!!
We got her a book about Elmo going to the Dr.
She loves pretend playing with the instruments.
Giving herself a shot.
We took a break for CUPCAKES!
Lovin' her some Ms. Jumpy
Time for a couple more presents.... telling us again that she's 2!
We got her a Little People Castle and she LOVES it! Goes hand in hand with her imagination-play that's forming.
The big present was from my parents - A KITCHEN! Jillian is obsessed with this!!!! It took Jeff almost 3 hours to put it together that night, so Jillian got to play with it first thing when she woke the next morning.
We love you sweet Jilly Bean. More than you could ever imagine. We can't wait to celebrate more birthdays with you and make sure you know just how loved and special you are. Just make sure they don't happen as quickly.... this last year flew by!
1 comment:
First, a special congratulations on the birth of Haven! He is precious and sooo cute! And Happy 2nd Birthday to Jillian, too...what a big girl! When I took Brennan to Build A Bear to make something for his little sister, he also surprisingly chose the same dog as Jillian. :) There was even a cuter dog than that one, but nope, he loved it and picked it out specially for her. And that kitchen looks like so much fun. Where did your parents find it? Is it Melissa and Doug?
congrats again, you two!
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