Julia is growing up too fast and I want it to stop! We ended up donating half of her closet because she had a growth spurt and things were suddenly too short! Then I looked down at her feet in Target and her toes were hanging over. WHAT when did that happen! Her legs and torso both decided to spurt up so she looks so much taller to us! Her height isnt the only thing that is growing super fast! So is her hair!! I didnt notice that as much until I looked at old pictures.... We ended up taking her in for her first haircut, which was hard on me. We kept a lock of her hair and she was a champ during the process!
She continues to LOVE school! I drop her off in the morning and K picks her up int he afternoon. We have this cute little ritual where she gives me a kiss good bye and then runs to the window. Once I am on the other side of the window we hold our hands up together and then she blows me a kiss. She is so excited to do that in the morning. At school she does TONS of art projects and is learning her ABC's. She LOVES LOVES LOVES school. She get so excited in the morning, even grabs her back pack to go.
Her speech and motor skills are on fire! Tonight I told her we needed to get out of the bath and she replied with "no no no". I almost died laughing! She tries to say every word we say. Right now my favorite is when she tries to say "home" she puckers her little lips up and says "hooomie". It is the cutest face Ive ever seen! We are really happy that her speech is starting to come a long. She said little words here and there, but this week it has really taken off!
We are also in the process of potty training. She has good days and some bad days! Tonight she had big girl undies on. Julia had one accident, but I heard trying to get them to poopy in the potty is a challenge! We really can't complain she has been doing great!
Right now her favorite thing to do is to treat her baby doll like we treat her. It is HILARIOUS to watch her be a "mommy" to her dolls. She also tries to put K to bed, complete with patting him on his back! I love it, it means she enjoys the things we do for her!She also LOVES puzzles! She is a pretty creative child so it will be interesting to see how she channels that in the future!She is also soooo into clothes, shoes, sunglasses, and her owl purse. I cant complain! I will have a great little shopping buddy!!
Being outside never gets old and we have to listen to her scream "side" all day on football Sunday! I finally created a coloring diversion because we thought we were going to go nuts! "Side side side side"!!! Her swing set and car are probably her favorite outside activities. Every once in a while she wants to be in the stroller, but not for a very long time. She is so independent that she wants to do things herself!
We also converted her bed to a toddler bed. She kept jumping out of the crib (I dont know how she didnt break something) so we decided we better do it before we had an ER visit! She adjusted to that extremely well and I think likes it better this way!Speaking of her bed... One new thing is she suddenly wants us to cover her with her blanket at bed time. So she is now covered by a blanket and sleeps with a glow worm... This is a child that would throw everything out of the crib when we were in Poland!
Another change from Poland is TV. While she still rarely and I mean rarely watches it, she has a show she loves to pieces. It is called Harry the Bunny. It is a small learning show and she will start hopping around the house when she wants to watch it... It is HILARIOUS!
While things have been AMAZING, we still have a couple things to work on. The first one being her fits in public.. Man oh man... She did it to me again in Target. The screaming at the top of her lungs and then kicking. She doesnt like to be in the cart, but will run a way from me when I put her down. We are working through it and I am sure it will be fine. The second thing is basically laughing in our face when we tell her no, which is then followed by a lovely tantrum....The third thing is water, we can not get her to drink water to save our lives! We have tried everything. Took her juice and started adding water, nope she knew and WOULD not drink it. Soaked strawberries in water to give it that water flavor, nope hated it!We are at a loss and end up giving her milk, chocolate milk or juice just to make sure she is hydrated! So I will continue to find ways to get her to drink water!
Well it is time for bed! So I am signing off!!
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