THIRTY weeks and the sinuses are finally clearing up so I can sleep a little bit better. Grandma Jane let me take some much needed TUMS for my bedside. Most of my pregnancy woes have been related to those two things. Alexis still has her cough, but hopefully all is on the mend for a little while. Including my car, which we just took to the shop because the ignition switch seems to be a bit picky about when it wants to turn on. I refuse to learn stick so I can't drive Mr Smith's car, but he also travels for work so needless to say, feeling trapped at home is not the best feeling, even in winter. We just need more to stimulate our minds and bodies. Between all that and jcp.com botching my online orders, I've been experiencing first world problems this week. However, I did manage the cutest Christmas photo of Lexi so at least that worked out.
Let me think of some of miss thangs latest …
"Thanks mom, you da best"
"What you talkin bout?"
"That's my favorite in the world"
"I'm playing catch with my daddy, mom. We're having fun!"
"I big girl. I do it myself!"
"I'm happy now, mom"
She is getting a lot better at recognizing letters like r, s, t - getting better and better at puzzles
but still struggles with recognizing numbers (wanting to care) although great at understanding the concept of addition; even something as simple as seeing 3 items lined up and it triggers the "ba ba black sheep" song "one for the master, one for the dame, one for the little boy" and she knows it adds to 3, take away 1 is 2, etc… she knows her colors, what matches & basic shapes.
She loves pepperoni randomly, the kind right out the bag. She likes "making snakes" with her play doh, playing catch, building towers, drawing, reading, helping to vacuum, pick up heavy things, ride in the car, demand french fries in the car and stomp around in the snow. She talks about wanting friends to come over all the time. She loves watching other kids, holding their hands and being accepted as their friend. I wouldn't say she is the take charge / desires center of attention type, but still gets energized from being social and goofing around. We tend to use her to join our side in a discussion, and lately she has been more with dad. However, she will never let daddy get away with making me sad. She definitely has opinions and the days of getting ready still take a lot of energy.
We don't eat out much, but since we had a gift card we went to Chikfila with dad yesterday for lunch and made the mistake of letting her go back through the play tunnels… it took her about 30 min with a ton of other kids to come back down. Luckily a little boy had tried repeatedly to help us out. However, her defiant toddler antics come out on occasion and she simply told dad "no" through the window and just stayed up there. Needless to say daddy wasn't happy and timeout/bedtime came quickly when we got home. I told the boy to tell her she won't get blackberries unless she comes down and I guess that finally did the trick.
She hasn't had any pee accidents for weeks now and I will give it up to a couple friends mentioning the shower as a deterrent. I tried it a couple of times and then dad got on board too and she knows that's what happens if her underwear gets wet, yet it makes her upset so ya know, whatever it takes. I'm so happy we haven't dealt with any potty issues for awhile (took about 2 months). She still says things like "my panties dry, I get a treat" as well, which means she half understands what we meant with the incentive program.
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