I have a two year old! I didn't think I would be saying those words so soon! Little Miss Irelyn has grown up so much since my last post. She is now a major talker, and has developed quite the sassy personality. She very much likes things her way, and can throw a pretty good tantrum when she doesn't get it!
In just the past month she has gone from just saying a few words here and there, to repeating everything we say, and saying new words every day! I can't list all of her words, but a few of her favorites are: Elmo, pop pop (Popsicle), Two! (it is always said with an exclamation), pretty please, cookies, fishies, and NO! ( This one she likes to yell at Toby...I think she hears me tell Toby no too much!) Where go? and There it is!
She is a puppy lover. There has yet to be a dog that she wouldn't approach, even when it made Mom extremely nervous. Her Toby dog is finally okay with her and will let her pet him and give him loves. We went to Panquitch for Memorial Day and went to visit some friends. As we were walking into their house, they were taking their dog outside. The entire time we were sitting inside visiting she would poke me until she got my attention and then say, with the gesture, "Where go, woof woof?" It cracked us all up! I finally had to take her outside to see the woof woof.
She still loves the movie Megamind and we watch it at least once per day. We've been trying out new movies, but she always resorts back to Megamind.
She loves to sing and dance. Whenever I turn on the song, "Walk the Dog" by Fun. she immediately throws her hands in the air and waves them around, shaking her head and dancing. She will also sing along to the song, "Na na na na, go" (It actually goes "Na, na na na, I will not let you go")
She loves to say the word potty and seems to understand what it means, but whenever I ask her if she wants to go she tells me NO! and runs away. I've tried putting her on the toilet a few times and she puts her feet on the toilet, arches her back and yells No! I'm pretty sure she's not ready for training yet!
She loves playing with her cousins, and can actually keep up with them most of the time! Her cousin Kanyon LOVED Batman, and would insist that we call him that. So, she thinks his name is Batman! Whenever she sees him she shouts, "Mat Man!!" She loves him all the time, he loves her about 10% of the time :)
She has definitely entered into the terrible twos. She is into everything at all times of the day. Just today I had to clean the house on 5 different occasions so that it would be clean for her birthday party, even though she was with her grandma and aunts from 10-3! One of the most obnoxious things she does is if you aren't paying attention to what she wants you to pay attention to she will grab your chin and turn it towards whatever she wants you to look at. If you for any reason look away she will just continue to grab your chin. Obnoxious, yet adorable...that explains a lot of things this little firecracker does!
She is very much a daddy's girl. She cries and screams every time he leaves, and wants to be right next to him any time he is around.
She has mastered my phone, and knows exactly how to call grandma. I watched her one day. She did it 10 times in a row. Blew me away! Grandma thought it was pretty funny! :) She has almost basically mastered all of the remotes in our house and Billy was joking the other night that we are going to put trackers on them so we can find them after we have hid them from her so many times!
I must say, this picture really says it all. We are still just smitten with this little sweetheart and she is always making us smile! We are so blessed to have her sweet spirit here with us. I still look at her every night as we sit in the rocking chair and think I can't believe I get to be her mom! It is definite an amazing experience, and I can't wait to experience the new things this year will bring!
