The Terrible Twos are Around the Corner

If Cacy had her way, this is what the food pyramid would look like.

What Has Mommy Petrified?

I will tell anyone that we have been blessed beyond measure for many reasons with Cacy - and not just the obvious ones. No real transition to her sleeping through the night, or even in her own bed (it was probably harder on mommy than anyone). We took the pacifier away with little heartache. Teething has been okay, I know she has had some painful days and nights, but she is a trooper and I thank God for that daily. It's only hard to drop her off at daycare when she is not feeling well. Hard for both of us, but much harder on her of course. She is a very happy baby.  With all of that, I am so very intimidated by the next big thing coming our way. POTTY TRAINING... dun dun duunnnn.

I think that potty training will be the hardest thing I have yet to do, outside of giving birth, in her very short lifetime.  All anyone can tell me is, oh girls are easy to potty train. Um, I'm sorry, but that really doesn't make me feel better.  I have no idea of how to communicate with my almost two year old on how to let me know in advance that she needs to go potty. One of the latest developments is she says, "I boo boo.", after she poops. If she lets us know in advance, I run her to the potty. She sits and plays with me, sings songs, and has conversations. But she has never done anything in the potty or toilet.  I have made a song, it's called "Boo Boo in the Potty". She sings it randomly. But we can't connect the potty to the boo boo. But we have two more months until she is officially two, and I need to really get serious.

This Week's Shenanigans

The 15th was Pirate Day at the daycare. Thank you God for the creator of Pinterest. It's so useful. Space Safari is coming up at the end of the month. I have already started looking for things at home to use.

We went to the park a couple of days this week. This week, she took off running a couple of times on the trail. It could be because that's where I run with her on Saturday mornings (when we are not at the gym). When she grabbed the stick, I had to get a picture.

New developments

She is counting and saying her alphabet and you can understand what she's saying. She will point at numbers and no matter what the number is she will first say "8". And when she points at letters no matter what they are she will usually first say "S". And she has been saying a bad word, "mine"! We have no idea where she learned this word. Her teacher at daycare mentioned it too. She thought she had spent time with older kids over the weekend, but no that was not the case. She must have heard it on TV. The only other alternative is that she is not actually saying mine, but some other arbitrary word she doesn't understand (he he, anything's possible, right?)

Also, she is the loudest child at the library. And when it's time to go, I usually grab her as she's yelling "Nnnooo! Nnnoooo!!!. This week, she decided to run and lay face down on the carpet and cry. If I can afford it, she is definitely getting acting lessons!

When I last checked she was 33" tall, this means she grew one inch in two months. I will check again at 22 months (Aug 30 or early Sep).

(Not the outfit she left home in, she got dirty at school).

More Vacation Pics

First Family Vacation

This is our first family vacation. We are at Myrtle Beach. Cacy can say water and beach. She is having a blast! We have been to the pool and ocean. Last night was our first night here and she was up past midnight - putting on a show.

Speaking of putting on a show. She just shut a party down!! She danced the entire time. She picked up a few more fans ;). I see the role of Momager in my future.

2015 Spring Pictures

Fun with Granny and Donations (17 Months Old)!

My darling little girl is growing up! Miss Independent.  She has been a quite clingy this week, but through it all I can see the changes.  She wants to walk every where now, she doesn't really care to be picked up unless it's for a reason, or unless she is really tired.  She is picking up more words.  The word of the week is "bubbles".  She wants to go "out" and play "bubbles". She is quite intuitive.  She is learning more each day, so no more free reign.  No more watching R rated movies while she plays! She grabs the keys and tries to open the door.  She grabs her bubbles and heads for the front door.  She tries to feed us.  The other day she grabbed a wash cloth and gave her baby doll a bath. This is a bit of a relief to me, and I am sure all moms will know.  If something tricky happens to her, she will be sure to mimic the activity.


This past week she got to spend a little time with Granny. WHO held her most of the time, so "deprogramming" her was fun ;).  But we had a lot of fun, and it was nice having Granny in-the-house!  Here are some pics.

I'm pulling out old items that can be passed on, donated, or sold.  All of the old toys get a once over, of course.  When I pulled out the bath time seat, I had to take pics.  I warned her not to try to sit in it because I thought she might fall, but she did without falling. Then she tried to get out, hilarious, and of course she fell.  Then she tried again, of course!!