29 months

 A month away from 2 1/2 years old!!!

*Still sleeping great at night. Goes to bed a little before 8 and wakes a little before 7.
*Naps usually last 2 hours and happening around 1:30. She still has a milk sippy cup before her nap and bed time. The last week she has been skipping one or two naps a week and just laying in her crib having quiet time. There is no way under my watch that she is ever going a full day without a 2 hour mid afternoon nap/break so she just lays in her crib until 3:00/3:30sh. To make up for this, she usually goes to bed a half hour earlier.
*She has become very dramatic and whiny this month. I am highly confident that it's a mixture of two reasons; she is copying the "whines" and "cries" Ashley uses to get attention AND the fact that she is 2 1/2. We are working on less whining and more talking. She has already made great progress!
*She has also become really cuddly and a really big mommy's girl. She likes to say "My Mommy" to me when we are around people and is extremely clingy to me. I love it that she loves me and cuddles with me but I feel as though this change is also stemming from the fact that Ashley does it.
*Have I mention that she LOVES to copy what Ashley does?!?!?
*She is really talking so much and we are able to comprehend what she is saying so much more day by day. She is constantly adding new words to her vocabulary and it's fun to see her attempt really long words like hippopotamus, encyclopedia and such.
*Don't wake her up from a nap or in the morning EVER..... She's just like her mommy; a MONSTER when someone wakes her up!
*LOVES stickers, music, puzzles (she can do 24 piece puzzles 100% on her own) and books. VERY good at taking any sticker off it's page.
*Favorite Book: CookieBot, Disney Princesses books on tape
*Favorite Song: Baby Bop Hop and Baby-O and Princess Songs
*Favorite TV shows: Barney and Word World. She loves watching PBS kids and asking, "what's next?"
*Eats really well with meats, fruits, veggies, etc. Is getting more and more of a chocolate bite but still amazes me how she can leave half a container of pudding or half a piece of chocolate left. I usually eat it then :)
*I am truly in awe of her ability to stay focused on a task and her high attention span
*She really loves her sister. I have to brag but she is the best. She is always on the lookout for her baby sister and everyday she gets better at sharing with and understanding Ashley. For example today at the gym I dropped them off and Anna walked me to the door. Ashley was in the back of the room and had a hard time seeing me leave. After I leave Anna turns and runs to Ashley, puts her arm around her and starts talking to her. Guaranteed she was saying "I know, I know baby doll."
* She has great manners. Is working at saying "No Thank You" when she doesn't want something and she is using it really well!
*Potty training is going good. We are still trying to be 100% pull up free and she has lots of success. But we are still trying to have dry panties all the time (I'd say she tinkles 1/2 the time before going; this tinkle usually just gets her panties wet). She is choosing to use the potty on her own a lot more recently (meaning she just disappears to use it and goes by herself and when I check she has dry panties!) We are pretty darn close!
*She lets me put clips in her hair now. I have her bought into the fact that her eyes won't hurt/itch from her hair if it's in clips.... sold her right away! I just had to wait until her hair was long enough to get into her eyes for her to buy into it! Oh and she only takes them out when she hears the song "baby-o" and she pulls them out of her hairs and runs around saying her has "baby-o hair", hair just like Justin Bieber. Too funny
*Asking a lot of questions. She loves to ask "What's the matter with this" and "why?"
*She often says her own prayers out of the blue during lunch/dinner. It is absolutely adorable when she puts her hands together, bows her head and closes her eyes and says, "Dear God. Danks (Thanks) Mommy, Anna, Ashley, Daddy, Ashley, Peanut, Anna, Mommy, Daddy and so on and so on. I you (I love you) Amen."
*She recognizes all her numbers 1-10 and counts 1-10 (still skipping 7). She can read and spell 3 words: Anna, zoo and home. she can also say her alphabet (very often skipping IJK)

Such a delight!

Much Love,
Jenny