I can't even believe she's almost 2! It's amazing how much she is growing. Her language has picked up a lot, however, still not where I had hoped it would be. I just am excited for the day that I will know what my kids want- instead of the whining. Although, I'm sure whining will accompany them telling me what they want anyways! She is great at repeating anything I tell her. We work on new bible verses each week- (helps with the alphabet too)-- and she is so good at repeating after me. Her new favorite phrase (and first ever string of words) is "Where is?". The problem is figuring out the "what"... she says "where is?" and I say "what?". We go back and forth and never resolve what she is looking for. :)
She still loves her brother dearly- sometimes too much. However, she also wants to control him- especially with him crawling. She tries to move him, tells him "no", and gives him toys that she approves of-- heaven forbid he want something of "hers". We're still working on sharing. It's hard though when the toys have always been around for her, so they really do feel like they belong to her.
She LOVES to dance. This is NOT an understatement either. She dances in the store, at home, in the car, in the bath... everywhere. Anytime she hears music she starts dancing. Every time Micah stands up, she thinks he wants to dance and goes to take his hands and says "dance, dance". He doesn't really like this because he can't stand without support and she doesn't give much support. He falls, she keeps dancing :) I love that she loves music so much- I always have music on and it's nice that she enjoys it as well.
Caylee still loves her babies. She takes care of them, pats them, shushes them, gives them bottles, changes their diapers etc. She is very nurturing.
She loves being outside. We go out a lot- I try to go to the park to change up the scenery, but she really doesn't care where we are as long as we are "ow-side". She has a great ear too and can tell if a "moto" (motorcycle), "tra" (tractor) or "ca" (regular car) is coming. Since we don't get much traffic she is quick to stop what she's doing to tell me what is coming. She's always right too.
She did great in her last round of swim lessons. She's back in kindermusik for the fall and we're back into our mom's group. We're getting busy and loving it. She is easy to take places, almost always behaves fantastically, is super helpful and just fun to be around. Don't get me wrong... we have super whiny days and with Micah on the move she seems to be MUCH clingier to me than normal (I think a little jealous). She can definitely test me and throw some fits. However, for the most part she's pretty good and I definitely wouldn't change her independent, fun-loving, spirit. She's so pretty too-- I know, that's biased, but she really is pretty. She has gorgeous hair that falls into natural loose curls- it's SO cute.
That's Caylee in a nutshell... here are some pics I took :) She hasn't been a huge fan of having a camera in her face lately, but she was playing with bubbles so I was able to get some good ones.
Amazing hair!!
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