Come On! Go Downstairs!

E - Hey Daniel

D - What Elizabeth

E - You eat big cake?

D - yes! It's a big piece of cake!



M - My tummy is hurting

E - You need band-aid?



Playing with Daniel's prized Playmobil horse/chariot.

E - Horse hungry. Eat pizza. (she moves horse across the table.) It's raining. Horse need umbrella.

E- Where's bunny? I lost it!

I ride backwards in the cart. (leans back in the seat)

Daddy, I want go upside down.

Where blue Bop? (We respond. It's broken. Bop's are gone.) Where yellow Bop?

I realized yesterday that we don't have a baby in the house anymore. Our daughter is two! She is conversational, observant, and very, very capable. I am so proud of Elizabeth and how she has developed, but so sad that this phase is over. We said goodbye to Bop on Dec.27th. She let me know she was NOT at all happy about me cutting them apart. Elizabeth has a set of lungs on her for sure. She asked for it a couple of times, but has adjusted very well. Falling asleep has not been a problem...yet. Although she gets up and comes in our room every night. I'd put a gate on the door, but she'd wake the neighbors with all of that yelling!

Elizabeth loves her brother, but not most other kids. She offers him a piece of whatever she is eating, and they spend a lot of time running laps in the living room and hiding under the table. She likes to paint and use markers, play dolls and dress up. Santa brought her a little carousel for her dress up clothes and yesterday morning I looked in her room to see Daniel help her put on a dress up skirt, shoes, and hat. Very sweet.

Potty training will have to begin soon. She talks about it and says she has to go. I've just got to get my act together and do it.