kaya- 23 months!

This is it… her last-ever monthly update. Once she’s two, I might just do them quarterly. It’s so crazy that we’re already here!_MG_3786

Clothing size: 12-18 month pants, 24 month shorts, 18 and 24-month onesies, 2T tees, and 12-18 month footie pajamas and 2T summery jammies. We’ve mostly moved on to size 6 shoes, but there’s definitely still room to grow there.
Eyecolor: Hazel/Gray/Greenish. There have been days lately that they look extremely green!
Teeth: 20.
Eating: When she likes something, she really shovels it down! She’s most obsessed with cheese and yogurt. Pasta and Mexican are her favorite dinners. She started using a regular cup for drinking, but still doesn’t want milk (unless it’s been turned chocolate by cocoa puffs). Apples, bananas, and raisins are her favorite fruits; green beans are her favorite vegetable.
New words: Suddenly, she says at least one new word every day! I kept a list this month, but there are probably more I forgot to jot down: Ducks, Mama, Dada, clock, heart, boom, star, backpack, nut, bone, grass, whoa, wow, blocks, pop, my, cup (“up”), off, dirty, door, bows, wall, towel, home, up, eyes, honk, poo and bowls. Phew, that’s a lot!
Favorite things: Playing outside, her shopping cart, pretending she’s a puppy, pretending everything is a slide, holding Kaelyn, and hugging/doing silly things to Jax. She also climbs on anything and everything, so lately I keep calling her “Monkey” (and she always responds with “Eee! Eee!”)
Dislikes: She still won’t stay in nursery by herself.
Sleep: Bedtime is around 8:30 pm and she’ll still sleep about 12 hours. She also still takes a 2.5-3 hour nap, although we have had a couple days lately where her nap has been about 1.5 hours instead.
Milestones, etc.: -Finally, she’s TALKING! No sentences yet, but she uses words all the time now! It’s so much fun to hear her little voice and see her get excited about learning new words.

-She tries to get dressed, but her only success is putting her shoes on. She has taken off her own shirt, and for the first time ever, her diaper. GASP! Hopefully that means we’re close to potty-training.

Dear Kaya,

You are almost TWO years old! You’re the most fun girl I’ve ever met, and you make my heart feel so full. In such a short time, you’ve grown from a tiny baby into such an amazing little person.
_MG_3806You fill up our days with laughs. I hope you keep being the crazy monkey that you are, and I can’t wait to celebrate YOU next month!

We love you Birdy!