I was looking at the calendar today and realized that we have less then 2 months and my baby is 2!!!! It totally seems like it was just the other day when she was still small and not talking just drooling and well being a baby.
Now she is totally a toddler in all parts; she has grown i swear 6 inches, talks a mile a minute and can read and play with toys I did not think she would be able to yet. AKA she is the smartest kid ever. :)
A few weeks ago i took out 2 puzzles that a patient of Andy's gave us. They were for 2-4 year olds but I figured she would be ok with it. We played together once and after that she would pick up the piece and point to where it would go. She was not able to put the pieces in the puzzle but she knew where they went. Yesterday I took out the last puzzle and without missing a beat, she watched me do it once and then pointed the very next time to where the pieces went. :)
She is also able to count to 20 with assistance. She has been able to count to 10 for a while now, but only when singing or prodded. When we count to 20 she cannot say seventeen, but I know what "seen" means when she tries.
Potty training is still working and we do it daily but not push her into it. She goes when I go and she goes every 2 hours at daycare. They said she is doing very well with this and she is ready for pull-ups at school! I am so excited she is on the next step!
So once her next pack of diapers is through, we are moving her over to pull-ups.
This last Saturday was Alex's 2nd birthday party and Riley had a blast! We got there aboutn 10 minutes early for the party and it worked out perfectly as Riley had a bit of time to play with Alex before all the other kids showed up. They saw each other and squeeled then started chasing each other around laughing, it was the cutest thing ever.
They held hands a few times and played with all sorts of toys together.
The birthday party was a blast and Riley was soooo tired at the end of it she collapsed on the floor rolling around rubbing her eyes. I put her in the car at 1pm and she was out at 104 :)
I let her sleep in the car and when she woke up, whoa it was nuts. I had to rock her for a bit but she was in a baaaad mood the rest of the day. In the late afternoon we met our friends the Werners at the Bellevue Childrens area to play and then eat dinner at Red Robin. The place was super packed and it was like kiddie surivor so many kids running around, clipping other kids, running into each other - it was frightening. Riley was not having any of it and we had to ditch that idea and head to Red Robin where we enjoyed a nice dinner with adult beverages!
On other fronts, I am waiting for a requsition to post at work so I can apply for this new job. I am super excited as it is back in Security AND would put me back in Factoria. This would cut my commute to nothing and I would be doing something I really really want to do. Double win!
Andy is still in school and I am sure I wil be writing this for years and still saying that. He is working so hard at getting everything done and with the hours he puts in at work, he is always busy but the good kind of busy!
We had a blast Sunday with Riley as Andy was able to do his school work on Saturday while we were at the party. We went to Costco and Home Depot then when we came home i grabbed her big outdoor jacket and we played ball for a very long time. Kicking, throwing, rolling the ball all around the driveway - she had a blast! She wanted to know where Sherman was, so we strolled over to Fred our neighbors house and she was able to see Fred and her favorite puppy (sherman is no puppy btw he weighs like more then i do!).
Over our Skype session with Gummy and Papa Yaya she went nuts running around doing laps around the kitchen like a mad woman. We think she was trying to show off, but it was very funny as she got super excited.
Well not much else to post for now. I am on a loaner laptop and don't have any of my pictures or videos to share as they are on my computer that is being worked on. I will update everyone soon with some cute pictures of Riley and her boyfriend Alex when I get my laptop back!
