30.10.06 / Uncategorized / Author: admin

October 13th:

Audrey is potty trained! For two weeks we have been going out without diapers and she’s never had an accident ( crossing my fingers). At first she was ” holding it” cause she didn’t wanna go poop in the potty, but now she runs in the bathroom , pulls down her undies and tells me to ” come back” meaning she needs some privacy to poop! She still has accidents overnight sometimes because she wakes up so much at night… but that is the only time she wears a diaper. She’s had a lot of dry nights this week so I expect she will be sleeping in undeis very shortly.

September 6th:

I haven’t posted in quite a while so I have lots of catching up to do!

In August we took a trip to Miami and a trip to Jacksonville.

In Jacksonville we had lots of fun including playing in the yard at Lorrie and JJ’s new house and fingerprinting! In Miami we saw Audrey’s Great Grandparents and went to Butterfly World with Mondy and Forrest. ( see pics)

Audrey has also been taking classes as Gymboree( I go with her – they are Mommy & Me type classes). The program is called Global Kids and she gets to experience play, music, dance, customs and activities all the worlds cultures. We also go to art class there which I love because I don’t have to clean up the huge mess after she paints. She really likes it; Her favorite part is when the teacher plays the guitar and sings songs from other countries. she says ” MORE TAR!! MOR TAR” (more Guitar!) She has a lot of trouble sitting quietly and is always the one to start the others in goofing off (like doing somersaults or dancing instead of listening to the teacher). She is very easily bored ( a sign of genius).

She is a little chatterbox now, clearly stating what she wants and doesn’t want and giving us running commentary on all her activities. ( “Au-dwee go, Kik -a ball- good job!) as she plays soccer. Late lately she want us to do everything WITH her – ” Mommy dance -a-me, sing – a-me, play soccor – a – me” and as soon as you try and end the activity she yells MORE DANCING ( SINGING, SOCCOR, ETC). She compliments herself constantly ( good job, that’s it, right, try again, ok, you did it, nice!) She has mastered the somersault and is very good at kicking and throwing and galloping. She also loves to read and count. She counts to 20 easily ( except she says ” five teen” not fifteen”), counts to 10 in Spanish ( thanks to Dora) but usually forgets 7 and 8, and she knows all her letters( upper and lower) AND all her letter sounds perfectly. In fact, she is so good at identifying letter sounds that she can hear the sound and then tell you the corresponding letter. I cannot believe she does this at only 2 1/2. I think she will be an early reader. She has started to say ” I love you very much” which is super sweet. She’s become much more affectionate over the few months. She has finally lost all stranger anxiety. Now we have to pry her away from strangers. She greets everyone she sees when we are out with ” HELLO- HOW – ER – EWWW?” and a big grin. In public places she will sometimes shout ” HELOO- EVERY-BODY! She has aslo started calling JJ “APPLE JJ” since she cant say Uncle JJ.

Potty training is still a challenge. Although she had a few days of almost perfect pottying now she is having accidents all day long. Today I put her in big girl panties and we’ve already been though 2 pairs. Not having her diaper doesn’t seem to be a deterrent. Potty training sucks.

She’s into Diego now and loves leaning new animals. She will tell us she sees a puma or an iguana now instead of a cat or a lizard. Another thing she does that’s cute is she will say ” IM SO HAPPY!” when she’s in good mood ( usually when we go for walks) or something special happens like a friend comes to visit or she gets a new toy.

She still lives on crackers/breads and all types of fresh fruit. Chic fil a chicken nuggets are a staple too. She will eat cheese, milk, yogurt, cereal, pizza ( crust only- no cheese) and not ,much else. She drinks V8 ( thank god) since this is her only vegetable source aside from corn on occasion. I know its better than burgers and fries but I would love for her to start eating ” real food”!

She’s extremely polite although she burps constantly she does say excuse me ( skuze-e-mommy) and says thank you all the time ( tanks!).