Kylie is 2 1/2!

Kylie is 2 1/2 years old!

Our beautiful, wonderful, sweet, sassy girl turned 2 and 1/2 on May 19th. How fast the time flies! She is growing and changing at such an amazing rate...I can't believe she can say and do so many things. It's like she is becoming a real human being! :) She is a tall toddler, towering over most kids her age. She has dark, blonde curly hair, and big, sparkling blue eyes! She also has the cutest dimple on her left cheek! I cannot resist that sweet smile!

Like most 2 year olds, she has opinions on almost everything. Her favorite things right now are playing with friends and cousins, taking rides in the Double BOB, reading books, going to the park, getting her nails painted, and snacking on anything chocolate (especially num-nums, which are M&Ms). She loves playing outside on nice days. She enjoys going to the farm to see Super Grandma and Debbie. She likes the library, the mall, and church daycare. She likes to pick out her own shoes, and to choose her hairstyle. She loves drinking milk and water, and eating pouches, applesauce, PB and J sandwiches, mac n' cheese, and pizza. She loves her little brother, and sometimes gets sad when he is not with her. That is so sweet to see!

Luckily she is a pretty easy-going little girl, but she has started to develop some real fears lately. Her biggest fears are of "scary garbage trucks," and "scary school buses." When she sees or hears one, she starts crying and runs to one of her parents. At night, she fears the, "scary goofy door." I have no idea what that means, but I think she once had a nightmare that Disney's Goofy once came through her bedroom door. Although, she likes church daycare, she doesn't like to be dropped off. She almost always tears up, but I am told that she calms down within 30 seconds of me leaving. After I pick her up, she talks about how much fun it was, so I know she does like it. She still doesn't love bath time, though it has gotten better since she now takes her baths with Brooks. She likes to help me bathe him, but doesn't love when it is her turn. She is also horrible at being woken up in the morning or after nap time. If she wakes herself up, she is great, but if I have to wake her, she is extremely emotional and clingy for 15-30 minutes until she is fully awake.

As far as milestones, she has changed soooo much in the past three months since her last update. The biggest and best milestone is that she is potty trained! YAY for no more diapers! My mom started the process when we were on our trip in Florida, and I continued after I got home. She had two accidents with me during the first week, but has been accident free since then, which was a month ago! She still wears diapers over night, but wakes up dry almost every morning so I am just going to use up this last box and be done with that too! We are so proud of her! She also continues to make tons of progress in her language development. She talks in full sentences and sometimes tells stories that are several sentences long. She learns new words every day, and is speaking very clearly. She is trying to figure out pronouns, which can be very funny at times. She frequently says, "my" instead of, "I." For example, she says, "My do it." I think that is so cute. She also says, "Hold you," when she wants us to hold her. She sometimes adds syllables to words too. She says, "trianglegle" for triangle, and, "Chuck-e-e-Cheese," for Chuck-e-Cheese. She is definitely a two year old in that she is testing her boundaries. She spends many minutes each day in time-out for screaming, hitting, throwing toys, and saying "no" to mama. Thankfully, she seems to understand the concept of discipline and punishment, and will try not to disobey when she is in a good mood. Most of her outbursts occur when she is tired. She is running, jumping, and going up and down steps really well, though she trips and falls more than any other toddler I have ever met. But when you think about it, she has really only been walking for about 10-11 months, and most kids her age have been upright for at least 16-18 months. So she is going to be a little less coordinated than her peers. I just hope she grows out of it! :) She is still an amazing sleeper, which has been the biggest blessing with an infant in the house. She sleeps from about 8/8:30pm-7:30/8am, and most of the time she only wakes up because Brooks has woken her up. She also still naps for about 2-3 hours per day, from about 1:30-4/4:30pm. She is an excellent eater, though she has become a little pickier. She is tall and is wearing size 3T clothes and size 7 or 8 shoes.

We still feel so blessed to be able to be Kylie's mom and dad! She is such a fun, sweet, loving little girl, and she makes our lives so much better! I wouldn't trade one day of the last 2.5 years! We love you, Kylie Bean!