27 Months

I really haven't blogged much about Reagan and what she is up to lately. I kinda gave up on the monthly blogs once she turned two, but I feel like I will one day wonder when she started doing different things and I want to remember all the little things she does now that I love.

I may have said this last month and the month before that, but she is such a joy to be around. She rarely throws fits, if she does they last a second or two and she moves on. They are usually when she wants something and I take it from her or tell her no. Lately she will cry for a minute and tell me, "Mommy, Reagan's crying." I say "why is Reagan crying?" she will then tell me what she is upset about. We talk about it for a second and she is done.

She talks and talks and talks. I usually understand everything she is saying or asking. I love how she surprises me with things she knows or says. The other day I was cleaning out from under our bed and I had my arm stretched out getting a box and she says, "Mommy whatcha lookin for?" I just died laughing. I need to get one of those journals and write different sayings or conversations we have down in it. I feel they are only going to get better and more and more interesting.

She knows all her colors: red, pink, blue, orange, purple, yellow, green, black and brown

I can't ever get her to count for me unless we are going up and down stairs. She will count the stairs along with me. I have heard her when she is playing on her own and counting saying, "4...5...6...7...8" So I know she can pretty much count to 10, it's just getting her to do it.

She always wants a napkin or a wipe to clean her hands. She can't stand for anything to be on them. When we are eating she always cleans her face and wipes her hands as she eats.

Everywhere she goes she takes her purse, which has a dollar and her credit card in there. (a Panera Bread membership type of card) She also has either her phone or her camera and her baby.

I think potty training is right around the corner, lately she has been asking to put on her panties. But she has yet to go potty in the potty. I am not ready to push it until the move is over and we are situated, but I figure I might give it a try in December and see what happens. That would give me almost 3 months of trying to train her before baby boy is here.

She is not a very picky eater. She will usually eat everything we eat. She does love to snack all day and if you ask her what she wants to eat she will say, "chicken and fries with ranch." Not because we frequent Chick fil lay :)

If something stinks she will say, "shuuu wee Mommy, stinky" and ask for a wipe to hold her nose. I guess she does that because since I have been pregnant, changing her stinky diapers was a task, so I would hold a wipe up to my nose.

She has her days, but she has gotten much better at being a good shopping partner. We will be looking at something and she will say, "oh coot (cute)" or "coot Mommy, look." "Mommy, you like it?" "Mommy, look in the mirror?" It's really is so coot.

She loves playing with her babies. She loves coloring. She loves playing and cooking in her kitchen. She loves pulling around her playskool puppy. She loves to pretend she is talking on the phone. She loves putting on her mistick, (lipstick) she even puts it on Daddy. She loves, loves to brush her teeth. She will drag her little potty over to the sink so she can reach the water. I have to make sure the toothpaste is always put away otherwise it is guaranteed she is playing with it.

I feel like she is getting closer and closer to the stage of becoming a Daddy's girl. She is still clingy to me, but more and more she is choosing and wanting to be with him when he is around over me. I love watching them together. She loves being with him and Daddy loves his little girl.

She is so polite. Almost anytime we give her anything or do something for her she says thank you. Even if she does not really need to be saying it she will so sweetly say, "thank you Mommy."

I love, love that she sings along to Taylor in the car with me. If she wants me to turn it up she will say, "Mommy, listen?" and if she wants me to skip the song she says, "another." But once the song is on she is singing along to every word as if she knows them all, when she is really just singing whatever.

The greatest thing of all is she loves to watch Cat in the Hat! Up until about 2 weeks ago she would never, ever, not even for one minute sit down and watch a show. I would try and try to find something she liked, but she never took an interest in watching T.V. We have never attempted taking her to the movies, and our car DVD player is never on. (all we need is a Taylor CD) But now, after 27 months of hoping, wishing and praying she would just sit down to watch a show, she does! My life has completely changed.

(Cat in the Hat and her jelly's, she is in heaven)

And I am sure I say this every month, but I absolutely love this age. If I could, I would freeze time and let her stay this way forever. I know it is only going to continue to get better and better (until about 13) and I can't even imagine how much fun we are going to have.