27 months!

Kezzie is 27 months today! She is very expressive if you can't tell! So full of life and has waaaayy too much energy!! She is so much fun to be around and can make any grump smile without effort! Kezzie pretty much jumps from place to place and jumps even more when she is excited about something! She just recently developed somewhat of an opinion about what she wears but I can almost always still sway her decision if it's not going to work for that day. I usually give her three choices and she will be happy choosing from them. She's also gotten more willing to let me do things with her hair. She gets excited to look at herself in the mirror and will sit really good while I am trying to put it up. She gets a haircut this week and needs it if you didn't notice!! Hopefully she doesn't look too much older when it's over!
When asked daily what Kezzie wants for lunch or any meal for that matter, she will quickly respond with 'eat the wiggles' and then make a slurping sound with her tongue. I don't know where it comes from but every meal the answer is the same. Of course she says it with a smile and thinks it's silly. Another question we ask her frequently is where things are at. For example 'where is your pink blanket, Kezzie?' She will immediately respond without any thought, 'in the back yard'. 'Where are your shoes, Kezzie?' 'In the back yard'. I don't know why she says it but she thinks it's pretty funny! She has taken quite an interest in The Backyardigans lately so maybe that has something to do with it!
Kezzie now sleeps from about 8pm-6:30am. She will nap from about 1-4 (which is when I finally wake her up). I am loving this pattern because getting up at 6:30 allows me to completely get her day started before I need to feed Adah at 7. And who doesn't love a 3 hour nap break! She is really good about going to bed. She always whines a little bit but once she gets there she doesn't get up. She does try to pull the all classic stall tactics-'need keenex', 'need drink', 'need hug', 'need kiss'. She's pretty funny! I have stopped giving her a sippy cup full of water at night to see if she can start holding her pee through the night. She doesn't go as much in her diaper but she is far from holding it still. We will work on this more in the days to come. I think I will start waking her to go potty before I go to bed.

Lately Kezzie has been taking herself potty. She is doing such a great job with this. I have to make sure she gets her pants all the way down before she goes into the bathroom but she can get herself up on the toilet with the help of her stool. This is particularly helpful when I am nursing and there is a potty emergency! The biggest problem is her wanting to wash her hands afterward. If I am available to assist I usually don't mind, but when I am busy it's a problem. She puts her stool up to the sink and pumps soap into her hand (a lot of soap) but then can't reach the faucet to actually wash them. She will come out to see me, rubbing her hands together as if she is putting on lotion. When I finally become available again, I help her rinse them. I did get smart and put the dispenser in the cabinet but she got even smarter and found it! The mystery is how she got to it. I think she must have climbed on top of the counter. Yesterday she washed her hands after going potty and I helped her rinse them when I was able. They were extremely soapy so the sink was full of suds. I ran upstairs to get her some clothes since she had stripped down from her jammies to go pee, and when I came back down she was washing her naked body with all the suds. She was covered! I almost stuck her in the shower but managed to get it all off with a wet rag! Silly girl!

Her favorite show has recently changed to Dora (if you could see my face you would know I am thrilled about this). It's a cute show but not as educational as I'd like. There are back to back episodes at breakfast time. I guess there's no better way to start the day then with an hour of TV time!!

Kezzie is becoming qutie the little copy cat. She has recently been noticing every little thing I do. If I am resting my head in my hand she will try to figure out how to do it just the same way. And while playing together on the floor she will try to lay on her side and rest her head in her hand just like me. She can almost never get it on her own though. I usually have finagle her arms to do the same thing. It's the same with crossing my legs or arms. She is so hilarious. She has also started copying the way I care for Adah (nursing her babies, dressing them, etc.). I love how she wants to be just like mommy...oh how fast that will change!

One of Kezzie's favorite things to do independently is get water out of the fridge. She can't see when the glass is full so she just keeps filling it until it starts running down her arm. She uses the little cups that are from her little kitchen so they don't hold very much. This is a good thing as most of it ends up on the floor anyway. It's like Austin said the other day...'At least we don't have carpet in the kitchen!' I would have to agree with him on that one!

I will probably be adding some more things as I remember them...