Here she is...my almost THREE year old! I can't believe it! She is starting to love the camera even more and insisted on me taking her picture in these different poses. She is so beautiful! She is lacking in clothes that actually fit her so in a trip to target I let her pick one shirt. I gave her two choices and she of course picked the blue one (this has been her favorite color for a while now). So this is the shirt she picked and I think it looks so good with her hair/eye color.
Keziah is officially fully potty trained! It's amazing that almost a year and a half ago Kezzie was mastering staying dry during the day and now, finally, I can say even at night she is staying dry! Ever since she was sick in early October she has been staying dry at night. Around the same time she really started to complain about not wanting to wear a diaper at night. She just didn't like the way they felt. When she started feeling better she had a little hiccup and wet the bed three nights in a row. As much as I hated changing/washing bedding I was determined to not give up! And Kezzie was determined not to go back to diapers (I even asked her). I decided to try a different idea...no fluids after 6:30pm and I wake her to go potty before I go to bed around 10 (sidenote: I don't want to forget something Brian said...partly because he was the one that said it but also because it is so true. One night when I went to bed early Brian volunteered to take Kezzie to the potty. When he came to bed after taking her potty he said something like 'she looks so peaceful when you tuck her back in, almost as if she is smiling she is so warm and cozy and happy to be back in her bed' and it's so true. She looks so precious). She hasn't had an accident since! In the beginning she was waking in the morning between 5 and 6AM because she had to pee so bad and then she wouldn't go back to bed. During this time she would run down to our room to get us up to help her go, but then we changed some things to allow her more independence. For instance, she has to have pants on that are tight around the ankles so they won't fall off when her legs are hanging from the toilet. If we forget this, she will wake us in her sleepiness yelling from the upstairs bathroom. She has even woke Adah doing this-not an experience I really want to re-live! Also on the same note of how she is dressed-she literally only has her jammies on. If she has undies on she will have the same frustration/yelling when she tries to pull them up. She is tired and doesn't want to deal with them bunching up and getting rolled so we just eliminate them altogether. Requirement #2...she has to have lights. Lights are key! When she goes potty by herself she has to have the light on. In order for her to turn the light on there has to be a second stool in the bathroom (see requirement #3) to allow her to reach on her own. And also she has to have the potty all set up-meaning she needs her potty seat on the toilet and a stool up next to the toilet. It seems like a lot more work then it is. And it is so worth it if she isn't waking me to do something she has been doing so well by herself during the day for the last year and half! I sometimes even hear her get up at 3AM to take herself potty and then head back to bed. What a big girl! I am so proud of her!
Kezzie has become a SUPER picky eater. This makes for a very annoyed mommy and a lot of drama at the dinner table. I mean A LOT! Any tips in this area are encouraged! I honestly can't tell you anything I am for sure she will eat. Her reaction is different from time to time of making the same thing! I think it is her age because she has also become very demanding. ie: 'I WANT TO WATCH DORA!' (while hitting her fist on the couch), 'GET ME SOME KETCHUP' (with a very pouty face). The list goes on! Let's just say she is taking a lot of deep breaths, taking a lot of time outs, and giving out a lot of apologies!
One of Keziah's favorite things to do with Adah is play on beds or in Adah's crib. Almost every day when Adah wakes from her nap Kezzie will ask, "Please open Adah's door?" In a nutshell she is asking me if it is ok to go in Adah's room, put hundreds of toys in her crib, proceed to climb into her crib and then have tons of fun with Adah laughing and giggling and squealing! I listen to them over the monitor and just smile at how much their relationship is growing! I eventually go in there to break up the fun and to discover exactly how many toys/stuffed animals Kezzie has carted from her room into Adah's crib and then promptly help Kezzie put all the animals and toys back where they belong so the crib is ready for its next use! Adah equally enjoys joining Kezzie in her bed. There is a step stool next to Kezzie's bed that Adah has become a pro at climbing. She will go straight for it every chance she gets. You really have to watch her on Kezzie's bed because the only thing keeping her from falling off is a bed rail. The two of them get pretty wild up there hiding under the covers and plopping on their backs saying 'whoa' (Adah says this with her eyes!). They have so much fun together! Keziah equally loves Austin's company. She is enjoying following his lead and doing pretty much anything she is asked. He is her favorite wrestling opponent and breakfast buddy and the one person she loves to fight with the most! And secretly she is all those things for him too!
Keziah is doing excellent with her letters. She can recognize almost all of them and has recently started to try writing some of the more simple ones (i and l, o, t, etc.) And she continues to get more confident with counting. She has even started counting backwards from 10 missing a couple until she reaches 5 and then it's smooth sailing! Good-bye until next month...it will be here before we know it!
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