My beautiful, beautiful girl is another month older! I can't believe how big she is getting! Everyday she seems older and more mature and she's definitely getting more of a sense of humor! I think she is learning well from her brother!!
Not much has changed from last month...Kezzie changed her favorite color! This was a big deal because she has loved blue for as long as I can remember! February 8th she got my attention because she had something important to say, she no longer liked blue, she loves purple! And just like that she requested everything to be in purple! Purple plate for supper, purple bowl for breakfast, purple cup, etc.!
Kezzie found a love for legos this month. She got some for Christmas from my sister and she plays with them at least a couple times a day. She likes to make towers but gets so frustrated when they fall over. She also likes to make stairs for her little people to climb up. Her favorite thing to make is a castle. This, of course, requires help from mommy but when it's all done, she plays with it for a long time with her little people. When she is done with it she lets Adah crash it and Adah loves this!
Keziah also spends a lot of her time playing basketball in the house. This is a favorite for her and Austin to do together. She is really quite good at it too. She is going to be like her daddy and love basketball! She hasn't exactly perfected a dribble, but she won't give up trying! I love her persistence!
On Feb. 12 Keziah and I sat down and did a work sheet from her work book. It was kind of an overview of the alphabet. We work on letters but I haven't ever gone through the whole alphabet in one sitting with her. She was able to match a sticker with a picture on it with each letter of the alphabet. She did every letter except U (the picture was of an arrow pointing up). I was AMAZED!
Kezzie is still in love with the Wiggles. She frequently asks if we can go see them. She will say, "it would be so cool if we could go see the Wiggles" (in a sad kind of voice). I tell her it would cost a lot of money to go see the Wiggles because they live really far away! She says, "I can go get my piggy bank!" I tell her it would cost a lot more than that because we would have to get on a plane to go where they live. She said, "I could shake my piggy bank and then there would be enough." I wish that would work! She is so sweet!
Kezzie gets to watch TV when she wakes up until I can get her breakfast. She used to pick Dora to watch but lately she doesn't want anything to do with Dora and instead watches Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Dora has been her favorite for a really long time but just like that she was done with her. She will still watch it if there isn't anything better, but it isn't her top pick!
Keziah still has a great love for books. We have story time at our house around 1:15. Kezzie gets to pick two books and Adah also gets to pick two. They both sit very well for each other's books. Kezzie also loves books on our iPad. She knows how to find what she's looking for all on her own but sometimes I will still sit down with her and 'watch' the books be read to her. There is an app on the iPad that gives a free book every day that you use it. Kezzie looks forward to this every morning. I am so glad she likes to read so much! She is even still happy with babyish books!
Keziah is doing great sleeping at night and staying dry. She had a set-back last month where she was having several accidents so we put her in a pull up every night. I think we are getting close to trusting her again! There's nothing worse than changing sheets in the middle of the night! I don't think I have mentioned before that we gave Kezzie her paci back, yet again...hear me out...the dentist said she is doing a lot of damage by sucking her finger and that we should give her paci back. Kezzie is a very serious finger sucker so in an attempt to get her mind off her finger a little I thought by giving her paci back, only while she is sleeping, that might help. It seems to help a little. She doesn't really suck it unless she is watching TV. I don't know what to do anymore, honestly. It's pretty exhausting but I need to remember that it is unlikely that she will still be sucking it when she is 20, so maybe I just need to relax on the matter!
She is waking around 6:30 every morning and still naps around 1:30/2-3:30/4. She goes to bed around 8pm. I think she must be growing because she is eating like a champ and complains that her legs hurt quite often.
OLD NEWS: I forgot to put a couple things in Kezzie's last month post. We removed her bedrail last month (1/18/11). She hasn't fallen out of bed even once and was actually really excited to have it taken off. It's just easier access to give hugs and kisses and much easier to make the bed (especially while changing all those sheets!). Kezzie also stopped using the potty seat that sits on the big potty all on her own. She thinks she is such a big girl and so proud of herself. It grosses me out because she has to put her hands on the seat to get up and balance herself but she is getting good at washing her hands after she goes! If there is anybody around that hasn't seen her get on the potty all by herself she will beg and beg for somebody, anybody to come see how big she is at getting on the big potty! It is so sweet! She does this with spitting out her big girl toothpaste too. Sometime in the last month or three she started using toothpaste with fluoride which means she has to spit, she knows this is a big step in becoming a big girl and still asks if people (aka-anyone other than mommy) wants to come watch her spit. It's so much fun growing up...that is until you are a grown up of course! : )
I can't get enough of Kezzie's giggles and smiles. She truly brightens my day! I am always excited to see what the next day will bring!
