January Blues

The New Year is here and here's my little party girl. She spent New Year's at my parent's again this year as they graciously agreed to keep her. We got to go out to dinner and went and saw the new Star Wars movie.....and slept in the next morning! It was heavenly. My mother has recently become obsessed with sunglasses for every occasion....so why not also sport some champagne glasses while wearing weird bows in your hair while still in your pjs?....and then don't forget the horse figurine! 

I definitely have the January blues!! And now that we have Facebook, I'm constantly seeing everyone's tropical vacation pictures right now to get away from the cold weather. It's depressing....especially being 38 weeks pregnant! I know I don't have much time left...hopefully! But...we've been keeping busy. Vivian continues to learn new things every day...and a few things have definitely made my heart go pitter patter with fright! It's been a while since she figured out how to move the stool in the bathroom to climb up on the counter....we've since moved the stool when not in use into the bathtub where she can't reach it. The other day, I walked into the bathroom to find this....

apparently she's figured out how to climb onto the bathtub and then into the sink! Dear Lord! 

Last week we went downtown to walk the skywalks and play at the library. She had fun with the kitchenette. 

Her favorite book by far right now is the Hungry Caterpillar. We have to read it every night at least once. She still loves her books but doesn't really care for story time at the library....she's got better things to do I guess. 

She still loves my Uggs and digs them out of my closet at least 3 times a day. They frequently end up on the wrong feet. 

Another recent obsession is brushing her teeth. She loves to run the faucet and will stand at the sink for 30 minutes or so sticking her brush under the water and 'brushing' her teeth. She has since learned the word 'brush' and also points out 'mommy's brush'. 

Ready for church...the church nursery continues to be a disaster situation every time we try and drop her off and I finally emailed the person in charge to hopefully get some ideas on how to overcome her anxiety. We'll see how things go....

Still lovin' the iPad! If I don't put it up out of reach in the morning she knows she can go into my bedroom and snatch it off the bedside table. 

'Answering the phones' at the office. 

Loving on her pony she got from Santa. If you press his ears he neighs and makes galloping noises. 

Another new favorite activity that she learned at Gpa and Gma's house is playing at the sink. She will drag a chair over in front of the sink and ask for her cups. Again, it will keep her occupied for at least a good 30 minutes or so...and she may or may not soak herself in the process. 

Her vocabulary continues to grow. She knows all the parts of your face but only will say the word 'eyes'...and then we go through a list of everyone who has eyes...like 'Mama eyes', 'Baba eyes', 'Gigley eyes' and I tell her 'yes, everyone has eyes'. She knows most of her colors and loves to say 'yellow, purple, blue, and green'. I can't get her to say red or orange. She's also starting to recognize letters and can easily identify A, B, O, K, and X. 

She frequently goes through a routine of naming all the animal sounds she knows and is obsessed with cows. She talks about cows all of the time. She recently learned what a rooster sounds like and it's pretty cute to hear her imitate the sound. She also points out cars outside when they pass the house and when we are driving. 

Nathan is still her favorite and she gets very excited when she sees him. She's also decided my Dad is top notch too and runs past my mom when they enter the house. Ponies are still high on the toy list but she received a ton of markers for Christmas and she loves drawing with them. Luckily they are all washable so they come out of her clothes, off her face, and off the walls easily! She loves to remove the caps from all the markers and gets very angry when you try to replace them....so they have dried out very quickly. I've had to rewet them with water a few times to bring some life back into them. 

She also discovered play doh at MMO and has really enjoyed playing with that at home. She loves to name the color of each play doh container. So....maybe we'll have a little artist on our hands! 

She is still not too aware of the big event on the horizon. She's definitely noticed that my belly has changed and she'll hit it and say 'baby'. We've recently gotten out the swing and other baby paraphenelia and she's definitely showed interest. She still doesn't show much interest in her baby doll....other than trying to scratch it's eyes! I guess time will only tell how well she handles the transition into being a big sister. 

I feel like she doesn't try to run from me quite as much as she used to (which is a blessing)....but I still try to avoid public places without some help from Nathan or my parents. 

Here are a few of our recent 'cheese' pictures that she wants to take everyday before we leave the house. As you can see, she's still as obsessed with 'mimi' as ever!