24 Month Update

Wow - Avery is 2! She amazes us everyday and we are just so lucky to have this sweet, smart, cute girl. Here are few highlights from month 24:

• Avery has to go lots of meetings and will grab a bunch of bags and say "I have to go. See you later." She's got important meetings to get to!
•  Avery has such a great imagination (and memory). She is always seeing the Gabba Gang or other characters out and about - especially Swiper - we see him A LOT (sometimes he's nice and sometimes he's mean). And she remembers everything from the shows she watches and the stories we read. One example - In a Doc McStuffins book there is a characture names Sir Kirby who is Knight that needs a bath because he is covered in sticky jelly and pizza cheese. At the pool one day she used a pretend magnifying glass on me and said "I see sticky grape jelly and pizza cheese - you need a bath with soap and water". And then gave me a pretend bath at the pool. She kept telling me I was dirty which was really nice at the community pool. In another story, Lambie from Doc McStuffins gets stuck in castle and needs to be rescued. For several days after we read the book she kept saying "Help - I'm stuck in a castle!" whenever she was in her car seat or high chair. Just an awesome memory and imagination - I love it!
• She'll say a lot "I don't want to get hurt. I don't want to get sick. I don't want to get burned".  I guess I need to watch what I say to her so she is not as big of a worrier as me!
• She also loves to say "So Much!". Like she'll say "I love you SO MUCH" or "I miss Uncle Du SO MUCH".
• Avery likes to say "Hurray!" when something good happens. HURRAY!!
• She likes to pretend she is super hero, put blankets around her neck and we all run around the house "flying".
• When she wants to be snuggled she'll say "I want to hold you" with her arms up or "I need you mama". Can't resist!
• Avery is really loving Clifford - her stuffed ones and the PBS cartoon. And she just loves her TV shows (there are like 10 of them now). She'd watch all day if we let her.....
• We are still very into giving "check ups". And if anyone says "ow" she runs and gets her doctor kit.
• Avery thinks Daddy can fix ANYTHING - If anything isn't working, she'll say "We need daddy. Daddy can fix it."
• When we are out and about she'll point at people and say "What that guy name?". My response: "Um, just a guy walking...".  She also says "What that noise?" a lot. Or "Where you come from" if she didn't see you walk in the room. And the questions are always followed by about 5 "whys?".
• She calls Smoothie's "Foonies". So now we call them Foonies because it's so cute and we don't want her to say it the right way.
• Avery is attached to mommy - If I go upstairs she asks where I am and follows me. Always needs to know where I am. I love that she loves me so much but it can get a little exhausting for all of us! She also has her daddy moments - especially when she wants to play. She loves to play around with Daddy.
• Whenever she likes something or thinks it's funny she say "More gain" (More Again)
• She has no interest in potty training - we read books and talk about and have tried bribes. When we told her she could have candy she said "No, I don't want candy". And she told us "I only wear diapers". So thinking potty training is a ways down the road but eventually she'll decide she's interested and we'll be ready!
• Her language skills knock us over - the sentences she puts together are just amazing. I wish I could capture it all! It's very common for Hung and I to look at each other and think "did she really just say all of that?".
•  As we enter her 3rd year we are just more and more thankful for the girl we have been given. She is doing great at her new school - runs in when we drop her off and the teachers tell us how well she is adjusting and just talking to them all day long. We have enjoyed watching her grow into this amazing toddler and can't wait to see what's to come next!

Pictures were rough this month - she was eating her Chocolate Chip snack after breakfast and had zero interest in the camera...I'm taking a Photo Class in October so maybe they'll get better in a few months :)