OK.... September and October have both come and gone and no posts have been posted..... Well, life happens, ya know? Here are updates from the last two months, in no particular order....
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| E with her pumpkin she picked out from Grandpa's Garden. |
Daycare Update:
Elizabeth is still adjusting to daycare but I would say it's going very well. Seems like it took about 2 months, of her going 2 days a week, for her to stop crying when I dropped her off, or we were driving up there. Yep, some days she'd cry the entire way up there!!! I was always about .5 seconds away from calling off work and taking her home, but of course I knew she needed to go. Miss Melissa is her teacher and Elizabeth talks very fondly of her. "I wanna show Miss Melissa. Miss Melissa give me a hug. Miss Melissa read to me." so I know she's being loved. She's also pretty easy going for other people so I think she's very easy to love : ) She kindda quit eating for them for awhile, but lately it seems like she's doing better. She talks about her friends and sings the songs they practice for me. I think it's good for her to be with another adult and with other kids..... WITH THAT BEING SAID......
I STILL HATE IT. Mommy is still adjusting. She typically is challenging at home on daycare days so that makes it even worse. I'm sure it will continue to get better. She still continues to say "Mommy gone at daycare"........ (can you hear my heart breaking?????)
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| One of mommy's birthday presents. I think Elizabeth has claimed it! |
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E still loves playing the piano!
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| Balloon Affair! |
Birthday Party:
So Elizabeth turned 2 in October
and she was so excited about her birthday party. It was Mickey and
Minnie themed and everything turned out wonderful. She was so excited
to open every present, genuinely liked every one, and thanked all her
gift givers! The kids played bowling and found Pluto's Bones (Nathan is
still playing the game a month later : ) Elizabeth was so excited
about her chocolate cake with pudding in it! She loved it all and even
told Mommy and Daddy thank you. Of course after she opened the last
present she said "I wanna do it again!" I mean she does get it
honestly!!!!!!
Halloween:
Elizabeth insisted on dressing up like Snow White for Halloween. I was hoping for some cute animal or something, but no she wanted a real costume, even when I enticed her with many other cute ones. She of course ended up super cute! We had fun at trunk or treat even though it rained and momma got soaked on the hay ride.....
We also went to Kings Way farm and had a blast! Elizabeth loved the animals, especially the bunnies!
Talking:
We think she says the most funny things, of course : ) She makes up imaginative stories about animals following her, her catching them, and her taking them back to their home. She pretends to be a fairy and turn me into things....she waves her wand and says "momma's a frog"...... She loves to sing, right now we're singing the Hello, Mr. Turkey song. She just giggles and giggles at it. Her giggling cracks me up because she literally puts her hands over her mouth and giggles into her hands like you see on TV. Too cute! She loves to hook "all day long" onto something she wants...."I want apple juice all day long"...."I want mickey mouse all day long".....
Prayers:
At night when we pray there is never enough time. She insists on naming every person we've ever met or saw on TV..... Can it be any sweeter. So I'll say "Thank you for Landon" and she'll say "And Brandon, too" and I'll say "Thank you for Aunt Kay" and she'll say "and Aunt Sara". Eventually we get to Mr. Noodle from Elmo and the elephant from the hardware store : ) Then she recites the Lord's Prayer after me and it just chokes me up how precious she is..... "R Fodder, who art hevn" Speaking of God...... Mommy and Elizabet had to have our first talk about heaven in October. Boy, was mommy not prepared for that! Tang, Grandma and Grandpa's dog, passed away and I had to explain to her that she was happy up in heaven playing with God now and we wouldn't see her for a long time. That's how I meant for it to go...short and sweet, and I would keep reiterating that part.....She had other plans. She wanted to know all about this 'heaven' and when she could go see Tang, and if Grandpa could go with Tang, too. EEEEEKKKKKKK, no child, no one is going to see Tang FOR A LONG TIME!
Misc......
*I finished my master's at the end of October (another reason I haven't been posting, I've been finishing up homework.
* I have 25 K students this year so I've been busy with them as well!
* Elizabeth had to have her hearing checked again and unfortunately she failed the same ear again.... so...... they said since her language is obviously not being affected yet we can wait 6 months and redo the testing, it is possible she is just too young to complete all the testing properly so they'll give her another chance. It was frustrating because I 100% thought they'd say "oh yeah, she passed it this time" when we went in September......but no, she failed her left ear again so we'll go back to Children's in March to see what these tests show. We do not notice any loss but it is concerning when two separate tests show the same thing. So we'll wait and see!
* We got tickets for Polar Express soon so we can't wait for that! I hope she loves it as much as I will ; )
*October 6th was the 5th year anniversary of Ben's death. We had a concert in the park which turned out great.
* Happy is a senior now!!!!! Elizabeth loved going to the fall concert and seeing 'happy singing on the steps' (she means risers).
*Daniel has his temps and went to homecoming (so did Rachel). So hard to believe how old and 'grown up' they are..... how is it possible I am only 27?
*Elizabeth had her first hair cut from Aunt Sara for her 2nd birthday!
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| 1st Hair cut! |
There is never a day that I am not amazed that we are so fortunate to have such a wonderful angel. She makes me smile each day and I love reading, chasing, cooking, playing, and pretending with her. Hard to believe my baby is 2!!!!!!
