Kalia : 27 months

Kalia :

• Has been asking to go on her white potty, but gets anxious on it, so she wants to watch videos of herself.  And just sit there.  Nada comes out.  Argh!
• had a nice long visit with Grandma Debbie who came to see our new home!
• still loves to help cook.  A LOT!
• loves going to music class at the library.  She gets excited now to see all her little friends there!
• Went to the Home Depot kids workshop with Daddy and built a football toss.  She LOVES building!!
• says "cheese" and does this really squinty eyed cheese now.  Sigh...
• loves to paint!
• came back from Florida and started talking to two of my friends, Kellie and Elizabeth.  She had started talking to their kiddos before we left, but never an adult.
• spent a lot of time swimming at the beach pool, and swam across the short end of the pool while holding her head up at our friend Sarika's house for her the Labor Day Party we went to.  There were a ton of other kiddos and Kalia had a really good time playing with all of them!
• is really into doing puzzles.  Not just the little kid wooden ones, but the bigger ones that are for ages 5+.  She needs a little bit of help with it, but is pretty good at getting a lot of it together!
• started having to be 'punished' if she doesn't take a nap.  I told her that I can't play with her if she doesn't take a nap, she has to play all by herself.  One day she got out her Elmo puzzle that's pretty challenging for her age and sat there for a few minutes trying to get the pieces together and then mumbled "oh my goodness gracious, this is not going so well." to herself.  I had a hard time keeping a straight face for that one!  
• is growing a ton.  She's already outgrown some of her 3T's and is quickly moving to 4T's clothes!

She's got my socks on as leggings.  She was so proud of herself for pulling them all the way up.  Silly girl!

She just sits on that potty some days so she can watch videos of herself on the phone.  Is it possible to be vain at 2?!  She LOVES to watch videos of herself!

Chris and I going on date night because my Mom was here so we finally had a sitter!  Haven't found one of those yet!

My Mom and I.

Kalia helping me make a chicken pot pie for a neighbor of ours that has a 3 year old already.  This was like pure heaven for her!  And she put that hat on her head (backwards) and wouldn't get out of her jammers after her nap.  She's making some sort of fashion statement!

She LOVED rolling out the dough...

And then helping me do the cookie cutter shapes that were Elmo, Cookie Monster, Oscar, and Ernie into the pie crust top.  She thought that was awesome!

3 generations...

My crazy little family, sans Kodi!

Kalia's "oh my goodness gracious!" face.  This is the closet underneath the stairs.  We've got to keep it somewhat cleared out for tornado's because it's our safe room!  Kalia doesn't eat at all in the high chair anymore, but I'll find her in that closet sitting in it sometimes.

Awww...look how much she loves her Daddy!

Building a football ring toss game with Daddy at Home Depot.  A little too young to play the game, but not too young to hammer, glue, and paint away!

I know this one is blurry, but this is her "I'm so proud!" face!

Mommy and Kalia painting at home!  She takes awhile to get out of that apron sometimes!

The Kalia Show : 26 months

One of Kalia's favorite things to do is sing.  Another is to run.  Combining those is just icing on the cake (and makes me exhausted!! )

Mary Had a Little Lamb

A Tisket A Tasket

A Tisket A Tasket Again

Kalia and Daddy : 26 months

Forgot to add these to the last post!

Kalia and Daddy snuggling on the couch watching the one thing we watch on TV while Kalia's awake - FOOTBALL!!!

Kalia and Daddy cooking together.  Not sure who's more mature sometimes, hehe!

Kalia giving Kodi treats.  They BOTH LOVE this!!

She's been going around all morning in panties and then asks for her diaper to go to the bathroom in.  Next up, depends!

Playdoh fun with Daddy!

Scooping out the muffin mix into the pans with Daddy!  Mommy mixed it all together beforehand, although she does help with that too!  If you can't tell, her favorite position to be in when we're in the kitchen is on the counter top!

Kalia : 26 months

This past month was a big one for Kalia.  She's :

• still as goofy as ever, and has taken up this silly, and slightly annoying :-), new obsession with jumping and running around in "just her hiney".  Sans diaper.  She's 
• done a ton of jumping on her trampoline, playing soccer with Kodi, and running around our backyard naked.
• likes to try to drink hose water.  When it goes in that fast, the rear end isn't so fun!!
• has started not being so shy around other kids.  She likes to play around them now, and has a few friends.
• was super excited about the 4th of July and the fireworks that the neighbors across the street put on for her before she went to bed.  She thought they were great!  It also made her warm up to the little boy across the street and actually run around and play and be silly with him - woo hoo!!
• went on her first trip back to Florida, and man oh man, it was a whirwind of a trip!  We went to Tampa for Ashleigh's baby shower and stayed with Amy and her little friend Reese for Friday night and Saturday and went and saw our old neighborhood and Nancy and Bob.  Sunday evening we drove to Melbourne and hung out with Aunt Jennifer and her crew, and then Monday hung out with Grandpa and Grandma Drago, and Tuesday hung out with Grandma and Grandpa Taggart and went swimming all morning, then picked up Shyanne from school, and met Gma and Gpa Drago at the park with Aunt Jenn's crew and a bunch of other family members.  She was so tired by the end of the day!  Wednesday we headed back to Tampa and left from there on Sunday morning.  She had a great time hanging out with her friends and family and really enjoyed herself!  She is a great little traveler, she just won't sleep in a plane or car still.  Boo!  But at least she stays happy!
• went to the beach with the Wells's and Berland's and had an amazing time.  We all miss the beach!
• has started attending these little Home Depot workshops the first Saturday of the month with her Daddy.  She built a truck and painted it and thought it was the greatest thing in the entire world.  We will drive by a Home Depot and she will say "that's Home Depot!!!  I want to GO!!!"  Chris actually lets her use the hammer and everything!
• started swimming about 10 feet all on her own.  She jumps in and swims to us and picks up her head.  Sometimes she'll pick up her head in the middle, but she forgets to breathe.  One thing at a time!  She looks so cute swimming because even though she's a giant, she's still so little!  All the kids line up to watch her in the beach club and she LOVES the attention she gets!
• and the biggest thing this month...Kalia graduated to a big girl bed the day after we got back from our Florida trip!!  I knew it was coming, but was surprised it was already!  I had ordered a new sheet set and a few blankets and new jammers for her to be excited about graduating to the big girl bed before we left for Florida, and it luckily arrived the day we had to transition her.  She had occasionally been putting her foot at the top, but always put it back down and slept amazingly in a pack n play while we were in Florida.  She got to the top of her crib and fell out and landed flat on her face.  After a complete freak out, I rocked her to sleep and put her to sleep in her crib for that nap, and then after naptime we practiced sleeping in her big girl bed and moved in in there and she was really excited about it, and did amazing the first night!  We've had a few hit and misses, but she's actually been doing better in the big girl bed than in the crib.  Woo Hoo!

Onto pictures!

Taking off her diaper and jumping in just her hiney!

Maybe it's freeing??  Look how high she's getting!

Silly girl!

But she'll play in the hose in her diaper.  Oiy...

Giving her my "oh my goodness!!" face!

She loves wearing her goggles too, but only if she's not swimming.  Yeah, she's a bit odd, I know!

Our community beach club put on a big summer bash with blowup slides and mazes and a ton of other events that were all free.  Kalia had a blast!

Painting her truck with Daddy.  Her favorite two colors are orange and blue.  :-)  That's my girl!

Kalia in Costco with me.  We normally "borrow" toys and give them back, but Minnie had to come home with us.  She was too smitten with her!

At the park in Florida.  She thought it was great to put her head in the water and then do a flip in the dirt.  Sigh...

On our way to visit Ashleigh after the beach.  Beach and all, still no napping in the car!

Smiling at her BFF Reese!

Being silly with Daddy at one of the parks that's less than a mile from our home!

Kalia's big girl room.  Bitter sweet.  She's becoming such a big girl!!

Had to take one of her sleeping too - so sweet!