Big Girl Libby

Liberty is getting so big! We can hardly believe how much she's changed. Things she can do now.

-Identify the colors correctly: red, orange, pink, yellow, green, blue, black, purple (pretty much adorable)
-Starting 2 word sentences ex: "cool daddy", "baby walk"(meaning there's a baby on a walk in a stroller), "blue block", "pink yogurt"
-Probably says close to 100 words (at her 18 mo check up they asked if she could say 7-20 words....that day while I was cooking I thought of 65+ off the top of my head and she's learned a bunch more since then....so I think we're good there)
-Identifies about 5+ letters of the alphabet
-Repeats everything (now we really have to watch what we say, right)
-Doesn't cry when I take a shower (she seriously cried everyday for months when I'd shower, even if Richard was home....it was ridiculous and I am SOOOOO happy she's over that)
-Almost always feeds herself, sometimes with utensils, but often with her fingers. She is mastering the fork and spoon though, when she wants to. She also drinks out of a cup-hardly ever spilling
-Can sit through a decent amount of a disney movie. Probably not a great thing, but if I can get dinner made without her climbing my legs, I can't help but turn one on sometimes.
-Understands most things we ask her to do
-Helps pick up her toys or food she's thrown....most of the time
-Goes to nursery happily and plays well with the other kid (yes, there's only 1 other kid in our nursery, sad but true)
-Makes funny faces on command
-Favorite thing to do is throw rocks in the canal and bring rocks home. She also LOVES going on walks in the stroller and asks to go on them all the time.
-Plays hide and seek with Daddy.....kind of. She thinks it's funny even if it's not really how you play.
-She loves bathtime. She will "swim" in the bathtub and thinks it's hilarious to lay on her back with just her face above water. It makes washing her hair much easier and it's funny to watch her.
-She loves the toilet.....sometimes in a good way, meaning she will go potty on it and sometimes in a bad way meaning she throws everything in it and dips her hands in it, which is disgusting. We have a toilet lock on there now, which is helping when I remember to lock it.
-She loves the halloween decorations and is currently in love with pumpkins. She is also very excited to wear her costume. I'll probably let her wear it sometime this week, since it's cooled down finally. I made (with some help from my mom) a monkey costume for her. Since deciding to make it she has discovered a love for Curious George, which is perfect. She is going to be George (which is probably my favorite word she says) and Richard is going to be "the man in the yellow hat". Still need to find some yellow rainpants or something for Richard (maybe dye some ugly pants from DI). They will be pretty cool together. Sadly there aren't really any other characters for me to be, but I'll think of something. I have a few easy ideas.

Liberty also now sleeps in her toddler bed! During the day she loved climbing on it, especially after getting the elmo bedding from Grandma. At night though if I tried to lay her in there instead of the crib, she would cry and climb off and I would give in and put her in the crib. It's not like we even have a baby to put in the crib anyway, so I wasn't too rushed about it. We are planning on getting a new crib though since everytime I try to move it, it kind of comes apart.....not really the safest thing in the world. Richard decided it was time to really try though and tonight is night 3 in the bed, plus 2 naps. The first night we didn't think she'd sleep in there. Richard had to hold the door closed while she cried and tried to get out. Then we could tell she was still crying, but figured she was laying on the floor by the door. She quieted down within 5-10 minutes and an hour or 2 later we decided to risk peeking in on her (her door is very squeaky and she's a light sleeper, so I don't allow this very often). Upon peeking, we were surprised to see her in her bed with her head on her pillow!!! She stayed there all night and in the morning she didn't get out until I went in to get her. I let her chat away in her bed for 15 minutes or so like always and one of the first things I heard her say over the moniter was "ice cream, treat". I had told her that if she slept in her bed all night she could have ice cream.....I intended on giving her some, but I did not expect her to remember in the morning. She's a smart girl though, so I shouldn't have been surprised. Now when we put her in there, she jabbers for awhile, like usual, then goes to sleep and stays in the bed till we get her after she wakes up. It's amazing! We are proud of her, but it is a little sad to think our baby is growing up.

Sorry for bragging a lot, but we are really proud of our little Liberty. She is so cute and smart and hilarious. She makes us laugh all the time. So it's not always pure joy in our house. She sure knows how to test my patience, especially when I'm exhausted from being pregnant, but it's all worth it to see her grow and learn new things.  To fully make her a big girl before the baby comes, we need to potty train her.....something I'm not really looking forward to. We have sort of tried already and she likes it, but it's kind of exhausting. she seriously peed through 3 pair of underwear in an hour and went a few times on the toilet during that time, how much can that little bladder hold? Anyways,  I'm on a different computer than normal so no pics. Soon though. I want to show pics of Libby and "baby boy"'s room transformation. It's coming along nicely, mostly just need to paint over the pink bookshelf and dresser.