Zadie is 22 months old...what?? I tell myself I'll never forget the little things she does and says, but I know I will. She runs everywhere she goes. She tries to "jump"..bending her knees and saying "bun...doo...free!" and then with everything in her, she tries to leap up, but can't even get her feet off the ground (yet). She talks all. the. time. A lot of it, I can't understand, but she's so chatty nonetheless. She LOVES applesauce (ass-auce) and is constantly asking for a "sack. ass-sauce." She loves Mickey Mouse ("mouse") and recently Elmo. She likes to tell me that I'm "all done" with what I'm watching and it's time for Sesame Street by saying "all done! Elmo!" and grabs the remote. She's so sweet and loves to share and to help, especially helping me clean, vacuuming and sweeping specifically. She's really interested in her cats and likes to ask where each of them are. Tabs, Navi, and Mini are "Taz, Nami, and Meeeee". Also of note, she knows that Tabs is a cat, but she thinks that tigers are "Taz"'s. An ego boost for tabs I guess. At bedtime she gets only child syndrome BAD. She asks for hugs, squeezes, and kisses from me and Sean multiple times. It goes something like this: "mommy tiss, daddy SEEZE, mommy tug!, daddy tiss!, mommy tug! daddy SEEZE!" and goes on like that. It's sweet, so we indulge her. Girl LOVES an Easter Egg hunt and assumed after our first hunt of the season that we do it every day now. She also loves her baby and coloring. She's also a little sassy, if you define "a little sassy" as laying down- flailing back- screaming and yelling, kicking your feet over say- not being able to rip the toilet paper "paypa".
Some of my favorite Zadie-isms:
Water = Wasin
All birds = ducks...just recently we've added "gooooooooose", bats, and birds. A month ago, even an ostrich was a "guck" who says "cack cack!!"
Small 4 legged animals including squirrels and pigs = doggies...this is funny because Zadie loves animals and can identify most by pointing to what I ask for, but in public, they're doggies
Large 4-legged animals are "moos", unless it's a "gee-ga" (Zebra) or a horse. A month ago, horses were also "moos". Audrey has corrected her a number of times with "Zadie! I already told you! That's a horse!!!"
What is she up to? What is our schedule like? Well we didn't observe daylight savings, so we went from a 7-7 schedule to an 8-8. She naps 1-4. That transition was HARD. She didn't totally drop 2 naps until 18 months. She dropped it every other day from 15-18. She goes to school 9-1 on Tuesday and Thursday and loves it. She really likes art and they do a lot of that! She swims on Wednesdays and is doing great. She finishes "transitional tot" this week and I am totally out of the water. She dives (her party trick), jumps, and makes some forward progression. I've been a proud mom. It was tough for her to get used to being without me in the water, but I think we've made it. This summer she's taking a break and going to 2 3-day camps at her school. My hope is that that will keep her from being too surprised when she goes back in the fall. We're planning to fill our days with the pool, Carowinds, nature preserve activities, and maybe some gym or art classes. Love this age with my girl- trying to enjoy each day with her, I know it won't last long!
