Big Girl Report

Olivia is a few days shy of 26 months old today. I can't keep up with her milestones/achievements. So let me quickly give an update before I forget myself!

I got to observe for the first time her tucking herself in for the nap. The Nanny, for the last couple of days, have been getting her up to her bed, handing her a book and leaving the room. Letting Olivia browse her book and then fall asleep. She still uses her paci, and if anything, is a little more attached to it than ever before. We decided to let her stay with her paci for awhile longer as long as it's only during nap time and bedtime in her bed, and only in her bed (not out). We hope that she'll be able to wean herself off as she did with breastfeeding, bottle feeding, etc.

She's still using diapers, but on occasion she will let us know that she needs to "peepee" or "bootboot". The Nanny now tries to create a routine, after her lunch, of sitting on her potty singing songs until she does her business. Speaking of songs, she's quite a ham and loves to perform. She's recently picked up two mandarin songs: Zhǎo ya zhǎo ya zhǎo péngyou and one about a turtle being born and trying to find its mother (can't find online).

Thanks to LeapFrog's Letter Factory, she can recite her alphabet and identify 90% of the letters. She can count to ten, but her 5 is always a 9...so it's 1-2-3-4-9-6-7-8-9-10. I suppose the 5 and 9 has a similar sound to each other...haha. She likes to play hide and seek with her 阿 姨. Liv is a great seeker but a terrible hider! haha. I don't think I've mentioned but months ago, before she turned 2, she can say her name "O...lah" and how she is "toooooo" as she sings it out with enthusiasm.

And after all the characteristics she exhibits of her 阿 姨 (possibly David too), she started breaking out and becoming more like...climbing on anything she can climb..though she's a bit clumsy still...more like her 阿 姨...haha.

One last report...our dear little toddler can not jump. When asked for her to jump, she looks like a wounded bird trying to take flight. It's the most hilarious thing, you'll need to ask to see the video if you ever want a laugh. Picture a wounded bird squatting real low and then standing up real fast with one leg in the air (one foot always on the ground) going "hop hop hop" "jump" "hop"!