Kaylana has hit the terrible 2's, and as much as I love this age and her interactive, imaginary, playful, affectionate ways, she also has this attitude at times and can throw lovely tantrums. She talks all the time now and I love it. She asks to watch TV, loves Mickey and all kinds of animals, can point to and name every body part that I've taught her, and is very polite. She is constantly saying "Please," Thank You," "Sorry," and "Excuse Me." Oh and also "Bless you." I am enjoying every moment with her and I can't believe how big she is getting! At her check-up last month she weighed 27 1/2 lbs and was 33 1/2 inches tall. I think that's 60 something percentile for weight and 48 percentile for height. Not too bad. I finally took the bottle away after her 2 year old appt because my pediatrician (and I say my because she's not only Kaylana's but she was really my pediatrician as a child) said it would be difficult to potty train her on a bottle since she'd be peeing all the time cuz Kaylana LOVES milk in a bottle, she'd drink it all day if I let her. So now I give her milk in sippy cups and she hardly drinks any. Maybe like 1 cup every other day. But I give her lots of yogurt and cheese so she gets enough calcium. I need to get some ice cream. Haha.
Oh yeah, Rigo and I had our 5 year anniversary last week also. We were thinking of going out for dinner but instead I made dinner and we went out for a movie. We watched Planet of the Apes, not too bad considering I'm not a big fan it was a cool movie. It's funny how we enjoy the simple things so much now because those are the things that are so difficult to do when you have children! We also went to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and watched every show. Kaylana loved all the kiddie rides and roller coasters, she is such an adrenaline junkie. She screamed "Wee!" on every ride and threw her hands in the air too. It was lots of fun.
So we are pretty much settled in our new home. I think I have 2 boxes left in the office to unpack but we are waiting to build a storage in the backyard. Kaylana loves running around out there and we put her slide, bikes, and cars out there to play with a long with a foam mat. We have a few fruit trees too...apple pear, plum, pomegranate, and citrus. It's cool and at the same time quite time-consuming. I really make an effort to remember to water the plants and trees every other day and turn on the sprinklers as ours go off twice a night instead of once like I programmed it to, so I just put it on manual. I also got Rigo a nice cordless electric lawn mower, which he unfortunately has lost the cord for...so we cannot charge it but fortunately it's still working. He's becoming more of a handy man and I've actually become pretty handy myself, especially with a power drill! Home ownership definitely has its ups and downs, the joy of your own home and the headache of improvement and maintenance. Lol. It is definitely a huge blessing and we are so happy to have achieved a goal that we didn't think we'd be able to for a long time. Kaylana loves having more room to roam and actually gets excited when we leave somewhere to go home. She says "go home!" Oh my funny cutie girl. So here are some pics to show how she's grown and other fun family moments:
