Isabella 33 Months!

We are getting so close to your 3rd birthday, I can't even believe it!  This month we looked into preschools, and planned to take some tours. The fact that I'm even at the stage in life with you to be entering into preschool blows me away.  But, I know that you will absolutely love it and flourish there!

Happy 33 Months Isabella Rae!

This Month's Highlights:

 -We celebrated Valentines Day and you just LOVE holidays! Anything with surprises or presents make your day.  We had a fun pancake and egg breakfast as a family, and 

gave you a little (hand me down!) present of a ballerina outfit that went perfectly with a tutu you already had.  Since you've loved Angelina Ballerina the last month of so, you totally got into it!

-We had a superbowl party with family and it was fun rooting for the Falcons (who unfortunately lost in a devastating overtime!).  You loved to do a little cheerleading with the "Yay, it's the Superbowl...Rise Up...Go Falcons!" It was so cute watching you throw your arms in the air and jump around.

 

-One of your all time favorite things to do is go to the park, and with our house now on the market, we've done quite a bit of that as we had to get out of the house! You love big slides, twisty slides, and your favorite: tube slides! You also love climbing anything and everything, even things that are way too big for you!

Dani loves swinging...you, not so much. You last about 90 seconds most times!

-Our house is really coming along, and you love going to visit it! I don't know if you fully grasp that in a few months we will be living in a different home, but for now, you really enjoy going there every couple weekends to explore what new things have been done!

-On a sad note, you started calling Aubrey by her real name this month, not just calling her "Aubee". Oh my, you are certainly growing up fast. And I'm pretty sure "Aubee" is here to stay with the adults...even Miss Nicki at the library calls her that : )


-We all got another lovely family cold which just stinks!  This has been a rough cold and flu season for us (2 stomach bugs that went around to each of us, and 2 colds!). Mama got a sinus infection and laryngitis on top of it all which was a fun 6 days of no voice!

-You are Aubrey both have really gotten into dress up this month and it's so cute to watch you put little outfits on and prance around the house. Anything that makes you look like a ballerina or princess, or anything tutu related makes you excited!

Sleeping: Daddy has been putting you to sleep most nights because you seem to give Mama a really hard time. We still can't figure out why that is and have tried different tactics, but for now Daddy enjoys his time with you at night, and Mama fills in occasionally (about 2-3 nights a week).  Bedtime is 7:30 but good night, you have been taking forever to be put down (and here's where the difference lies between Mama and Daddy I think...he has more patience and has no problem spending an hour, while Mama is done after about 30 minutes!). You wake up around 7 or so, and play in your room til 7:30 or 8.  Daylight savings hit at the end of this month (GRRRR!!!) and you were all out of whack for an entire week. You would stay up til 10pm and just be a beast to put down. The man who invented DST certainly did not have little kids!

Your nap is around 1 and you sleep 2-3 hours, depending on the day. For some reason you are usually pretty easy to get down to nap.

Eating: You're a great eater and will at least try things when we ask you to.  Favorite foods this month: squeezies (still said as "Fee-Gah-Wees"), gouda cheese or mild white cheddar, green smoothies, greek yogurt with fruit, NECTARINES are your newest obsession and you'd eat 22 a day if I let you!, raspberries, strawberries, you still want oatmeal with berries most mornings, "runny eggies" and toast, turkey and cheese sandwiches, and you love goldfish as a treat (that you get at Bible class and with Tia!). Oh and you still love your "sparky water" which sounds a whole lot better than what you used to call it : )

Isabella Loves:
-Music, singing, dancing

-Stickers

-Coloring, although I think you like watching us color more, and certainly love telling us what to draw ("Tiny sun, giant moon, heart, no tiny heart!")

-Doc McStuffins cartoon

-Baths

-Parks and "tube slides"

-Getting dressed all by yourself (which takes no less than 27 minutes if we let you!)

Isabella Hates:

 -Not being able to do things on her own

33 Month Stats:

Height: 38 in (75th percentile)

Weight: 32 lbs (70th percentile)

Teeth: Still waiting on 1 molar

*Wearing a combination of 2T and 3T things