2 Years Old

So I realize that I’m super behind in updating the blog. Last year I had our blog printed and bound into a book. We love it and would love to continue to make these “books” to look back on all the memories of the girls growing up. Anyway, here is Ashlyn’s second birthday post from November.

Since it’s March and Ashlyn is now 2 years, 4 months I’ll just write about what all she is doing now. She continues to impress us with her vocabulary. She will only hear something once or twice and remember it. She uses new words in the correct context from the first time she learns it a lot of the time. She just picks up on things so fast. She also uses correct grammar most of the time.

Recently we finally made the switch to what we call a “big girl bed” which is really just her crib converted to a toddler bed with a bed rail. Not that much different other than she can get in and out. This was an overnight decision. She started crying one night screaming that she needed to go potty and she’s too short to open the door to her room, and too scared to even climb out of her crib. So we placed a small potty by her “big girl bed” and started putting pull-ups on her at night. Her pull-ups are sometimes wet in the morning still, but she usually also uses the potty 1-3 times in the middle of the night by herself.
She’s getting a lot better at coloring and can easily draw a circle, vertical line, and horizontal line. She’s getting better about coloring in the lines but, of course, she still isn’t great at that. Ashlyn loves to paint with water colors and do crafts with mommy’s help. She also LOVES sand. We’re thinking of getting her a sandbox for her birthday. She is getting more social now and likes to play with other kids.

Ashlyn also had her first dentist appointment recently. She did really well. She was very scared but hardly cried. They just looked at her teeth and did a little brushing. The dentist doesn’t think that she will need braces…keeping our fingers crossed!

So that’s basically what’s been going on with Ashlyn the last few months. She still throws the occasional temper tantrum and takes toys from Sariah, but overall she’s not a bad two year old. Here are some pictures from her birthday party in November.