
25th Month
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Susanna's
25th Month (July
'10)
Our little girl is 2 years old! Susanna’s
cake this year was actually cupcakes made to look like Cookie
Monster. The LSU pajamas from Grandma Mel and Pop-Pop seems to
be the favorite gift.
Our exciting family weekend came in the
middle of the month when we went to NY on Saturday to see
Rachael’s cousins, Brette and Michael, who were visiting from
LA. Then we spent the night in a hotel in PA, and the next
morning went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house and saw Aunt Robinne,
Uncle Ian and cousins Lochlan and Liadan who were visiting from
New Zealand. This was Susanna’s first time meeting all of them.
July was also a sad month—our friends, the
Pickars, moved away to PA.
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26th Month
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Susanna's
26th Month (August
'10)
We don’t have much hope of Susanna being
potty trained any time soon. She is still afraid of the actual
potty. She gets especially upset if the seat is up, saying that
“the potty is broken.”
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27th Month |
Susanna's
27th Month (September
'10)
Susanna doesn’t seem too phased by the fact
that she is alone now while Rachael and Liam are in school. As
we drive out of the parking lot after dropping off Liam, she
will ask, “Where’s Liam?” then “Where’s Rachael?”. Then, that’s
pretty much it. Mom is enjoying spending time with just Susanna,
although it does mean that Mom has to be the one to play with
her—there’s no Liam and Rachael to do the job.
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28th Month
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Susanna's
28th Month (October
'10)
Susanna got more into Halloween this year,
dressed in the jester costume that Mom had made when Liam was
little. After trick-or-treating at 2 or 3 houses, she said she
had “a lot” of candy and was ready to go home.
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29th Month
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Susanna's
29th Month (November
'10)
We had great Thanksgiving, hosting dinner
for Grandma and Grandpa, Maw-Maw and Pots, and Aunt Emily, Uncle
John, and cousin Travis.
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30th Month
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Susanna's
30th Month (December
'10)
Susanna had a great time at Christmas this
year—it wasn’t quite as overwhelming as last year. Her favorite
toys seem to be Duplo blocks from Grandma and Grandpa and Santa.
The blocks from Grandma and Grandpa came with jungle animals
that fit on the blocks, and Susanna’s favorite thing to do is to
build a “giraffe stager”. Which is simply randomly stacking all
the blocks.
The day after Christmas brought 16 inches
of snow, which was daunting to Susanna because she is too short
to walk through it. After it melted a little, though, she was
right out there playing in it with Liam and Rachael—climbing up
the big piles of snow and sliding right down, giggling the whole
time. Rachael and Liam made paths through the snow so that she
could walk through it easier.
Susanna knows all of her letters by sight,
and there are times we think she might actually start reading
before Liam.
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31st Month
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Susanna's
31st Month (January
'11)
Snow, snow, snow—it seems like that’s all
January has been about. We think Susanna has had enough—she
doesn’t like having to go to the bus stop twice a day any more.
Susanna likes to play the game of asking
where people are and then saying silly things about where she
thinks they are. Her favorite place for Mom to be is “at TGI
Fridays, cleaning the potties”. One day, she asked Mom where
Daddy was—when Mom said, “at work”, Susanna said. “again?!”
Susanna had her first dentist appointment
this month. She was excited about going, but when it came time
to sit in the chair, she wasn’t too sure. She sat on Mom’s lap,
and Mom had to pin her down. She fought, but was very excited to
get the goodie bag with new toothbrush and floss at the end. As
she and Mom were leaving, Susanna said, “that was fun at the
dentist!”
Susanna wants very badly to wear “Dora
underwear” but has no interest in using the potty.
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32nd Month
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Susanna's
32nd Month (February
'11)
Susanna had her 2 1/2-year check up this
month. Unfortunately, she failed the eye test, so now we have to
take her to an eye doctor. We aren’t sure how we feel about a 2
1/2 –year-old wearing glasses.
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33rd Month |
Susanna's
33rd Month (March
'11)
Susanna is now able to pedal her trike
instead of just pushing with her feet when she rides it. She
loves riding it to and from the bus stop, but Mom usually ends
up carrying it at least part of the way home because it’s
uphill.
Susanna now enjoys sitting on the potty,
on her new “cushie-tushie” seat, but still won’t actually
deposit anything into the potty. One step at a time.
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34th Month |
Susanna's
34th Month (April
'11)
The Easter Bunny made his appearance once
again, bringing lots of candy. Mom and the kids spent a few days
over Spring Break in NY with Maw Maw and Pots.
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35th Month |
Susanna's
35th Month (May
'11) |

36th Month |
Susanna's
36th Month (June
'11)
Books, books, books!! That seems to be all
Susanna is interested in rights now. No amount of stories is
enough for her. Now if we could just get her that interested in
using the potty.
We had several trees taken down in the
backyard this month. The kids all had a great time watching the
guys climb way up in the trees to cut them—they really loved
feeling the ground shake when the trees finally fell.
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3rd Birthday Cake
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