Our big 2 year old!

Earlier this week (before it started pouring), mommy took some pictures of Lauren playing in the yard. I thought I'd share them with all of you and give you an update on everything Lauren. She had her 2 year check on Friday. She is 35 inches tall and weighs 29 pounds. The doctor said that she looks great and we are doing everything right. She's in the 90th percentile in height and weight for her age. And if you believe the doubling their height at 2, she'll be 5 ft 10 in tall. She had 2 shots in her leg, so when daddy came home she was running around in her undies, rubber boots and shirt with 2 bandaids on her leg telling daddy "Ouchy....Ouchy...."

She's cutting her upper 2 canines right now and all without a binky! We had a dentist appointment in the middle of September and was told that the binky should have disappeared at the age of 1. So we went cold turkey and haven't been back. It was really rough the first week and has gotten better since. Lauren is also sleeping in her toddler bed. It's been tiring, but we are in a routine of bedtime stories until she falls asleep and she'll stay there until 5 a.m. when she comes into our room. The doctor said that we are farther ahead than most parents and we should feel proud of our accomplishments.

Potty training is going well. She has an accident occasionally....I just think she forgets. We wear a diaper at night still just in case but have been dry in the morning for awhile now. She obviously needs to tell someone she needs to go since she's using the big potty. We reverted back and had a couple of "acting out" accidents when we took the binky away. But I think we have recovered from that finally!

She is starting to put words together and definitely understands what we are saying. I'll tell her to go get something out of her room and she'll go get what is asked and bring it to us. She says "Please" when she really wants something and "Thank you Mama (or Dada)" when she gets it. She loves bananas and I think she'd eat them for every snack and meal! She also loves milkshakes! It's hard to believe that only a year has past for all of these new changes to occur!