Three years ago this spirited, fun, sassy, independent little girl was brought into our lives and changed it forever. You love all of your kids, but there is just something special about that first one. You are scared, not sure how to raise them or what to do. They become your "tester" as you try new things with them because they are the first. But they also bring something new to your life and change it like never before. This little sweetie has definitely brought lots of love, patience, and laughs to our family.
This year she has gone from hardly saying any words to full sentences, stories and knows how to do all kinds of things. She is great with all of her motor skills and can practically climb anything.
*She can get herself dressed and undressed
*She is potty trained (except at night)
*Can do her own carseat buckles
*Just learned how to write an "L" for Lyla
*Counts to 10
*Points out all and every "L" she sees and always says "Mom! its L for Lyla!"
*Its been awhile, but for about 4-6 months in there she pointed out every flag, bus and motorcycle she saw.
*Can recognize and name about 8 letters, but we are still working on that daily
*Still takes a nap every day but I have to wake her up after 1.5-2 hours so she will still go sleep at night at a reasonable time.
*Is suddenly requiring us to lay by her to go to sleep at night, not sure if its a separation thing, attention or if she's scared. We are working on this and not sure what made her start or how to end it without large amounts of screaming and crying
*Has recently started loving movies, her favorites by far are Finding Nemo and Toy Story. Mostly because those are 2 of the 4 kids movies we own
*Role play is by far her favorite thing. She carries around stuffed animals and babies all day and diapers them, puts them to bed, feeds them, talks to them and asks them questions. Still loves her kitchen and one of her favorite stuffed animals right now is Minnie Mouse. Minnie is as real to her as Mac is her little brother.
*Speaking of Mac, its a love/hate. She loves him, hugs him, wants him to wake up to play with her, wants to help take care of him. But she also hits him, takes his toys and hugs him too tight all day long. Most of the time she goes to time out because of the previous mentioned things. Yesterday she put herself in timeout right after she took his toy because she knew she was going there anyway.
*She loves to be outside
*Dance parties are a daily occurrence, usually she has to be wearing a dress-up dress
Funny/cute things she has said, mostly in the past 6 months:
Me: Lyla, Mom is in charge
Lyla: No, Lyla is in charge. And Mac is in charge.
I put on exercise clothes for a Relief Society enrichment which was a work-out activity. She asks me "mom, are you going to dance in front of the TV again?" (I have been trying to do zumba at home in the mornings)
She sees a school bus go by.
Can I go to school Mom?
Sure, one day when you're older
Can Papa go with me?
Um, soo.....(uses this a lot to start random conversations)
You ok honey?
I sang Twinkle Little Star and she decided to just listen instead of sing with me and then tells me "Good job Mom, you sang all by yourself"
Mom! I hear the trash can! (the garbage truck)
Bye poop, see ya lata! (later)
I'm going to the bathroom and of course she has to be in there with me and after I pee she says "Wow Mom, that was a BIG one!"
MAC!!! Oh my goodness....
Talking to her baby "You done? OK, one last bite. A big one."
Ugh...dangit
I was outside and she was inside so I rang the doorbell several times. She tells me "Mom, stop ringing the ding-dong!"
Me: Lyla, what do you want Santa to bring you?
Lyla: Thinks for quite awhile.....Hm, a toy
Me: Ok, what kind of toy?
Lyla: Thinks again for awhile....A Blue one
Holy Cow!
Baby, stop crying. Do you need to go ni-night?
We sure love this little girl and all that she brings to our lives and those around her. I am so excited for her to start preschool twice a week this next year and to watch her grow even more. She can be so strong headed and independent but those small moments she just calms down and softly strokes my cheek or wants to snuggle or give her a hug or kiss her owies better are the best. I know her strong personality will take her many places and do her good in the future. She is already moving more and more out of the terrible twos and turning more into a little girl.
Love you Lyla! Happy 3rd Birthday
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