20 MONTHS- POOPED OUT!

20 MONTHS OLD!!!

Dear Nevaeh,
You are 20 months old and such a big girl now.....even though you are small for your age. You wear 18 months sizes, size 4 diapers, size 5 shoe, and you weigh 21 lbs. You are still favoring your left hand. The other day you were coloring and I noticed you would switch between a fist grasp to a normal pinch hold with your fingers!

This past month you have transitioned to a " big girl" toddler bed, but you think it is more of a game than the real deal. Last night you wanted to sleep in your bed, but every couple of minutes you would come into Mommy and Daddy 's room and say hi, or peek a boo....then go back to your bed. This went on for about a half hour until they gave in and put you in the playpen in their bedroom in order to go to sleep!

Yesterday, your Mommy shared the biggest news of all....YOU TOLD US YOU HAD TO GO POTTY. You even held it until she was able to take you in and get your diaper off! We are sooooo proud of you. Thinking this wasn't a one time deal, I asked you if you had to potty before your bath. You said yes.....I put you on the potty and you said, " All done, I wipe now".... You didn't pee pee this time.....but.....when I started running the bath water you peed all over the floor....I yelled....NO NO NO....you realized what you did and hung your head and puckered your lips for a start of a good cry....I changed my tone of voice when I realized I hurt her feelings and a big old smile came over her face.

You have a new table and chair set that Grandma Baker gave you. Uncle Andrew pulled a chair up to him....you sat in it for about an hour listening to stories.... He would even say, right Nevaeh? And you would say Yes or nod your head confirming your interest in the stories. One time he tried to get up and you pointed your finger at him demanding that he sit down, NOW! TOOOOO CUTE!

You melt my heart!
Love Grandma Dason

20 MONTHS TOMORROW!

Nevaeh went out to dinner with us tonight. Here's our conversation over dinner:
Me- I'll have a salad and breadsticks.
Nevaeh - I like salad. I like salad....(while nodding her head). Waitress walked away and Nevaeh said, thank you.
Nevaeh- drink, drink, drink..... Mommy gave her a drink and Nevaeh said, That's chocolate milk. I like chocolate milk.
The salad came and I gave Nevaeh a piece. She shook her head and said- No No No that piece is too big!
As you can see, she is quite the talker! She makes us smile on a daily basis!

19.5 MONTHS- SICK :-(

Poor baby!  She has croup  :-(  Do you see Hershey on the left side of this picture?  She is watching over Nevaeh, while she sleeps!  So sweet!

19.5 MONTHS- TODDLER BED

Ever since Nevaeh learned how to climb over the baby gate, Mommy worried about her climbing out of her crib.....so the next best thing.......convert the crib to a toddler bed (3-in one crib conversion).  Mommy told Nevaeh it was her big girl bed and Nevaeh sat in it with a smile....then she started bouncing on her knees singing, "My big girl bed!"  The first night was somewhat successful, Nevaeh stayed in the bed for about 3 hours and then wondered into Mommy and Daddy's room singing the numbers song....Needless to say she was wide awake, so Mommy put her in the playpen in the room, so they could all go back to sleep.  The next night, she slept in her big girl bed all night!  YAY!......Let's see what tonight brings!

19.5 MONTHS- HALLOWEEN 2011!

Our little Ladybug loved trick or treating this year.  She walked up to each house and said, "Trick or Treat" and smiled as they put candy in her pumpkin.  She even said "Thank you"!  SO MUCH FUN!

19.5 MONTHS- B. DAY PARTY AND PUMPKIN FUN!

Jordyn celebrated his 5th birthday!

Later that night, they all carved pumpkins!

19.5- MONTHS- COMMUNICATION SKILLS!

Nevaeh's communication skills continue to grow by leaps and bounds.  She can count to 25 on her own!  And, she responds in words or sentences appropriately.  For example, tonight they were leaving a shoe store.  The cashier said "Have a good night".  Nevaeh looked at the lady and said, "You, too!" and waved good bye!  Pretty impressive!

19.5 MONTHS- PETS

 Nevaeh loves giving our dog, Chael, a "stodder" ride!  LOL

This is her new dog.  She is a Chocolate Lab.  Mommy and Daddy swayed between the names Coco and Hershey.  However, Nevaeh decided that she was calling her Hershey.....So Hershey it is!  She tries to ride her like a pony!  LOL  (This is their new house in the TV room looking into the dining room)....Not quite ready to post before and after pictures....but will soon!

19.5 MONTHS- SHOWERS

Nevaeh has learned how to take a shower.  She does a good job trying to wash her hair and her body.  Many times she gets in the shower with Mommy, but she doesn't like to take turns getting under the shower head.  She tells Mommy,  "My water....No Mommy, my turn.  My water!"  Yesterday, she watched Mommy shave her legs.  After they got out of the shower, Nevaeh sat on the floor and rubbed her legs.  Mommy asked what she was doing....Nevaeh said " I shave my legs".   Then she told Mommy she had to POOP, NOW!  She even squeezed her butt cheeks together.  Mommy sat her on the potty.  Nevaeh tried and tried.....but no luck.  Afterward, she had to get the toilet paper and wipe herself!  She said, "I pooped, I wipe with toilet paper"!

19 MONTHS - MISSING IN ACTION!

Mommy was going through Jordyn's birthday gifts and realized Nevaeh hadn't made her presence known for some time....Not overly concerned, Mommy started searching each of the rooms on the first floor not gated off.....still no Nevaeh....Then the worry set in.....that is until she heard her upstairs with all the bigger kids who came for the birthday party. Mommy brought Nevaeh and all 10 kids downstairs and asked who took the baby upstairs......No one fessed up so she put them all in timeout until someone told the truth.....20 minutes into time out with no confessions guess who goes missing AGAIN..... Yep, Nevaeh climbed over the baby gate herself and went back upstairs to play. YIKES.....Time to get taller baby gates! ......Oh yeah, Mommy did apologize to the older kids! LOL

THIS IS FUNNY!

19 MONTHS- SWEET GIRL

Hair done up pretty (check), blankie (check), paci (check), carseat (check)....ready to go out on the town with Aunt Caitlin!

19 MONTHS- LITTLE MOMMY

Nevaeh's mommy instincts are kicking in.  She loves taking care of her babies.  She feeds them, changes them and gives them her paci.  She even tries to feed the babies her real food! LOL  She loves giving the baby and her animals rides in the "strodder" !  HAHA!

19 MONTHS- NEW BEDROOM/NEW HOUSE

Mommy and Daddy moved into the new house a few weeks ago (will post pictures of before and after the remodel once the move is complete.....might be awhile! ).....Nevaeh  voiced her opinion over her new bedroom.....NO GO!  She doesn't like her new room :-(    Last night, Daddy put her in her crib sound asleep, but Nevaeh woke up and cried "No like!  Me want you!"  Mommy gave in and got her out of her crib.  They snuggled in Mommy and Daddy's room when Nevaeh pointed to her playpen and said, "Want playpen, No like room!"  Mommy put her in the playpen and all was quiet for the rest of the night.  I have a feeling it will be a long time before the transition to her new room is done!

19 MONTHS- PICTURE TIME!

19 MONTHS- BAREFOOT FUN!

19 MONTHS- FUN AT THE APPLE ORCHARD!

19 MONTHS-SHARING!

Nevaeh telling Daddy that it was time for his nap and gave Daddy her blankie and rubbed his head!  LOL

19 MONTHS! OMG!

Dear Nevaeh,

You are rounding the corner towards two years old!  Yikes!  Where did the time go?  I must say that I am loving this age!  You are such a good little talker.  It is so cute to hear you ask me questions, or even make a statement.  You are the one initiating the conversations now.  I also notice how you have a good memory to complete a task.  Yesterday, I walked you out to the mailbox.  I told you we were getting the mail for grandpa.  You walked down the long drive. You waited patiently as I got the mail out of the mailbox.  You held out your hands to take the mail from me.  Then you walked back up the long driveway, while saying, "Take mail to crappa (grandpa)".  We walked into the house, and up the stairs, but grandpa was on the phone so we went into the bedroom.  You dropped the mail on the floor and started playing.  About 10 minutes later, grandpa was off the phone.  I said, "Let's go see grandpa".  You started to walk passed the mail, stopped and said "Oooops, take mail to crappa!"  You picked up the mail and walked to grandpa saying, "Mail, crappa!" with a smile on your face!  You were soooo proud of yourself! And, I was amazed at how you remembered to finish the task!

Lately you have been making bedtime a struggle.  You  really hate going to bed.  Earlier, you cried, "I SCARED!"?  Well last night, you cried for her Bubbie (Jordyn) and Sissy (Alexis).  The tears were real with deep sobs!  :-(  Made me sooooo sad.  I know you like staying all night with us, but the bedtime antics are killing me!  So ease up on this Old Grandma, PLEASE!

Love you with all my heart!
Grandma Dason