2.5 YRS.- BEST FRIEND

Nevaeh started going to the babysitters now that Mommy is  back to work.  When I talked to her on the phone the other day, Nevaeh told me she had a new best friend (melt my heart)!  She told me her name is Zoey....When I asked her how old Zoey was, she said, " I don't know. Zoey is a baby and I give her toys when she cries because she is my best friend".  God love her!

2.5 YRS.- PACIFIER

Mommy and Daddy have been really sticking to their guns about not letting Nevaeh have her paci and blankie 24/7  :-)  She only gets them when she is napping or bedtime.  Aunt Caitlin has been trying to help out (She is 35 weeks pregnant)....here's the conversation from today:

Caitlin: Nevaeh, you know baby Gracyn is going to be born soon and will need your paci.  I think you should give it to her since she will be a baby.

Nevaeh:  Aunt Caitie, you know you can go to the store and buy her one!

Nice try, Aunt Caitlin!  ;-)

2.5 YRS- PARADE WATCHING!

2.5 YRS.- FESTIVAL RIDES

Every time she'd get off a ride, she said she was dizzy! :-)

2.5 YEARS- QUICK RESPONSE

Nevaeh was jumping on the bed: Daddy: Stop jumping on the bed, Nevaeh! You know you are not allowed to do that! Nevaeh: I'm not jumping on the bed, I am jumping on the pillow! :-/

2.5 YRS.- CONSTIPATION :-(

Poor Nevaeh ....she is and has been a constipated little thing. She is doing wonderfully on using the big girl potty. She doesn't even care if she sits on the regular toilet or the little potty....She is a champ at it.....even when it comes to trying to poop. Poor thing will cry through it trying her best to push it out.....even with the help from Miralax....she still has some trouble sometimes. Last night, she cried so hard with real tears that she actually asked Mommy for a "pository" (suppository) to help her poop. She cried to me, "My butt needs a pository!" Poor baby!!!! You would think that these troubles would give her a fear of using the potty, but not Nevaeh, she is a potty champ!!! UDATE: After the "pository" worked on her, she smiled and told me that she pooped in the big girl potty and it didn't hurt this time!

2.5 YRS.- BATH TIME

Bath time is one of my favorites! Nevaeh has such an imagination.....the pink baby soap bottle became her baby! She played and played!

ALMOST 2 1/2 YRS.- POTTY UPDATE

Guess who asked to wear her big girl panties to bed? YEP!!! And she woke up DRY! YAYAYAYAY!!!!!

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!

2.25 YRS- DANCE CLASS!

Nevaeh is signed up for her first dance class! It is a baby class for toddlers! 1/2 of the class time will be spent on tap and half of the time will be ballet! She was fitted for her first pair of tap shoes and ballet slippers today! First class starts in September! I can't wait to watch her. I thoroughly enjoyed watching her Mommy and Aunt Caitlin when they were young and now I get to enjoy it a second time around. LIFE IS GOOD!

Oh ....an update on being potty trained. We ventured out of the house for this dancing affair in big girl panties.....she asked to go to the potty and held it until I got her to a restroom and even had to mess with buttons and snaps to boot.....HAPPY TO REPORT....NO ACCIDENT....SHE HELD IT UNTIL SHE SAT ON THE POTTY!

POTTY TRAINED!!!!

Yes you read that right, several days and nights with no accidents, just one month shy of 2.5 years old!!!! Tonight was the tell tale sign that she is in full control of the bathroom issues....Mommy was busy and didn't hear her....Nevaeh called out to her several times saying she had to go poopy....when Mommy realized what she was saying, they both rushed to the bathroom! Nevaeh was cute....she "held it" until she was on the potty while saying out loud "I can't believe it, I can't believe it". Then she had to call me and share her potty story! LOL

2.25 yrs. - "iPad"

Nevaeh calls her leap pad her iPad! We sit in bed together and surf our own iPads! Sometimes she leans over and tells me she loves me! I love our time together. Even when it is spent surfing the web together!

2.25 YRS.- DRY DAY!

Nevaeh is catching on to this potty training thing.....over the last few days, she had some accidents....but today, she has been dry!!!!  She is even starting to tell us when she has to go to the potty!  WOOT!  Hope this continues!

2.25YRS. - POTTY UPDATE

Nevaeh had a few accidents in her big girl panties today, but she definitely hates being wet!  The good news to share-  she went poopy in the big girl potty for the first time!  WOOT!  She was so excited that she had Mommy face time me on her iPhone to show me while she sat on the potty.  She even insisted I look in the potty through the phone camera to see the "goods"!  Haha

2.25 yrs- BIG GIRL PANTIES

For the last 6 months, we have been trying to entice Nevaeh into the whole potty training thing.  So far, it's been a big FAIL.  She would tell us that she was a baby and babies wear diapers.  :-(   Lately she started telling us that she had to go pee.....she'd sit on the potty but....NOTHING.....I think it became a game.  But today, she got up in the morning and out of the blue asked to wear her big girl panties!  She has been dry all day and was successful going potty.....She even got a sucker for doing such a good job.  Then she had to SKYPE me and grandpa to share the news!  :-)  Is this a one time deal????  Time will tell!

As for the paci and blankie.....we are all working as a team (parents and grandparents) to make sure we stick with a plan that Nevaeh only gets the paci and blankie when she sleeps  (ie. carseat, naps and at night).....before she had the paci in her mouth 24/7!   Now when she asks for them, I ask her if she is going to take a nap....if she says yes, I'll give them to her.  Every once in awhile she will start playing rather than napping.....When I remind her, she takes the paci out of her mouth.  Now Mommy and Daddy have it rougher.......She throws FITS.....drops to the floor and screams with real tears...... they don't give in.  But it sure is hard!!!!

2.25 YRS- GRANDMA'S HELPER!

CAREERS

Nevaeh, Guess who signed on with the local Police department?! Yep, that would be your Daddy! And guess who just signed on with a local rehabilitation center with a substantial sign on bonus in occupational therapy?! That would be your Mommy! And guess who just got promoted to a management level nursing job just one year after graduating? That would be your Aunt Caitlin! Why am I telling you this? Because I want you to see the value of a college degree. Their hard work is paying off to make a good life for you. I hope you do the same some day! Love, Grandma Dason

2.25 Yrs.- FAMILY!

We took the kids out to lunch and had a GREAT time!

2.25 Years- BABY SHOWER

My BEAUTIFUL GRANDCHILDREN.....Ready for Aunt Caitlin's baby shower for little Miss Gracyn!

2.25 YRS.- SHARING

This picture warms my heart. Not long after Nevaeh got up this morning.....she wrangled grandpa into watching DORA on the iPad with her!

Here are a few things she said lately that I wanted to write down so I wouldn't forget:

1. Last night she told me her belly hurt as she was whining.....thinking that it was poop pains since she is a constipated little one all the time, I asked her if she wanted some apple juice ....she looked at me and smiled, then said "Yes, with Miralax to help me poop". Haha....she read my mind!

2. Her favorite saying right now is "Suck it up buttercup!". She learned that one from Grammy Baker and uses the phrase appropriately!

3. Last Friday the kids were visiting me at my school. Nevaeh was playing with several bracelet from my toy store that I have for my students. She started singing DORA'S I speak Spanish and English too......then she counted each bracelet in Spanish and then recounted them in English... at the end, she clapped for herself! :-).