Monthly Moments with Little Sweetie: June 19

Well, our days of Momma and Me only time are finished for right now that Big Brother is done with school, but we had a lot of adventures in our last alone month together before summer!

Finally warm enough for some splash pad fun!

Dancing outside on the bench after a lunch at Chuy's!

Strawberry smoothie time with Momma!

When we aren't out getting treats, we stay home to make some ourselves!

But it's not always fun and games...sometimes we have to work! Like when she is being a WILLPower representative and accepting a donation from Ms. S at My Gym on her Big Brother's behalf!

I am also deeming this summer the summer the "Hair Wars." Little Sweetie and I fight constantly about attempting to do something with her hair. She steadfastly refuses ponytails or pig tails, except for the few occasions she lets her babysitter, Ms. A, put them in. I keep telling her that it will make her feel cooler in the heat, but she doesn't care. Hoping she'll grow out of this by next summer!

Behold, the rare sight of Little Sweetie with her hair pulled up! Don't blink, you'll miss it!

Besides our numerous trips this month (documented in this blog in separate entries) we also had another big occasions this month...Little Buddy's 6th birthday! Little Sweetie was happy to celebrate with her big brother, and enjoyed going to the Museum of Natural Science to see the dinosaur bones and butterflies to commemorate his big day!

Happy birthday, Bubby!

Checking out the dinosaurs!

Caterpillar ride with Big Brother in the butterfly house!

Height and Weight

Whelp, Daddy did it. After Momma and Big Brother's week in Minnesota for his treatment and tests, we came back home to a 32 lb Little Sweetie! This meant she can finally be forward facing in her carseat...and it was right in time for our trip to California!

So this is what the world look likes from this angle!

Personality

Still so happy and social UNLESS you want her to do something different than what she wants to do! She's also becoming very logical and sure of herself, and explains why things happen the way they happen and gives rationale behind her own thoughts and opinions. Also, she has started responding to the name of her favorite Paw Patrol character, Skye, and often flies like Skye around the house!

Developmental Milestones

Baby girl's mind is like a sponge and it has been a whirlwind watching how she develops so quickly...I'm hoping that I can keep up! She now walks down the stairs (which makes me a little sad because I miss her penguin-belly-sliding old way of coming down them) and shows great fine motor skill (you should see her go when we play the Fishing Game!). Her language has advanced to the point she is giving logical reasons to disagree with me. Yikes! I shouldn't have to deal with this at 2!

Fun Tidbits

Baby girl really likes to prolong bedtime by adding in new "rituals" for us to do each night, like wrapping her up like a "baby burrito." Right now, she's all about making "Monster Caves" and reading her bedtime stories while inside said cave.