23 months

Kate is 23 months today!!! WHAT?!? One more month until we are the parents of a 2 year old. Kate is talking all the time. Parker and I call it "roll call." She will just start naming everyone she knows and asking where they are. Tonight before bed she told all the Sesame Street characters "night night." Seriously, I had to wait for her to say night night to Grover, Bert, Ernie, Abby, Zoe, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Oscar, AND the Count. She is also starting to be able to recall what she did that day...in one word descriptions...play, mall, swim, cookie, steps, etc. I like that she can begin to tell daddy all about her day. And she has random "long term" recalls...the Zoo is a big one. She will randomly say Zoo and then list off the animals she saw with JuJu, PaPa T, Karen and Emma. Her other random "long term" memory is "CC, break an egg" from when she helped CC make molten cake. She is also loving her big girl room. She will go in there and play by herself. This morning while I was getting ready, I hadn't heard her in a while and I found her like this...
in her room, reading her books. So sweet.

Her favorite "game" right now is "BALLS." She asks to play balls at least 5 times a day. This means she climbs in the chair, we put all the balls from the ball pit in the chair and she tries to throw them back in the ball pit.

Getting fancy throwing 2 at a time...

Watching to see if it landed in the ball pit...

She just started buckling herself into the carseat and stroller. Today when I put her in the carseat she said "Kate do it" and buckled the chest strap.

She has also transitioned great into her big girl bed. We are so proud of how well she has done. And she is even getting better at staying in bed in the morning and after naps. Every night before we leave the room she says, "HUG" for one last good night hug. I love it. And when we say, "How much do Mommy and Daddy love you, she says..."THIS MUCH" with her arms extended. Here she is tonight right before bedtime...

And one last piece of randomness...I took Kate to get new shoes for school and she is now wearing a size 8! Pretty sure we skipped size 7. No wonder none of her shoes fit.

Happy 23 Months Kate!!! We LOVE you...THIS MUCH!