January 5, 2010

32 Months ⁵

by Wendy • Catherine Ellen Mei, featured, Headline

Catherine turned 32 months today.  Will she really be 3 in 4 months??  When I was putting together the photo montage for last year, I could really see that Catherine made the big leap from babyhood to a full blown toddler.  She grew by leaps and bounds and her development has astounded me.  I wish more than anything I had taken a child development class while we were waiting for Catherine.  I felt like I would have been better prepared to handle the roller coaster ride of changes she went through.  Watching a baby grow into a toddler is both amazing, exciting and exasperating.  I felt like I was really feeling my way around the dark about how to handle certain behaviors and what to expect for the age.

Catherine’s temperament has really evened out over the last few months.  She is a happy girl that has a real zest for life.  She is still quite exhausting as she never quits moving (unless she is watching Wonder Pets).  She has been called a pistol and busy-body.  I really wish I could bottle the energy she has!

Here are some other things about her:

• I would consider her potty-trained.  She hasn’t had an accident in months and has been dry through the night for months.
• She says she likes to do art.
• She talks non-stop.  When she can’t figure out what to say in regular speak, she starts talking in garble gibberish talk.  For example she will say, ‘boy-ya, waala, boy-ya, gah-ya-ya-ya.’  What????  I think she does this just to hear herself talk.
• She is still obsessed with Chinese lion dancing.
• She wants to ride on planes all of the time.
• Her imaginative play is really coming out.  She likes to have conversations and feed her stuffed animals and dolls.
• She talks about having friends.
• She loves the mall.
• She is a shoe girl.  She has a sparkly, red pair of shoes that she loves.  I will be sad when she can’t fit into them anymore.  She will be devastated.
• She doesn’t really play with toys right now.  She mostly just put things in and out of boxes or bags.  And she likes books.
• She loves Disney’s Silly Symphonies.  She watches them on You-Tube at restaurants.
• She is finally starting to get those two year molars in.
• We have decided to keep her in her crib until she is three.  She can climb in and out but she doesn’t do it unless we are sitting right there and gets the inclination.

I can’t wait to see how she grows over this next year!