Naomi - 2.5 Years!

Stats?
Weight: 28 lbs (?%)
Height: ? (?%)
Diapers: NONE!  :)
Clothes: 2T, but her shirts are close to not meeting her skirts, so we'll see

How is she sleeping?
She goes to bed around 7:30 or 8:00.  
She wakes up anytime between 6:30 and 7:30.  
She naps from about 1:00ish to 3:00ish.  
She's still in the crib for now, but that will probably change soon, before the holidays.  
She still gets her pacis in the crib, but that will also be going away soon; we're just trying to figure out when...ugh.   

How is she eating?
She eats like a toddler - one day she'll eat something and the next she won't.  Mostly though, she's open to lots of food and if I ever want her to try something, I just put it on my plate and not on hers.  Works great!  :)  "Want a bite?" "Another bite please."  She loves to dip things like most toddlers - ketchup, salsa, ranch... so far, she loves all of it (she's her daddy's daughter). 

Doctor Visit
We don't go again until 3 years old - it's really weird to only go once a year. 

What new tricks does she do?
Physically she's just gotten better at running, tip-toeing, and climbing.  She can now climb up her playset and correctly sit down and go down the slide.  
Most new things seem to be in language development for her these days - vocabulary, comprehension, sentence structure, etc.  If she hears a word now, she pretty much knows it.  She has possessives figured out (Mommy's glasses, Daddy's coffee, Naomi's cup, Baby's paci, etc.) and usually has the personal pronouns correct now. 
She knows her shapes (circle, square, rectangle, star, heart, octagon, pentagon, triangle, cone, diamond, and oval at least).  We're now working on cube, pyramid, sphere, etc. 
She definitely knows her colors now.  Yay! 
She knows the alphabet song and knows all her letters and will gladly sing for you. 
She knows her numbers and can count to about 20 (although I haven't heard her do it in a while).  
She can sing a handful of little songs (Twinkle Twinkle, Row Your Boat, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Wheels on the Bus, the BIBLE, the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse song, etc).
She loves giving her prayer requests for bedtime prayers - "Pray for Mickey" "Pray for owl" "Pray for kitty"
The pretend play has gotten even better. She got into watching "Doc McStuffins" in the last few months, so she gets her toys, says, "Time for a check up" and "I have a diagnosis".  It's seriously cute.  Her diapers were ending up all over the place as she gave everyone diaper changes and a stack of receiving blankets will be instantly spread over the house as she covers all her toys up and tucks them in.  She also will grab squares of paper towel or toilet paper and use them as bandages. 
We're still going to swim lessons and she has done well in the pool without us. 
I guess that's it really.  
She can climb up into her car seat on her own and buckle the chest buckle of her the harness.  She loves the independence.  

General Observations?
It's so much fun watching her turn into a little person. 
She has definitely embraced the world of 2 year old tantrums, so we are working through that.  It's a fun mix of prevention, distraction, ignoring, and enduring while I do my best to keep my calm.  
She has shown herself to be both sensitive and protective.  If you're upset, she's upset.  She has negative reactions to negative people.  And, if you mess with me or her baby sister, she sorta loses it.  If somebody gets too close to her baby sister when talking to her or holds her in certain situations, she gets upset.  I feel bad for anyone who messes with her kid down the road.  This girl's going to be one heck of a momma bear! 

Mmm...can't think of anything else, but that's plenty, so...

Until next time... Enjoy!