...and so much has happened! We've been to Canada (September 2010), Lyra and daddy went to Denver (November 2010), we visited daddy's family in Florida (December 2010), and Lyra turned 2! Not to mention incredible growth both physically and developmentally....sadly, though there has been some hair growth, there hasn't been a lot, so the ponytail is still sparse...but definitely cute!
Lyra enjoyed her first real birthday party, at one of her favorite places, My Gym. Friends (some of them new) in attendance were James, Min Jae, Do Yun, Kalyana, and the Kaupps (Lucy, Ruby, Brendan and Trevor). Everyone had fun - the bubbles "car wash" was a highlight! As was the beautiful and delicious cake. Happily, all grandmas and grandpas attended as well, plus Aunt Jessie and Uncle Markus. A fun weekend was had by all!
2 year checkup stats: Length 38 inches (height of an average 42 month old!), weight 32 lb. 11 oz.
Progress notes: so much has happened developmentally, I kept meaning to do updates and now I'm afraid I'll leave something out and won't remember it later...
Food: Picky Eater comes and goes....other times, Awesome Eater aka Eats All in Sight makes appearances. Milk has been changed from whole to skim, but she doesn't even seem to notice the change. Utensil use has improved. Vegetables are greatly in vogue - lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, sugar snap peas, squash, the list goes on. Imagine my shock when she chose to eat plain lettuce over chicken fingers! Thank goodness, though, that she is not a veggie-hater. Please, please let her stay that way! She has also now eaten pizza (on her own, even), and also enjoys the juice popsicles made for her at home. We no longer need to use the cup straps when we go out to eat (which attach the cup to the highchair) as she's not so liable to throw the cups on the ground. However, food is frequently thrown...
Motor: Running and running and running around. She can now truly jump (catch air), and we all used to enjoy when she did the Snoopy dance (kind of like Running Man), though she seems to have grown out of it, sadly. She also briefly did the "shake and bake" dance.
Speech: has really quite advanced for her. She has a few phrases/short sentences, including: "There is it!" "I see you (really more like "Shee you!")! She has numerous words including lots of colors, and some more listed below (with actual word followed by "her" word):
Ice - ishe
Susan - Shee-ya
Baby - baby
Elmo - Lala
Mickey - Mimi
Train - choo choo (how do all kids do that?)
Broccoli - brah-kee
Please - pea or peas
Thank you - thag
Wipe - why
Flush - flah
No - no
That's right...the head shaking is no longer her only way of expressing negativity...what a big step. Also, within 2 days of her 2nd birthday, she picked up "Mine!" SO endearing.
Excitingly, while family was here for her birthday party, she chose (or rather, agreed to) names for all 4 grandparents: The Chuang grands are now Baba and Mima, while the Plerhoples grands are Pop-pop and Nonny. She also recognizes and calls by name Jessie (Jeh-ee) and Markus (Mah-us). Of course, she has long called Cora by her nickname "Coco" and sometimes by her real name pronounced "Kaya." Cousin Alex's name is "Ah-ux."
Well, if I keep waiting to finish this entry it'll be another month before it goes up! So we'll split this one up. I'll be back after the trip to Disney World! We'll just leave you with a few recent pictures...
Lyra enjoyed her first real birthday party, at one of her favorite places, My Gym. Friends (some of them new) in attendance were James, Min Jae, Do Yun, Kalyana, and the Kaupps (Lucy, Ruby, Brendan and Trevor). Everyone had fun - the bubbles "car wash" was a highlight! As was the beautiful and delicious cake. Happily, all grandmas and grandpas attended as well, plus Aunt Jessie and Uncle Markus. A fun weekend was had by all!
2 year checkup stats: Length 38 inches (height of an average 42 month old!), weight 32 lb. 11 oz.
Progress notes: so much has happened developmentally, I kept meaning to do updates and now I'm afraid I'll leave something out and won't remember it later...
Food: Picky Eater comes and goes....other times, Awesome Eater aka Eats All in Sight makes appearances. Milk has been changed from whole to skim, but she doesn't even seem to notice the change. Utensil use has improved. Vegetables are greatly in vogue - lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, sugar snap peas, squash, the list goes on. Imagine my shock when she chose to eat plain lettuce over chicken fingers! Thank goodness, though, that she is not a veggie-hater. Please, please let her stay that way! She has also now eaten pizza (on her own, even), and also enjoys the juice popsicles made for her at home. We no longer need to use the cup straps when we go out to eat (which attach the cup to the highchair) as she's not so liable to throw the cups on the ground. However, food is frequently thrown...
Motor: Running and running and running around. She can now truly jump (catch air), and we all used to enjoy when she did the Snoopy dance (kind of like Running Man), though she seems to have grown out of it, sadly. She also briefly did the "shake and bake" dance.
Speech: has really quite advanced for her. She has a few phrases/short sentences, including: "There is it!" "I see you (really more like "Shee you!")! She has numerous words including lots of colors, and some more listed below (with actual word followed by "her" word):
Ice - ishe
Susan - Shee-ya
Baby - baby
Elmo - Lala
Mickey - Mimi
Train - choo choo (how do all kids do that?)
Broccoli - brah-kee
Please - pea or peas
Thank you - thag
Wipe - why
Flush - flah
No - no
That's right...the head shaking is no longer her only way of expressing negativity...what a big step. Also, within 2 days of her 2nd birthday, she picked up "Mine!" SO endearing.
Excitingly, while family was here for her birthday party, she chose (or rather, agreed to) names for all 4 grandparents: The Chuang grands are now Baba and Mima, while the Plerhoples grands are Pop-pop and Nonny. She also recognizes and calls by name Jessie (Jeh-ee) and Markus (Mah-us). Of course, she has long called Cora by her nickname "Coco" and sometimes by her real name pronounced "Kaya." Cousin Alex's name is "Ah-ux."
Well, if I keep waiting to finish this entry it'll be another month before it goes up! So we'll split this one up. I'll be back after the trip to Disney World! We'll just leave you with a few recent pictures...
