Hayden at 27.5 months old is quite the personality. She loves singing, dancing, running, kicking soccer balls in Maddy’s class, and playing with her dolls:
She’s talking a lot more, and some of the cutest things she says lately are “dank you, mommy!” and “okay mommy!” Less cute is her adamant demand of “not dis!” if there’s a song, TV show, or food she doesn’t like. She also tells me a lot about her “poo poo” and “pee pee,” and sadly she and Maddy find it endearing to say “hi poo poo baby” over and over again to each other for some reason. The two of them go from silly crazy giggles laughing at each other, to screaming and yelling mad about something being claimed “mine,” and back to silly crazy giggles at least 2-3 teams each mealtime.
Hayden loves to count things in both English and Vietnamese, and will grab my finger to point it at the things I’m supposed to count and then attempt to count along. She also practices her alphabet by having me write and spell out her name for her on anything she’s coloring, which remains another favorite pastime. She still loves reading, and two of her favorite books these days are Pinkilicious (even though it has no lift-the-flaps or anything) and her One-two-buckle-my-shoe book (because she loves to “knock on the door”).
I think she’s in love with Calliou, which she pronounces “kay-ya” and will sit down and watch him whenever we’ll let her – sometimes she even sits still for the whole story.
Having more sun than expected this October is reminding me why fall has always been my favorite time of year. Here’s some documentation of our recent fall-time fun:
On Maddy’s birthday last week, she was queen for the day (we were trying to pretend that she isn’t queen of the house every day). First she requested a visit to Pump It Up, where Maddy and Hayden did not stop giggling for nearly 2 hours, as evidenced in these videos:
Later, Maddy chose Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner (because of their delicious chicken tenders and cool crowns), and then we wrapped up the day with some ice cream cake! I better get spoiled on my birthday too…
Hayden enjoyed the festivities for the most part, except for this moment —>
Maybe I shouldn’t have laughed at her, but I just love this face she uses all the time. It doesn’t typically accompany much crying, just the upside-down smile, sometimes with an “owie!” or 20. Hayden’s very sensitive and wants to make sure we’re aware whenever she is mistreated (which is often). She also points out her boo-boos to us for days and days after they’ve occurred (usually scrapes or scratches that we can barely see).
I’m trying really hard to get a video of Hayden talking or singing, because it’s just too cute (see below). She is gradually getting more understandable and also more insistent (she’s wanting lots of “wide!”s lately, which means please carry me everywhere). She loves to torture Maddy by waiting for her to be out of sight and then sneaking over to play with her sister’s precious toys. Hopefully Maddy will soon learn the lesson of keeping her things better hidden.
Hayden had a big milestone yesterday by doing a #2 on the potty, and Maddy’s been getting better at staying dry during the night. I can almost glimpse a future with no more diapers…
We got both girls immunized and measured at the doctor’s office yesterday, and Hayden finally broke the zero percentile barrier! She’s now up to the whopping 1st and 2nd percentiles for 27-month-olds, at 22.5 lbs and 31.75 inches. Maddy on the other hand is super-normal, weighing 34 lbs (41st %) at 40.5 inches tall (66th %). She also got her vision and hearing checked for the first time, which she found strange. Maddy’s vision is 20/30, but she didn’t exactly pass her hearing test with flying colors, although that may have been due to Hayden distracting her the whole time.
