Since I joined Facebook, I've been very neglegent about posting on our blog. It's been almost a year since my last post. Farah is now 2 1/2 years old, and we're expecting our second baby in the beginning of April. Farah is so excited to be a big sister, and she is convinced that we're having a baby girl. She says she will rock her, change her, feed her, teach her etc. Hopefully she won't be too much of a little mommy!
As far as Farah's developments in the last several months, she potty trained before she hit her second birthday. She was in panties around 21 months and virtually accident free by her second birthday. She continues to do very well with it, but she does have to wear a pull up to sleep. She knew all of her colors by around 18 months, and knew her alphabet soon afterwards. At this point she can sing the abcs, count to about 11 or 12, and she knows about 8 shapes. She is still very verbal and cracks us up with her imagination and humor. She went through a phase where "poop" was the best word in the world. If you asked her what she wanted to eat, she replied with, "poop!" If you asked her what she did at Trisha's house, you got "poop" in response. She got a little too carried away with it though, and the word now has to be reserved for bathrooms only. She has replaced it by blowing "zoober" like noises with her mouth when she wants to be silly. Her newest made up silly word is "cricker" (it used to be "oot.") When she's feeling silly, she calls us "little crickers." Tonight, after prayers, Farah said, "Amen, cricker God."
Farah also developed an absolute obsession with "Finding Nemo." It was all she wanted to watch, read or play in the tub. Heath sort of fixed the problem; he went out and bought three more Pixar movies! I, as usual, don't want her to watch much TV. Now if I could just get Heath and Farah on board with my plan. Her favorite activities (outside of movie watching) include diapering her baby dolls (preferably with real diaper cream), putting them and everything else in the house to bed, reading stories to her "friends" (dolls and stuffed animals), packing bags for "trips", and pretending to cook, but only if she can use real pots and real ingredients. She does also like to write notes, mainly birthday cards, color and use stickers and do sticker books. She will do some puzzles, she's not a big fan of building blocks, and pretty much has zero interest in anything related to a ball or sports. She does however really love horses and horseback riding. She hasn't done a lot of it, but she is always very excited to get on and doesn't want to get off. She also loves jumping on inflatables, she calls ball pits, "bit balls." Some other cute misnomers in the last year have included, "motorbicycles," "tapiyoyo" pudding, "peejew" (instead of pee eww), and "high tray" for high chair, to name a few. My favorite mistake has to be when she has any type of an accident, she'll tell me not to worry because it was an "accident happens."
Her temperament has really improved as she neared two years old. She was a very fussy, temperamental, and basically melodramatic one year old. She definitely still has her moments, but she's more even tempered these days, and gets along better with other kids. Hopefully this will hold true for how she handles her baby sister (or brother).
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