Update

• Riley will be 3 years old in 3 days! I seriously don’t know where the time has gone! I’m trying my best to get things ready for his party, but I have SO much on my plate right now that I just don’t know if it’s all going to come together the way I want it to or not. I’ll let y’all know soon what’s occupying all my free time, but I’m not quite ready to spill the beans just yet.

• Averly pee peed in the potty 2 nights ago! She is very interested in it because she always hears Riley talk about going. Sometimes I will randomly sit her up on it & she usually just plays & unrolls the toilet paper. But the other night she got real still with a blank look on her face, then pee peed! I was so excited I wanted to jump up & scream, but I didn’t want to startle her so I let her finish, then made a HUGE deal for her clapping & cheering. She tried again later that night, but since then no luck. I’m just going to take it as I did with Riley & not force anything, but always offer. It’ll happen when she’s ready.

• She has also really been talking up a storm lately. She will repeat just about anything we say. Her favorite word right now is “Stat?” (what’s that?). She is going to be just like her brother wanting to know more about everything.

• More words she’s saying regularly are:
  • “Wai-yer” (water)
  • “Bush” (bus) She will say this any time she sees a bus driving down the road.
  • “Shmurf” (smurf)
  • “Monsher” (monster) Playing with Riley’s monsters.
  • “Yesh maum” Which I love that she’s saying already.
  • “Ta wee” (sorry) She says this if she gets in trouble. ;0)
  • “Hee doh” (here you go) When handing us something.
  • “Doo toos” (Blue's Clues)
  • “Teers” (Cheers!)
  • “Somfin” (something) She got this from Riley because when we ask him what he wants to eat, he just replies “something” so now Averly has started saying it.
  • “A-wee” (Averly)
  • “Peesh” (please)
  • There is really sooo many more words she is saying that I can’t think of at the moment. Her vocabulary is expanding more & more every day.

• Some cute things Riley has said recently:
• “You make me sooo happy!” He is such a sweet boy!
• “Dat’s Peter Hopin’ Tail”
• “Can you do me a favorite? (favor) “Turn Av-ley’s yight off so she can sweep.” (sleep)
• A few days ago we were in Hobby Lobby & he saw a Nativity scene. He pointed & said “The Bi-bul tells me so.” He says that any time he sees Jesus.
• “Mama, God made dat fence…my undawears…da moon…and our car!”
• He got onto Averly one day because she was turning the water on in my bathtub. Riley, being the protective big brother he is, grabbed her hand & said “Dat will burn you, Av-ley! Stop! E.O.P. Dat spells stop!”
• Riley is very into the "Why? Where? What? How?" stage right now. Nothing has a simple explanation with this boy! 

• Picker Sisters is my new favorite show. It makes me want to create something from nothing every time I watch it!
• I am obsessed with finding the perfect fabric for Averly’s big girl room. I LOVE Amy Butler fabric & am drooling over this bedding! Sigh.

Happy Wednesday!