So to get started Isabel is almost 3! I can't believe it! She completely acts like a 3 year old though. I've heard 3's are the hardest because they fight you on everything and etc, and that's Isabel! She fights us on everything now! It's exhausting, but I have to remember it's a phase...right? She is such a talker and SO curious! She will ask you about everything! I can't watch movies with her because she drives me crazy haha 'what's she wearing? What are they doing? What does she look like? Where are they going?' Even if she knows the answer she asks it. I feel like she's quizzing me sometimes! She loves to sit and talk to adults, probably because they'll talk back, kids her age don't carry on a conversation like she'd like them to. She is very girly in many ways. She doesn't like to get dirty! If she spills a little drop of milk while eating cereal it has to be cleaned up right away. She always wants to wear dress pjs and when she wakes up she asks to wear 'a beautiful dress'. She also loves the accessories; crown, necklaces, etc. It's such a cute and fun stage but it's also such a struggle to get out of the dresses to leave the house. She does not like wearing pants. I love it that she's so girly though, especially the dress up part. It's so fun! There's so many things about this age that I know she'll grow out of and it makes me so sad :( Luckily we have another girl on the way :) Isabel has yet to sit through an entire movie. She can watch a 30 minute show (hardly) but that's it. She'd rather talk or play. It's a good thing really, but bad since sometimes I just want a break and it'd be nice to stick her in front of the tv :) Our biggest struggle with her right now is telling us no, yelling no, and yelling/asking for things without saying please. I feel like a broken record, do they ever pick up on what you teach? haha. We're always saying 'is that how you ask? What do you say? Is that how you talk to us? etc' of course time out follows a lot of these, but I guess we haven't installed enough fear in her (haha jk) because she gets out of time out. I have to keep putting her back or holding her there, ah, very frustrating. I love what 2 year olds will say or come up with. They have the funnest ideas. I love toddlers, definitely my favorite stage, even though they're really difficult! My patience is being tested every minute of every day. Some days I don't know if I'll make it. She's a really sweet, kind girl. She's never hit or pushed another child (that'd I've seen). When I'm frustrated about something or sick, she'll come pat me and say 'It's ok Mom, you can fix it' or 'It's ok Mom, you'll feel better'. Very cute! She LOVES her cousins. She will cry when we have to leave and she asks to play with them almost every day. I feel bad we don't have another child yet to play with. What she needs is an adopted older sibling though haha, someone she can talk with. We've been trying to prepare Isabel for a baby but I don't think you can really prepare a child for that. What has helped a little is she has a nursery friend that just had a new baby sister born and she'll see that baby and we've had play dates, and I'll talk to her about how that's her new baby sister, etc so I think that's helped her understand a little better. It'll be interesting to see how she handles it. Like I said, Isabel's a really sweet girl so I'm hoping that carries on to the baby. She's almost 3 so I don't see her trying to hit the baby or anything. Lots of tantrums will happen though, that I see.
Onto the baby. I'm 38 weeks today! Yikes! It came fast and I feel so unprepared, but I think that's good because with Isabel I tried to be prepared and it just backfired! You can't prepare, you have to just go with the flow. Some days I'm convinced I'll have her early, I get lots of braxton hicks. Especially if I have to bend down a lot, like cleaning up Isabel's toys, cleaning, etc. I stand up and have a contraction. But in reality I'll most likely get induced, which is what I want :) I'm a planner. A week ago I was at a 2 so I'm definitely progressing. I wasn't even a 2 when I was induced with Isabel. I get checked again next week so hopefully I'll be closer, but I don't want to have her early so hopefully I won't be too close ;) I just started getting baby clothes out and washing, hospital bag is almost packed, the nursery is staying the same but it needs some work and to be cleaned, but she won't be in there for a while so no hurry I guess. As long as bags are packed and she has somewhere to sleep when we get home, we're good to go. I had an ultrasound this week to see if the baby is growing, because they kept saying I'm small (which I'm not), and it turns out she's right on her due date, January 24th! She's about 7 lbs, gaining 1/2 lb each week now. It was fun getting an ultrasound this close to delivery because you could tell she was filled out and looks like a baby, not a little skeleton. I think this baby is going to look very different than Isabel. Very excited to meet this crazy kicker. Isabel moved more than this baby but she has her moments. Especially at night. I'm pretty bruised internally. I've been pretty lucky not to feel too uncomfortable this pregnancy but I can tell these next two weeks are going to be tough. Sleepings been hard (especially since I've been sick), I waddle now, sciatic is acting up, like I said, bending down and doing really anything is hard and hurts, and I just feel huge. Although we now know how hard it is to have a newborn, we're so excited to meet this baby!
Pictures are random and out of order. From Sept-Jan.
Nana with her great grandchildren
4 comments:
She is so cute, I just love her. I can't wait for the new baby!!
Love your blog update. So excited to meet the new little one.
Love the pictures! We need to sneak some lunch dates before baby!
So glad you blogged! I loved looking at the pictures. She is getting so big, and I love all the dresses. She is cute!
I am glad to know that I am not the only mom who struggles with her almost three year old. Izzy and Reese are a lot a like. Reese asks questions about everything too, she talks back to me now (i hate that the most), she tells me no. Some days are harder than others. And then some times she is so sweet. I guess that is a three year old.
Can't wait to see pictures of your new baby. Hope all goes well!
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