Rack em' Up

So, I couldn't resist this Kodak moment, Bella chalking up a Q Stick. And I didn't have my camera with me..had to use my Blackberry to capture the 'shark' in action!! LOL

We are off tomorrow for Bella's first Dentist visit. I really should have taken her sooner for that initial visit. I am thinking that her 2 year molars are trying to make their entrance. She has been cranky, moody, and just evil at times. She can be the sweetest child ever. But, she can pull a Linda Blair sometimes. Highly reminiscent of when she was cutting her prior teeth.

Now, when she wants something, she will point to it and say 'mine'. Insists on drinking from the juice box, wants to walk everywhere and not be carried, can totally not want to get in her car seat, or wash her hands at school, get dressed for school, get undressed for bed.....sound familiar??? Folks are saying that I have a typical child that is quickly reaching that 2 year old mark.

But, oh how she does amaze us as what she can say and do. We are beginning to let her make a few choices. Do you want the apple or orange, which shirt, which pants, etc. She really gets excited when we ask her what she wants. And the girl loves to be outside. Will walk to the window, look out and state 'outside'. Doesn't matter how cold it is. She is all in to taking clothes from the dirty hamper and putting them into the washer. Or, taking them from the washer and putting them in the dryer. And Bella is getting very good at following basic directions. And last night, looked up at Keith and said 'bed'. We do our best to adhere to a pretty tight schedule. It works for us in that Bella naps each day at the same time, in or out of school, and goes to sleep each night between 7pm and 730pm. After her bath, brushing of teeth, and a couple of songs, she will knock right out. I just pray that her 'twoness' doesn't affect this.

Tomorrow, Isabella will have been home with us for 11 months. And in one more month, it will be a year. And in just a few more months, she will be turning 2. I already have her 2nd Birthday Party planned and on the calendar for May 30th at 330pm at the 'Little Gym' in Greensboro, more details to follow.