Friday, November 20, 2009

No Baby Yet...

Well...no baby yet. Monday is the day unless he/she decides to arrive early! :) I can't wait to meet our little one and see Kaelyn in her big sister role. I don't think she completely understands what's about to happen, but what she does know is that there's a baby in Mommy's tummy and soon Grammy and Grampa will be coming to stay with her while Mommy and Daddy go to the Dr to get the baby. She's been talking about it a lot lately.

Speaking of talking...her vocabulary continues to amaze us every day! Since before she was 1 she has been talking, single words and short sentences "where's the ball?" was her first bigger sentence at 11 months old. As you can imagine, this vocabulary has only grown and now at two she speaks in sentences to us. It's great being able to have conversations with her...I love it! It's not just the sentences that amaze us, but the words she chooses to use...some days we ask ourselves where in the world she's learned them from. :) For instance, this morning as she at a donut she said, "It's delicious Mommy". Delicious is a word I'd never heard her say before...so that was kind of fun. Last weekend at her cousins birthday party the new 'word of the day' was beautiful! :)

Some other milestones we've been seeing over the past couple of months:

She's also big into letters, numbers, shapes and colors. She can say and recognize more than half the alphabet, can count to 13 and recognizes some of those numbers, and loves to point out her shapes and colors to us. What a big girl!

Singing is also a huge deal around here. She LOVES to sing! Lately it's been ABC's and more recently 'Jesus Loves Me'. I'm going to try and get it on video soon so I can share it with you all.

Anyways...I have a feeling this will be the last time I post before Baby Gaskill's arrival. We have a very busy weekend ahead getting ready for his/her arrival. I will keep you posted... :)

Hope everyone has a blessed weekend!

3 comments:

Jamie said...

I can't wait to hear your stories of being a new mommy of two! You will be in our prayers this weekend and Monday for a smooth and safe operation!

kristie schaul said...

Wow! Two years old and she knows SO MUCH! When she is 5 how about you move to the Adel area so I can be her kindergarten teacher?!?! How fun would that be! :) I have to credit her wonderful mom for teaching her so much at such a young age--a love for learning already!! Bravo Kaelyn! Keep it up!

Jenna said...

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers Jamie...we will keep you posted! :)

Thank you Kristie....you're too sweet! :) We feel very blessed and enjoy watching her learn new things every day. Kaelyn would love you as a teacher I'm sure...that would be fun! Too bad we don't live closer...it would be fun for she and Finley to meet.