Potty Time

Before her bath tonight Fiona told me that she wanted to go "privacy". Privacy means she wants to use the potty. Usually Kevin or I will go in with her but tonight she wanted to go by herself. I was told to wait in the hallway. I heard her pull down her pants, the Velcro rip on her diaper, and the noises that come from sitting on the potty.

When she is finished using the restroom Fiona typically likes to use toilet paper which she then puts in the big toilet. Tonight she got the toilet paper by herself, lifted the lid of the big toilet, and put the toilet paper in the big toilet by herself.

After flushing the toilet Fiona opened the bathroom door and said "all done mommy....wash hands".

Bedtime cuteness

After I out Fiona in her crib tonight she kept talking to me. When I get to the door I always yell "goodnight Fiona. I love you." And she usually tells back "good night mommy. I love you."

Tonight we had that exchange and then I closed the door. Fiona kept yelling "goodnight mommy" and then waited for me to yell back "goodnight Fiona." If I didn't respond she would keep yelling until I did.

That is a melt my heart moment of sweetness.

Fiona and the animals

Fiona loves Maggie Mae, Bogey, and Fizz. She has a different favorite activity for each pet.

1) Fiona loves to take Maggie Mae for a walk. She likes to help put on Maggie Mae's collar and leash and then walks around the block with us narrating everything.

2) Fiona has found the bag of toys for Bogey. She now pulls out the bag of "Bogey toys" and chases Bogey around the house yelling "here Bogey, here Bogey, here Bogey."

3) Fiona really enjoys feeding the cats. She can open the container of food, prepare the scoop of food, and dump it into the cats' bowl. She will then return to the food box, put the lid on the box, and push it back into the closet. All by herself.

Apologies

I apologize for not updating the blog more often. Fiona does so many incredible things every day it's hard to keep track sometimes. I'm going to try and do a post every day on something she has done that day or has done recently. Thanks for your patience and stay tuned for many more updates to come.

Ravioli

Fiona had ravioli for lunch this weekend. When she woke up for her nap she asked for the ravioli. Emily told her the ravioli was in her belly and got a very confused look. Last night, as Fiona was getting ready for bed, she randomly blurted out "ravioli belly, ravioli belly."

puzzles, legos, and books

Fiona has been all about puzzles, books, and legos lately. Every morning she goes straight to her book box and grabs 5-6 books. She will put them on the floor, stack them, and then insist on carrying them all downstairs for daddy to read. She even knows the words to some of her favorites (Hide and Seek, Sheep in a Jeep, Dora the Explorer Opposites Spanish and English, If You Give a Pig a Party, Polar Bear Polar Bear What Do You Hear). At night she will play at her table with the puzzles (dumping and putting back together...sometimes she even brings me a piece and correctly identifies the animal) or she will bring the yoga mat and the Legos (which she calls puzzle) into the kitchen and play while I am making dinner. The other day daddy really wanted Fiona's help to put together a Lego set and Fiona really just wanted to play with the completed Lego creature. This post is because I am entering for a chance to win Fiona a combination of everything above: reading and Legos. Lego has put out new sets called Lego Duplo Read and Build which combine building and reading (2 of our favorites). I even think daddy could get behind this one :).

Fiona-isms and other cuteness

Not really sure why It is lumping this as one paragraph. On the ipad I have each sentence as a new paragraph. I make Kevin a salad for lunch most mornings. One morning I had a bad carrot and threw it to puppy. Now, every time I make a salad she starts yelling "puppy, puppy, puppy". When I get to the carrots she starts to yell "puppy, puppy, puppy" again until I give her a carrot. Once she has the carrot she throws it to puppy from her highchair. The other day we had raspberries for dessert. Fiona kept calling them blah-blah. The other night Fiona and I were doing songs before bed. Fiona did not like the song I was singing so I said "how about" while I was thinking of another song. Fiona now loves "how bou". Fiona uses "ok" correctly. Cuteness: Fiona knelt with daddy during church last week. Fiona and daddy take puppy on a walk most nights. When Fiona is ready to go on her walk she will say "walk" and make the sign for walk. Fiona has put her highchair back at the table the past 2 nights.