Two years ago today (Oct. 7), we brought our precious baby girl home. Looking at her now, it is hard to imagine she was ever this small.
Zooey on her first day home
Zooey is truly no longer a baby. She's a little "big" girl now. Her birthday party was so much fun, and I'll do a separate post on it later, with pictures. For now, and update on miss Z and all the things going on with her. At her two year well-check, she weighed 25 pounds and is now 32 inches tall. She's currently wearing a 24 month in most brands of clothing, but sometimes can fit into a 2T. She wears a size 5 shoe and size 4 diaper. She's losing all those delicious baby rolls she had and is definitely leaning out. Her hair comes down to almost the middle of her back when it's wet, but it's very curly, so when it dries it looks about shoulder length.
Zooey is very busy and very active! She loves to play outside. In particular, she loves the park. I don't know if I mentioned she was afraid of slides for awhile, but she overcame her fear in the last month and now enjoys even the tall, fast slides.
Another thing Zooey loves to do is any kind of crafts. She loves to color, glue, paint and use stickers to make art. Once she's done with a project, she takes it proudly to the kitchen and hangs it up on the fridge. She's been learning her alphabet and can pick out the letters we've learned from her letter magnets.
Zooey is very affectionate. She gives her friends and family lots of hugs and snuggles. When we're in the grocery store, she likes to hold my hand as I push the cart and sometimes leans into me to give me a quick snuggle. She's also affectionate with the animals, and while the cats are not really too fond of the way she shows love, Tiny eats it up. Tiny gets so excited to see Zooey in the morning that he runs down the hall, body shaking, and attacks Zooey with kisses. Sometimes she doesn't really like being jumped on, but she laughs and pets him all the same. One of her little friends is named Bella, and she gets very excited when we talk about her, and she will exclaim, "Beba!" She also loves her friend Payton, whom she calls "PayPay." Adorable! I love this age and how she's starting to form bonds with people and remember them when they're not around. While I know she did this before, it's really special to hear her talk about her little friends.
Zooey has begun to mimic us quite a bit. She will copy both our words and our actions. She likes to clean, for example, when I'm wiping something off or she'll hold her play phone up to her ear when I'm on the phone. She also uses her imagination and playacts quite a bit. She will put the dolls in her little doll house on the potty and say "potty." She pushes her little dolls or animals around in the stroller and likes to cover them up or feed their bottle.
Just like it's sometimes hard to remember how small she was, it's also sometimes hard to remember my life before her. This girl has brought so much joy to our hearts and our lives, and I am so incredibly thankful to know her. It has been my joy to watch her grow from someone so small and helpless into this little person over the last two years with her own personality, likes & dislikes and independence. It's amazing to watch her learn and to see how she processes everything that's new to her everyday. I love her so much, and so does her daddy, whom she continues to be the biggest fan of.
No comments:
Post a Comment