Friday, January 30, 2009

Terrible two's??

Ash is growing in her personality daily, she's always been a very happy child, full of smiles, and still is as long as she does not hear the word "no" Go figure she does not like to be told no. She used to be so cute when we'd tell her no, she would stop and just fall forward in her flexible sitting position and bury her hurt feelings in the carpet with a pathetic cry. It was almost tempting to tell her no, just to watch her cute reaction. So anyways, we've always given her a lot of freedom in the hopes that she'll get used to everything, before she's walking and tempted to touch more things. But, now she's learned there are new things she LOVES to get into. In the last few days her new favorite things are organizing the dvds, and pulling all the diapers and towels out of their drawer, oh, and she found the candy drawer, oh, and she really likes all the pockets in my scrapbooking bags. She really likes my grandmothers peanut butter cups and my glitter pens:) So now, when she hears the word "no" she actually yells back. And it's not like the firm tone we say it in, it's like she's cussing in baby talk, literally telling us what she thinks of the "no" word. Now she only cries that old pathetic cry when we remove her from her object of affection, be it CDs or candy. Mike thinks it's funny, I don't encourage it, because I'm the one that gets to put it in check all day. So I think the terrible 2's are on their way....maybe, although she's such a sweetie, I'm sure it's just a phase.
On a pleasant note, she has been saying "thank you" all the time now. We never sat down and taught that to her, she's just picked it up. She's so cute when we sit down to dinner too, when everybody sits down she puts our her hands for us to hold even before we reach for her, so her sweetness far outweighs her little occasional attitude. She makes us so Proud!!!

5 comments:

  1. Oh boy! You gotta love those terrible twos! Too funny how she is cussing you out in her own language! Way to go on the "Thank you's" Ashley! That definitely makes up for the occasional attitude!

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  2. 2 is an interesting age. Cute stuff. Their personality really molds. For me I see it as the language explosion year. Definitely has it's share of challenging moments too. Great job on the Thank you's!

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  3. oh, we are very much going through the terrible two's in our house too! Caden ignores us when we tell him no...rrr!!! You can absolutely add Caden to your blog, I will do the same. Caden is just starting to take steps when holding onto a table. He wasn't bearing weight on his legs until a couple of months ago - so we are very happy with his improvements! I know it will come in time, we just have to be patient!
    Trisha

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  4. Oh....two year olds....they need a stop button sometimes....lick the movie Click. A remote that will hasten a tantrum or let you fast forward them...

    The entertainment they provide!

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  5. 2 is such a fun age...their personalities really start to shine and they are beginning to mold into the person they will be. BUT, it's also a very tiring age. Enjoy it while it lasts...it goes by so fast!!!! Ashley is so pretty!!! :)

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