Keila's 26 Month Update

  I've got a TON of posts about Rome coming up, along with some product reviews to do whenever there's a free moment. For now, since it's the 6th of January already, here is Keila 26 month report.
 1. Keila is putting more complex sentences together. She said her first full-length sentence a few weeks ago, something like 'I want to eat cookies'. That wasn't it exactly, but you get the idea. Really should've written it down. She's been saying a lot of 'No want to' and 'WANT to's lately, we have a very determined little girl on our hands. Naming colors, reciting people's names, and counting are also fun verbal activities.
 2. One molar to go. It's nowhere in sight, so we'll see when it decides to show its face. My bet is it's waiting until she actually starts sleeping through the night, and then it'll make its painful debut.
 3. Yeah, sleep. STILL waking up at least once a night! Keila did ok in Rome for the most part, but then again she got to sleep in Mommy and Daddy's bed the whole time. She did have one night terror while there, look them up if you aren't sure what they are. Frightening and frustrating for Mom and Dad, too!
 4. Keila loves all kind of pretend play: she makes 'coffee' for Daddy and carrys around a glass of 'beer' for him sometimes, too. I'm often offered toy tomatoes or potatoes that she's carefully microwaved in her toy kitchen. When she doesn't think I'm listening, I can hear her having conversations on her toy phone or talking to her dolls. Tonight, she put on her mittens and told me we were going on the airplane to Rome again in the morning, so she had to get ready. This kid loves travel. She even had her little toy animals flying off to Italy on a book a few days ago.
5. In place of the potty training category, I'm going to try for a quick story every month. This month's: In Rome, Keila was repeatedly stuffing pretzels into Yuki's mouth one evening. I mean, really forcing them in. She'd yell 'OPEN! Mouth open!!!' if he tried to keep his mouth closed, and she wouldn't even let him chew before shoving more in. He tried to tell her no more, but she wouldn't give up. Luckily the bag was nearly empty, so after he'd suffered through the last one being stuffed into his mouth, Keila turned to me, shook the empty bag, and gleefully exclaimed 'HUNGRY BOY!' Priceless.
6. Keila's lost a bit of weight due to our food poisoning fiasco on holiday, but hopefully she'll regain it soon. She's eating like she has a hollow leg, so I'll be sure to weigh her for next month! Until then...