February

Where does the time go it is all ready March. Allie’s birthday was one month ago today and so she has been 3 years old for one month today. She has grown up so much this last month. She is sleeping in a big girl bed now. She had started crawling out and so we figured it was time. We just took the railing off the side of the crib. She is doing great and is not getting out of her bed at all and will still call for us when she wakes up. I took some pictures of her crawling out of her crib and sleeping in her new bed but we just got a new camara and I haven’t figured it out yet and for some reason I can’t find these pictures. We bought her new princess bedding for her new bed but she doesn’t want to use it she likes her old blankets and that is fine with me right now.
We have also put the highchair in the garage and I don’t think we will be bringing it back out we are still trying to figure out the new seating arrangements around the table but hopefully it will be figured out soon.
I think I can say she is officially potty trained also. She still has some trouble with pooping but I think that is going to be a ongoing problem but even that has been getting better lately.
She also had her first visit to the dentist. When Allie first came home she hated the doctor and would cry if she had to even sit in the doctor office. She was very sick as an infant and spent a lot of time in the hospital so I am sure this is her reason for not liking doctors. I had warned the dentist that she probably was not going to let them look in her mouth but they were so good with her the dentist didn’t even tell her that he was the dentist so she just thought he was another person in the room. They gave her a toothbrush to play with and she brushed her teeth for them and did really well. She now loves to brush her teeth and carried the little bag of goodies around with her for days.

We have been looking into preschools for her to go to in the fall and I think we have found one that will work for her. She is really looking forward to it and wants to go to school just like Nick.
She is also doing better socially. I don’t think she tried to hit anyone at all in the month of February or January. When she gets frustrated she has been coming to me and telling me what she is mad about. She has even been hit a few times lately and didn’t retaliate at all. She has come so far and is still a very spunky little girl and requires a lot of attention but is doing so well.

Nick is still the sweetest little boy ever and is a big help to his Mom and his sister. He is fighting off a cold right now and stayed home from school on Monday but is starting to feel better he hasn’t had a fever it is just a head cold and is having trouble breathing. Spring break is coming up soon and so we have been trying to think of fun things to do that week. We have been thinking about driving up to Seattle for a few days we will see what happens. I guess I have been pretty bad about taking pictures this last few weeks because I don't have any to share.