Hadley is Two!

On Monday, November 26th, our little Hadley Rebecca turned two! We celebrated with two Sesame Street birthday parties! Haddy had a great time and got so many wonderful gifts from her family!

 

I can't even believe we are parents to a full-fledged toddler!  Hadley has grown so much over these past few months and the changes are amazing!  Her sentences are usually 5-6 words long (sometimes even more!), which makes communicating with her very easy.  Hadley's hair is also really starting to get long (to the point that she might need to get a little trim very soon) and she's getting bigger and taller!  At her 2-year well visit with the doctor, Hadley was 25lb-2oz (35th percentile), 33" tall (25th percentile), & 18.5" head circumference (35th percentile).  Haddy wasn't too excited about being at the doctor's office (despite some nice pep talks from Mommy & Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood), but she seemed to do better as the appointment progressed.  Just as we got her calmed down again, the nurse stuck her with the flu shot - poor little lovey! She did love the "boo boo tape" (band-aid) and "shnack" (pretzels) that she got afterwards, though.

The big news in Hadley's world is that she no longer sleeps in her crib!  About a month before her birthday, Haddy starting revolting against naps - one day when we tried to put her down for her nap, she (successfully - without hurting herself) climbed out of the crib, so that was the end of that!  The same day, Daddy converted her crib into her "big girl bed," but still to this day (over a month later), Hadley has not slept in her bed.  She continues to prefer the floor, wrapped up in her "Gin blankie" and "Chell blankie."  We've tried to bribe her by telling her that she can't watch Mary Poppins anymore until she sleeps in her bed, but she's mostly unaffected by that - truly, we don't really care where she sleeps, as long as she's sleeping (which she is!)!  Naps continue to be a struggle - when we're out and about and busy, she's generally fine without one, but when we're home and she tries to fight it, she's a bear by the evening time.  Generally, she will still take a 1.5 hour nap each day, but it really just varies from day-to-day!

Hadley has also been very excited because we recently got a new playground area installed in our neighborhood.  She loves to use the slides (all by herself) and bounce on the shaker.  She's still not a fan of the swings, though!  Haddy also loves to just be outside running around, burning off some of her massive amounts of energy!

Hadley's Favorites:
Shows/Characters: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Sid the Science Kid, "Shoopy" and Charlie Brown
Best Friend: Carlie
Buddy: Daddy
Candy/Treats: M&Ms (Memmems) and Farties (Smarties)
Music: Snoopy songs (Lucy's the Boss, Flash Beagle, I'm in Shape) with Daddy while she's taking her bath and after she makes her NFL picks
Chores: helping to set the table, turning on the dining room lights
Funny things to say: Oh Cheese Weasels!, Oh Graham Crackers!, Holy Moly!, "Are you?" (Where are you?), "What that?" (usually when she hears a noise),  "still" (as a stall tactic - 'still playing with Daddy'), "just" (when she wants 'just' one thing and not the other...'just Snoopy, not Lambie')



Hadley can:

• Speak in 5-6 word sentences
• Count to 12
• Name all of her capital letters
• Say her full name
• Say her age
• Follow two or three step directions