27 months

Andi is yet another month older!  This month has been full of fun.  Here is a picture of her silly face.  She will say, "Mommy, look at this...is that silly?!"

To start...Andi is potty training.  She is doing great and has no trouble at all using the toilet to go pee.  She has a small toilet upstairs but is really just fine going on the big potty at home or when we are out and about.  Going poo in the toilet is another story.  She is working on that one.  Here is a picture of her potty chart.  She gets a sticker each time she goes to the potty.  After twenty stickers she got a present...what did she pick out?  a dinosaur puzzle. :)

Andi continues to loves animals.  She loves her little toy white puppy that she calls "Pearl-Pearl."  

She has also decided that her new favorite thing to do or game to play is to go on a "safari."  Andi will ask for her flashlight and we will begin the safari.  She points out several animals along the way on our safari through the house.  When we are on our quest form animals, Andi will point out different animal footprints.  What an imagination!  She loves to pretend!  Recently we have also been traveling through the jungle or take a boat to see animals on our adventures.  Her favorite safari animals to discover are lions, cheetahs, water buffalo, elephants, gazelle, and giraffes.  When in the jungles, she spots leopards, monkeys, flamingos, and tigers.  On our ocean adventures she always sees seals, walrus, and humpback whales.  
We have already been doing a lot of swimming and I have a feeling that we will do lots more.  Andi loves "swimming in the swimming pool."  She has even started swim lessons.

Here are a few cute things she did or said this past month:


5/20: At church Andi was putting her dinosaurs down for a nap and was  giving them kisses.  She was saying, "Night-night dinosaurs.  Time to take a nap."

We were at the pool. Andi was standing out of the pool, in the shallow beach/wading area and said, "That will cool me off...."  She the started running and yelling, "The swimming pool!!!" She did this over and over..."That will cool me off...the swimming pool!" while running into the water.

5/21: I went to pick up Andi after school and she told me, "Nana told me a story about the animals. There was the biggest snake I ever saw!"

5/21: On the way home from Nana's house Andi sang me a song,  it went like this: "I love my mommy. She's so sweet. I love my mommy. She's so pretty."

5/21: Andi got her own cup from her drawer and filled her own cup with water from the water dispenser on the fridge.

5/22: Dave asked her what she wanted for breakfast and her response was, "Hmmmm...not broccoli."

5/22: Andi will now make an "oooh" face if you get into to her/she gets in trouble.

5/28: "Mmmm, I love milk!"  (Shocking!  This coming from my child that I have had to bribe to drink milk!)

5/31: "I can't believe my eyes open!"

6/4: When putting Andi in PJs for bed, Andi hugged me and said, "Mommy, you're my best friend." I was mush. Melted my heart!

6/8: Did not change a wet or poopy diaper.  Potty training success.

6/9: "Welcome to Mommy's potty!"  Also day 2 of no wet diapers!!!

6/13: Dave was asleep in bed.  Andi looked at him and then back at me and said, "Don't wake Daddy Polar Bear. He might growl and grumble!"