I'm a big girl now.
Our little baby is growing up. In the span of seven months Ivie has gone from not crawling to running, climbing and talking. The transition has been amazing.
She is a very curious little girl, always wanting to figure out things for herself. She loves exploring, especially where she is not supposed to go. She is fascinated by animals and loves looking at the bunnies and birds in our yard and at my parents house.
She is talking up a storm. We figure that she knows about 30 words but every day she comes up with another one. One day driving home we saw a bus and Ivie said bus. She now takes great pleasure in pointing out all busses. She knows all the sounds the animals make and is learning their names. Yesterday Scott was counting, he would say one and Ivie would say two etc.
I wish we could take credit for all of this but I think that she has learned most of this at her wonderful daycare center. Every day they have a theme like stars or squares. All of the activities will be centered around it, they will read books about it, play games related to it and have art projects too. Both my office and Scott's are covered with her art work. It is so much fun.
We were always told that girls from the south of China were spicy girls. I think that Ivie is extra spicy. She definitely has firmly held opinions about how things should be and lets us know when they don't go her way. For example she loves to walk down the sidewalk and look at all the houses. We will let her do it but she has to hold our hand. She doesn't think this is necessary and will crouch down and yank her hand away. As soon as she is free she'll start going again. Good thing we have a fenced in yard.
Everything about this whole process has been a blessing. We were very impatient when the wait times increased. But now we know that it was for a reason, we had to wait for our Ivie.
Our little baby is growing up. In the span of seven months Ivie has gone from not crawling to running, climbing and talking. The transition has been amazing.
She is a very curious little girl, always wanting to figure out things for herself. She loves exploring, especially where she is not supposed to go. She is fascinated by animals and loves looking at the bunnies and birds in our yard and at my parents house.
She is talking up a storm. We figure that she knows about 30 words but every day she comes up with another one. One day driving home we saw a bus and Ivie said bus. She now takes great pleasure in pointing out all busses. She knows all the sounds the animals make and is learning their names. Yesterday Scott was counting, he would say one and Ivie would say two etc.
I wish we could take credit for all of this but I think that she has learned most of this at her wonderful daycare center. Every day they have a theme like stars or squares. All of the activities will be centered around it, they will read books about it, play games related to it and have art projects too. Both my office and Scott's are covered with her art work. It is so much fun.
We were always told that girls from the south of China were spicy girls. I think that Ivie is extra spicy. She definitely has firmly held opinions about how things should be and lets us know when they don't go her way. For example she loves to walk down the sidewalk and look at all the houses. We will let her do it but she has to hold our hand. She doesn't think this is necessary and will crouch down and yank her hand away. As soon as she is free she'll start going again. Good thing we have a fenced in yard.
Everything about this whole process has been a blessing. We were very impatient when the wait times increased. But now we know that it was for a reason, we had to wait for our Ivie.
posted by Renee @ 7:05 AM
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