Well, I know it has been awhile since I last posted. There has been so much going on and I have just been loving every second I've gotten to spend with my sweet family. Kayleigh is growing into such a 'kid' and it is so funny to see her trying to express herself and experiment with language. As an educator, I'm amazed by how her little brain works and as her parent, I'm constantly impressed by the random things she says. She still has her 'gibberish' moments, but 90% of the time, she's got something to say and she WILL KEEP repeating it until I understand, which is good because sometimes it takes a couple of tries for her to get it all out. She is speaking in sentences, which is so fun and is even experimenting with pronouns. The other day a waitress was talking to Kayleigh and she gave her cheek a little pinch as she walked away. Kayleigh's face lit up and she said "Look, Him tickle my cheek!" It is so funny listening to her hilarious take on life. Lately she's said a few things that Jourdan and I have really gotten a kick out of.
Jourdan and I have both been off for the last 2 weeks for Christmas vacation. On Monday of last week Kayleigh and I went to the grocery store to get our holiday shopping done. As we were waiting in line, Kayleigh was holding a cookie cutter (we didn't have a girl-gingerbread woman cutter). The woman waiting in line in front of us asked Kayleigh if she was going to make cookies. You know it's about 50/50 when you talk to toddlers, sometimes you get an answer and sometimes you get this look like "I no speak English!" In this case, it was the latter. Kayleigh turned around to face me, leaned in and said "Mommy, I'm being shy!"
Later that day, we were going to meet Jourdan for lunch since he still had to work. I had told Kayleigh that morning that we were going to meet him. When it was finally time to leave, she didn't want to get in the car. I reminded her where we were going and she was game. Once we were pulling out of the driveway she yelled proudly "Mommy, we go get Jourdan for lunch!" The whole way there she yelled "Where's Jourdan, No see Jourdan. Mommy, go eat lunch with Jourdan". I managed to get a quick video of her looking for her daddy when we were waiting outside his building. In the video she spots him walking out the door. So now, needless to say, she knows that Daddy's name is Jourdan and Mommy's name is A-Lace-Auh, which is strangely similar to how she says the name Alicia who is a character from a favorite show of hers.
One of her favorite pastimes is singing. Let's hope she didn't inherit my skills or she won't be able to get away with it for much longer. Her latest favorite is Baa Baa Black Sheep. She has changed the lyrics, as you'll see in the video so that mommy, daddy and Kayleigh get bags of "Wolf". :)
And last but not least, the obligatory toddler embarrasses parents story. Every parent has a similar story but it finally happened to me for the first time a few weeks ago. We were driving to Colorado to visit my parents. We stopped at a crowded McDonald's in Walsenberg to go to the restroom. I brought her in with me so she could stretch her legs a bit. Once we finally got in a stall in the crowded restroom she yells in her 'toddler voice' (I.E. a SCREAMING VOICE) "Momma, you gonna go Poo Poo?!?" To which I quickly respond "No, Kayleigh, I'm just going potty." I heard a few mothers snicker as I'm sure they have been in the same position I was in. I'm sure it won't be last time either.
