Once upon a time, we worried that Susie wasn’t very verbal. That was silly. She is her big sister’s shadow in everything, and if Elizabeth wants to talk about something, Q does too. Her vocabulary and sentence complexity have grown a ton, though she’s still saying “I goed” and “you comed.” It’s not uncommon for us to be in the car or at the table with everyone talking over each other to tell Derek or me something: “No, I have something to say! Let ME talk!”
The terrible twos really settled down the past 2 or 3 months as we stuck at home more. Q just doesn’t handle day after day of outside activities very well. While she loves (and is loved in) the CBS 2 year old room once a week, I think more frequent preschool would bring out the worst. On calm weeks, we have tantrums more like every 2 or 3 days instead of several a day. She’s mostly potty trained, though her desire to go still seems tied to earning prizes. Poopy training pants are way too common still, so she’s not wearing big girl panties yet. She told me that now that she’s 3, she’s not going to suck her thumb anymore, and I haven’t seen her do it all day. (That’s probably too good to last, though.)
She had a tiny appetite, a more daring personality than her big siblings, and a cuddly nature. I tried to take pictures throughout the day, but there are a lot more on facebook.
Although no one was able to visit on her actual birthday, she got to video chat with Uncle Jason and Aunt Jennifer, Uncle Matthew, and Grandma and Grandpa W as she opened their presents.
Her big birthday present from Mommy and Daddy was going out to tea at Tranquility Tea Room, a little girls’ paradise–complete with an armoire full of dress-up clothes, suitcases and baskets full of hats, tiaras, gloves, boas, masks, wands, and shoes. Elizabeth had taken me there for my birthday last summer, but this was Susie’s first visit. She was in heaven.
Elizabeth is learning how to use my camera!
Looks like Susie had a wonderful birthday! Can’t wait to see you all in person!! 🙂
She’s a cutie!