Avery is growing up with 2 older brothers so she is getting quickly introduced to all sorts of boys stuff: Race tracks, sports, cars, trucks, etc. This weekend, she tagged along to soccer games, lacrosse games and attended her first drag race at Lowes Motor Speedway. She shows early signs of being quite an athlete herself...she can run very fast (probably faster than her 5 year old brother---shhh!), she can just about bend herself into a pretzel and climb anything. She is super flexible, which obviously she didn't get from our family! :)
These are a couple photos of her enjoying the view of her first drag race...and notice this "Tomboy" didn't leave home without her all of her glittery princess jewerly on!
Update Two Months home:
Avery continues to do well at home. We rarely have any issues with her behavior at all. She doesn't like to share with her 2 year old cousin, but I don't think her 2 year old cousin likes to share with her all the time either! :) So it's typical two year old stuff. She also doesn't appreciate anyone taking food out of her hand or off her plate, and given her prior exeriences that makes sense. She sleeps VERY well, so well, I think it's a tad strange. I can put her on her bed any time of day and she will sit and/or lay there and not make a peep until I tell her she can get up. If I want to run for 30 minutes on the treadmill at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'll put her on her bed and she will just wait there patiently until I finish. I give her a couple toys to play with and she is content to stay as long as need be. I find this strange. None of my other kids would ever stay put like that in an empty bedroom while awake. But, maybe she likes the quiet time, or her comfy bed. I haven't figured it out yet.
She never seems to rock back and forth anymore (she did this here and there when she was upset.) She does cry loudly, and sometimes can carry-on for a few minutes longer than seems appropriate...but these episodes are few and far between.
Her speech is not really improving as quickly as I thought it might. However, she understands almost everything we tell her. If I tell her to go upstairs and get her pink shoes off of her bench in her bedroom, she will do just that. If I tell her to go downstairs and get her cup, she will come back up with her cup. So right now, she understands about 80% of what we tell her but can only say about 10%. We are hoping her speech will come around as she continues to process things around her.
Eating has gotten better but still just hit or miss with what she'll eat. One day she'll eat pasta and the next day she wants nothing to do with it. So we are flexible and just let her eat what she wants. I think she has gained 1 pound in 2 months, which isn't much, but given how picky she was at meal time for the first month...I am not surprised. She is of average height for her age and a little below average for weight but very much on the growth chart! If there were a growth chart for feet size...she would be off the chart! She almost wears the same size shoe as our five year old!
Some of her favorite things: Nutrigrain bars, brushing her teeth, pushing her doll stroller, singing/babbling in the car with the radio, playing on playgrounds, and bedtime! :)
2 comments:
It sounds like she is doing great!
Our girls sound so much a like. lauren has huge feet but she is also very tall. Lauren would never lay in her bed but she can run super fast, has a five year old brother, and is super flexible and a climber. Sounds like she i doing so well.
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