Nancy May

Nancy

    (End of Jan)

Last week, Mer was playing with Nancy and got N to take a few steps. Yay for N! She's taking her time, & that's ok. She'll be 17 mos in Feb. One more month til nursery. 😊

   Nancy is a smart girl. She's so pretty too. She's still rather studious at times. She babbles 'ma ma ma' & 'da da da' & 'ba ba ba'. She can say 'uh-oh' and 'huh-uh'. (No) She shakes her head 'no' even when she means yes. We're kind of at the trial & error phase in trying to figure out what Nancy wants to eat. 

Feb 6- N is walking more & more. Not 100% yet, but she's getting there! It's so fun to see her progress. 

Feb 9- N woke up early & Curtis brought her in here(our bedroom) after changing her diaper. She keeps coming up and sitting on my shoulder. I ask if I look like a chair or a baby seat. She shakes her head 'no'. (Prob meaning 'yes'.) Silly girl! 

     I'm grateful that in general N is a happy baby. If not happy then at least content. 

Feb 10- Within the last month or so, N has discovered the fun of putting her finger in her nose. 

Feb 23- Curtis was in the kitchen cleaning up. While trying to put dishes in the dishwasher, Nancy was in the way/trying to help. Curtis blurted out, 'Nancy! Go lay down!' Haha! As if he was telling the dogs to leave. I busted out laughing. Curtis then said, 'uh, go play Nancy.' LOL!!

Mar 23-

      Nancy has added a word or two to her vocabulary. She says, 'ma-ma', 'da-da', 'uh-huh' (as in 'no') and for 'brush', she says 'bssshhh'. :) The word or sound for 'pants' is similar. 'Ptsss' 

      She's such a smart girl. Everything goes in her mouth. We have to put trash cans out of reach. No dumpster diving! She's finally 'officially' in nursery. Nancy loves to play outside. She's a relatively good eater. She eats well & sleeps well. 

Nancy is a good walker too. She gets into everything! It's time for more child safety locks & the Wii & DVD player need to gravitate upwards so that N doesn't bother them. 

April 7- 

     I love the way N walks. She walks with such purpose & determination. It's so cute! She is also kind of starting to say a few more words. 'Bsh' could be hair brush or toothbrush. 

    Nancy is a social eater. She likes to eat whatever we are eating, whenever we are eating. It's good bc she likes to eat or at least try healthy foods. Depending on what the food is, she'll sit on the floor and wait for it to be given to her. :) She's so cute! She still studies people. 

    Lately Nancy has taken to, trying to wear Clara's panties & shoes she finds around the house. 

4/18/14-

     Nancy is big into 'monkey see monkey do' mode. If anyone is doing anything, she'll do it too! Right now, it's so cute. She mimics actions and sounds from watching her sisters or friends. N is a smart girl! 

5/21/14-

    In addition to dumpster diving, N digs in her poopy diaper! Gross! I showered N this afternoon after Clara told me that N was playing in her dirty diaper. Eew!!

5/28/14

    N is such a faker! If C or M is sad & crying, she'll come in fake crying. I call her out on it and then make her laugh. She really loves to play. Nancy is a sweet girl! I love her so much. I don't love that she has a horrible bruise on her head from bashing her head on the floor when she's upset. (Sigh) Hopefully she'll grow out of that. 

6/30/14

     N is growing and learning so much! She has a few more teeth. She's talking more, not clearly, but saying things that sound like words. N is such a sweet girl & a stinker. She LOVES water! (Baths, showers, playing in the dog water, sprinklers, splash park....loves it all!) 

N is really starting to like nursery too. I love the way Nancy walks. She walks with purpose. She likes the 'Happy' song too. When she hears it, she'll stop what she's doing and start clapping. :) Cute girl!!

7/21/14

     Nancy is really talking more. She's starting to say her sisters names & the dogs names. Nancy is at that 'monkey see monkey do' phase. I think she especially likes to be a stinker, on occasion. Ex: she'll run away giggling when it's time for a diaper change. When learning to say, 'blankie', she initially said 'bee-bek'. Now she says 'bankie'. (Meaning blanket) She also says, hot gog (hot dog) and geek/geenk, like her sisters did when they were little. (Geek = drink) It's fun to see the way Nancy is with each of her sisters. 

9/17/14

     A belated happy 2nd bday to Nancy. We did celebrate on her bday. We kept it low key. I took C & N to the splash park for a little bit. For her bday we had s'mores cupcakes. She didn't eat much of the cupcake, oh well. N loves nursery. She loves repeating what she hears & what C does. N also loves car rides & putting clothes on. (& taking them off) One time Curtis took M & N out together. He texted me later & said he had M1 & M2 with him. It's true. In many ways, N is like M. 

Instead of saying, 'funny', N says, 'munny' & giggles. It's cute!

12/14/14

     Nancy is talking more. She understands quite a bit, though she does have a hard time telling us what she needs. She's big on mimicking just about anybody. (Monkey see monkey do) It's pretty cute. She's also being more positive, which is helpful. She's practically agreeable. N makes cute sounds of content when she gets her blanket. (Sweet sigh) 

    N still gets sounds mixed up in words. Lately, she calls 'jacket' a 'got-chet'.  She's also good at saying 'hi' & 'bye' to people. When pretending to answer a phone, she says, 'whoa' for 'hello'. 

 12/31/14

     Nancy is still quite the screamer. She has learned to use her hands to block her head when she gets mad & bangs her head on the floor. I really do hope she grows out of it soon. 

I really love my cuddly girl! 

5/7/15

     Nancy mimics Clara regularly. It is so cute! Nancy is such a momma's girl. And I love it! She's starting to speak in short sentences, slowly. She's also learned how to completely undress herself. Nancy is such a stinker. ;) This morning Nancy was singing to a bear. She sang, "cwinkle star" IT WAS SO CUTE!!! (Love the cuteness!) 

     Recently, I was telling Nancy how cute/pretty she is. Clara chimes in, 'I'm prettier.' (Funny girl!) I told her that they are both pretty! 

   

7/11/15

    For a while now N has been calling her swimsuit a 'swim-soup'. She really likes to wear her 'swim-soup' especially if C is wearing hers. 

     Recently our family went to Nauvoo. If N had a breakdown, after a few seconds I'd ask, 'where's happy Nancy?' To which N would calm down & even smile. I'd look around like I couldn't see her & then say, 'oh! There she is!' She likes to play like this. I'm glad she calms down relatively well. 

8/17/15

     First day of school for E, M & C. After taking C to school, N asked where her sisters were. Aw! Recently N is calling 'corn dogs' 'corn hot gogs'. 

     Nancy really needs to be potty trained before she can attend preschool, but she is mostly refusing. She'll go potty, after a little fit, if I say she can have her diaper back. (Sigh) 

Nancy is SO loud! She is by far, the loudest of our girls. I'm not sure why. After she turns 3 we'll have her evaluated for .... Something. (Sensory issues, speech therapy?) 

    Nancy looks like Mer when Mer was little. In quite a few ways N is like her too. It bugs me some when Curtis says that, but it's only bc I'm in denial. It concerns me bc of all the issues we have with M. I don't want N to have all the same issues. (Sigh) Trust in God & it will be ok!