Week 16 Year 2

Reme,

The weather is FINALLY hot! Like good hot! You know the kind of hot that makes your face all red and sweat! That is my favorite type of hot! I am a big fan of hot. I'm not quite sure if you are or not though. You seem to be so far but the verdict is still out!

We celebrated Aunt CC all weekend last weekend! Starting on Saturday with a picnic at Arrington Vineyard! Oh do I love this spot! It's just lovely! We had such a nice time sitting in the grass, swinging, snacking and chatting!

Later that night it was a grown ups only evening and you hung out with Caroline! We love her so! She had her 25th birthday on the 8th! Still haven't celebrated her near enough yet! We should and will take her to ice cream very soon!!

Then the next day it was a pool day! Again, this is your momma's element! I could hang out in the hot heat by a pool all day everyday! My goal is to eventually talk your daddy into getting one! You'll have to help me with that one! 

You are very brave in the water! I foresee you becoming the little fishy Pisces you are any day now! You love to jump in and then jump out so you can dry off your face. This is EXACTLY like your cousin Aubrey was at your age! I love it!!

There was a petting zoo day at your school on Tuesday. We made the mistake of saying the word zoo and you sort of misunderstood that the "zoo" was coming to YOU! It was an emotional drop off (well...all of them are lately) but from the pictures posted by your school I can tell you were loving it! They said that you were practically the only kid that enjoyed petting the animals and didn't fuss at all! You often say you want to be a farmer!

Your great Aunt Deen Deen had this BRILLANT idea of an award system for wearing your glasses and it has worked very well! If you wear them for 15 minutes then you get a chocolate chip and a star! Then after 15 stars you get "choice", just like with potty training! Sometimes you wear them for 45 minutes!!! So happy she gave us this idea! I do have my doubts of if your prescription is right but we'll see the doctor soon for your follow up! All in all we just want you to be able to see well and not do any harm to your sweet eyes!

Friday was WATER DAY at school again and this time we brought in your splash pad! You don't seem to love it at home and I thought maybe that if you saw other kids using it then you would too. Well...that sort of back fired and you were extremely emotional. I even stayed for over an hour to help set it up and played for a long time. You never quite recovered even after I left! We are going to let them use it for the rest of the year, hopefully you will eventually enjoy yourself. You're my fishy!!! Go get wet girl!

We're finding our way each day my love,
Momma

Week 15 Year 2

Reme Lynn,

We now have 2 solid weeks of the "big school" under our belts and while drop offs are mostly emotional, I can tell you are really enjoying it!

They have all kinds of special days planned for you all this summer like water day, ice cream day, bike day, petting zoo day and more! It will be a ton of fun! Just like summer should be!

We have enjoyed some nice outings during the week this week! We met up with Jaime and Mollie for some snow cones and a walk on the putt putt golf course and then you and I went to the East Nashville Farmer's Market!

You only wear a diaper at go to bed at night and you have been a rock star using the restroom in public! We take your princess potty seat cover with us most of the time and that helps a lot! We did have one instance this week that just broke my heart. You chose not to use the restroom after grocery shopping (in hindsight I should have been more adamant about making you go) and once we got on the road you began to show signs of needing to go. You held and held it and I could tell it was starting to hurt so we pulled over and I tried to get you to go on the curb but you wouldn't and so we put a diaper on you so you could go but you wouldn't and decided to hold it until we got home. You screamed in agony all the way home, luckily it wasn't too far but my heart was breaking for you! Once we got home, we quickly ran inside and even after you got to go, you were so worked up that it took a good long while to calm down. We will now travel with a little potty chair in case this happens again!

We welcomed to the world Lily Marie Marti on 5/30/15

This is your cousin Meredith's little girl! So that makes her your 2nd cousin (I think)! 

We celebrated your good friend and classmate Avery's birthday! It was a beautiful day for it and everyone had so much fun!

 

You chose to only eat the sprinkles! 

Once you get wet (even just a little) you have to take off whatever you are wearing so you ran around the latter part of the party naked and were soon joined by Annie! It was pretty cute!

On Sunday we had a family lunch date with the Goldens and the Murdocks!

You look so tall here to me! 

We wanted to do a little mini photo shoot with you girls so we got you all dressed up in Chucks and Tutus! I thought for SURE you would NEVER wear anything on your head and would run screaming but actually you did the opposite! You were a little modeling angel! I was blown away!

You never cease to amaze me!

I love you,
Momma

Week 14 Year 2

Reme,

We spent most of this week celebrating accomplishments by you and our friends!

First we cheered on Averie Grace as she graduated from kindergarten! So proud of her! You did so well during the ceremony and you could NOT wait to see her afterwards. You seem to watch her every move and I can tell you look up to her!

Congratulations A!

The rest of the week we prepared for your last day at the "little/baby" school! You're moving on up kid! While I am a bit nervous about the transition, I know you will do well and it is most definitely for the best! You had a party the last day with sweet gifts from your teachers and a pizza at the park!

We'll miss you Ms. Jenn!

You are becoming very adventurous on the playground! You climbed up ladders and stairs with more confidence then I have ever seen!

We just took it easy the rest of the weekend and just hung out and played at home until Monday when we celebrated Atticus' 1st birthday! (Memorial Day Weekend)

You were so excited to go! You sang "happy birthday to Atticus" all night and all morning and when we got there you didn't say a word! There were a lot of new faces but many that I want you to feel as comfortable and love as much as I do! It's my goal for us to spend more time with them so you do! They are my/our village and they are a huge part of our lives! We just need to be with them more!

You got to stay home with daddy on Tuesday and then Wednesday was the BIG Day! The BIG school! While you were a little unsure at first, you seemed very excited. I hung out for a long while and we explored all of the new work and your space!

  

 Here's the little bathroom

The reading area

checking out the new books

 The "rod" work

 

So much to explore

You chose not to take a nap that day and this was you 10 seconds after we go into the car!

You received rave reviews from your teachers and you seem to really like it! So makes your daddy and I happy!

My favorite words you are saying right now:
"Frinkles" - Sprinkles
"Wegos" - Legos
Amazing
That's Nice

My favorite song you sing is -
Bah bah back seep ma ma many moo..
It's the BEST

 You are rocking the potty too! You are essentially diaper free except at night! I'm blown away by your progress!!

I love you big girl,
Momma

Week 13 Year 2

Hey baby cakes,

I am happy to report that as of today (5/24/15) you have successfully peed/pooped in the potty 22 times since we started on 5/16/15! You have only had 2 (and a half) accidents too! Now we aren't diaper free yet but when we are home you don't wear one unless you are going to bed! You still wear them to school though but we are working our way to being 100% potty trained!! I predict you'll be there by the end of the summer if not sooner! You have taken to it very well! We watch the "potty song" on your phone and your reward is a chocolate chip. We also started a star chart and you get "choice" after every 5 stars! I am so very proud of how well you have done! I guess a big girl bed is next but I am so not ready for that!

We went to the first "zoovie" of the season last Friday night to see Toy Story! I was so impressed that you made it through the entire movie! It was a lot of fun we met a bunch of our friends there and chilled out on blankets with snacks and we have the most beautiful weather!

 You got a kick out of feeding me sweet peppers!

 

Way past your bedtime young lady!!

 

Then basically all day & night on Saturday and Sunday we focused on potty training, we didn't leave the house except on Sunday to get you your "choice" reward!

 This means you were pretty much naked the entire 2 days!

You chose Sofia legos and I helped/encouraged you to choose this!

 Look at all of those stars!!

You are growing up so fast right before our eyes! It's incredible! 

I love you so much,

Momma

P.S. You sing constantly: