I haven't posted in awhile...my excuse is that I have been living life at a pace I am not a fan of! But with a desire to rise above what is expected of me and to go against what is EASY for me I am practicing delegation, asking for help, and saying no. So, all of that equals YOU getting a new blog post. As random and all over the place that it will prove to be :)
Miss Kadence is amazing! I love her! She is growing and learning every single day!
I stand amazed at how much that little brain of hers can comprehend.
This last week we "studied" the color blue. People always ask me how I do all of our stuff that we do but doing stuff with Kadence doesn't feel like something I have to make time for. We were going to play anyway, we were going to read books anyway, we were going to make art, sing songs, take baths, and hang out anyway...none of that is different in my day to day life. The only thing that changed this week is when we colored we only brought out the color blue. When we took baths we used blue food coloring. We sorted our toys and only put the blue toys upstairs and left everything else downstairs. We went to the library and checked out books that were blue. After a week of "Blue Immersion" I have a little girl that when you ask her what color this is she says "BLUE" and if you ask her to go get her blue bear or her blue ball she will go and pick up just that.
Sometimes I sit back and I am amazed at the things that she is processing and understanding. It then becomes this huge God thing for me. Because I think wow God made us so intricately that somewhere along the line this 1 1/2 year old turned into a little human who thinks that she is very much a functioning adult.
Now, not all of her new found "grown-up-ness" is welcomed. She has very much figured out how to say no, yes, and all done. We have had to put some boundaries on what to enforce. Things that are questions of preference, she can have an opinion (i.e. would you like to wear your pink shoes? Feel free to say no to that, at the end of the day I don't even care if you wear shoes. ) Other things- commands- like take my hand. You MAY NOT say no to. She's still learning this concept and meltdowns happen but she'll get it figured out, I have no doubt. We have meltdowns when we don't get our way. She is cute, but she is human and not getting your way is a hard break sometimes. Luckily for her, she has a mommy and a daddy that can handle her meltdowns and aren't really even phased by them. So, throw yourself down...scream no and as soon as you are ready to pull yourself together we are ready and willing to go on with the next thing in the day. She'll get there and until then a lot of grace for a little girl who is learning the ways of the land and a lot of patience for a mommy and daddy who are learning a lot about God and our own ways of throwing fits through watching Miss K grow.
Mommy's Bragging Moments-
Large Motor-
She can dance, throw, stomp her feet, clap her hands, run, and walk
Fine Motor-
She can color (although sometimes she would rather eat the crayons), pick up things with her pincer grip, she can start threading things on straws like pasta or big beads
Language Development-
She repeats EVERYTHING, she can sing a long with lots of songs- recognizes them when they come on the radio. She has a very large vocab of basic words, names, and such. She loves animal sounds and often picks up her big book and over and over says "Bible" (it's so cute!)
Her favorite things- She loves her dolly and stuffed animals. She loves her soft blankets. She loves to rearrange things and organize things. She is a huge fan of any household routines. She likes to help empty the dishwasher, sweep, put things in the trash, pick out clothes, put clothes away (I am actually hoping she picks this stuff up quickly so she can do them independently) but till then is is super fun to see her desire to "help". She still loves elmo, the park, swimming, riding the bike with dad, reading books, going to target, getting messy, and eating!
Having a toddler keeps us on our toes but I can honestly say Andy and I have enjoyed every stage that Kadence has been in. From binge watching netflix on maternity leave, to her first summer last year, to all of the firsts this year, to figuring out who we are as actual "parents" in setting boundaries and figuring out how God desires us to shape our daughter.
This stage is fun and we go to bed exhausted at the end of the day because we have used as much joy and fun as one day can handle!
My words of advice to mommies with babies is don't blink...because before you know it...they become a toddler and you look around and question how that all happened so fast :)
sidenote: I have found more of prayer life question when is the next ewing baby going to be coming into the mix. I try figuring out if it will be a boy, a girl, a sibling set? What will our life look like then? Will it come from the states, internationally, private, through the system? There are so many options. But wondering if this is God's way of "preparing" me to stop the birth control aka sending in our application for our next. Fun thing with adoption is that it could still be 1, 2, 6, or 8 years down the line before this desire gets fulfilled so we'll see what God has instore. Would it be too much to ask for our birth mom to get pregnant again? lol. She just makes such great babies!!!
Well that's enough random thoughts from me :)
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