ABCs and Potty Pees

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Hello friends and welcome to another edition of Pachelbel's Cherubs. Now 23 months, we are seeing some quick development out of our little one.

She is getting very good at her ABCs as she sings the song with decent accuracy now. She will also repeat what contestants ask for on wheel of fortune:

Contestant: "Is there an R, Pat?"
Hayden: "R!"

See the video below which shows her counting her ABCs. We are really loving the school that she is in because we go through things with her a bit at home, but there are days when she comes home and we are blown away at what she knows. The ABC song is an example of this.

She is also in the middle of potty training. She pees in her little toilet with some regularity and she often tells us when she needs to pee. The only thing is she tells us too much. There are several times when she says, "Go potty" and she runs in to the bathroom, drops her pants and diaper, and sits on the toilet reading a book (seriously), but nothing else. She then jumps up to wash her hands. So she loves the idea of it, even when she doesn't need to do it. It is cute for the first 33 times. I can't believe I just wrote a whole paragraph on my daughter using the bathroom and you can't believe you just read one.

Hayden also loves to help out with whatever we might be doing. She especially loves cooking and cleaning. She pulls her chairs up to the counter when we are preparing food and is eager to have a job (will she be like this when she's 15???). We give her butcher knives and tell her to chop meat. I'm kidding! She chops vegetables with the knives.

Actually she usually stirs something, or drops bread in the toaster. But whatever she does, she enjoys it. She then loves to set the table, except that she uses tupperware, which she can reach as it is kept in a low cupboard. When she sets the table with the tupperware, she walks around to each place and says the name of the person who sits there (we are creatures of habit): "Dada, Mommy, Hayden, Ashey (Ashley), A-ten (Afton)." She sets the table for Ash and Afton even when they aren't there. Then after dinner she loves to sweep - yes, she goes into the pantry and takes the broom, and comes out and sweeps the floor. Then she gets a wipe and wipes down the table. No idea where she learned that as she certainly hasn't seen that at home. Maybe she's trying to tell us something???

Her vocabulary is also getting very strong as she is now putting words together:

"Go Mommys Car."
"More School Bus." She loves seeing school buses on the street.
"Thank you, Dada."

It is pretty cool to actually be able to have a conversation with our daughter.

With our other little one who is still baking, we are 18 weeks along. Savannah is feeling much better than she did in the first trimester and she's eating well. We find out what the gender is next week and we are really excited. We have also scheduled the date of delivery (planned C-Section) to be Sept 20. Expect a lot of postings around that time.

Thanks for the well wishes many of you shared for our parents, Dave and Sarah Wolach who are going through tough times with cancer. They are doing quite well, albeit tired, and we are so happy for them.

All the best. Enjoy the pics and the video and thanks as always for the comments.