All About Cadence

I'll get right to it - I am SO proud of my "big" girl.... she pooped in the potty for the first time last night!!! We have just been letting her sit on the potty when she wants to for the most part, but last night Cadence's Nana made her sit on the potty when she thought Cadence might be trying to go and it worked! Everybody clapped and made a big fuss over her and she was excited about it for about a minute and then could care less :). This makes another bittersweet moment because it is a big milestone, my baby is growing up way too fast! Since I haven't done it in a while I'll go ahead and tell you some more things that are going on with her right now -

• She weighs about 25lbs

• Her hair is finally long enough for a ponytail - it's adorable! ♥
  
• Knows all of her colors
  
• Knows several shapes (rectangle, circle, heart, triangle, star)
  
• Can count to 10 (she counts to four all the time and stops for some reason, but when you prompt her to keep going she can make it to 10)
  
• Dances all the time
  
• Her new favorite thing to do is sing about everything - if she is riding in the car she will sing "Riiiiiiidiiiinnnnggg in the caaaaarrrr with Moooommmmmaaaa and Naaaaannnnnaaa" - just nonsensical words to narrate what she is doing
  
• Talks better than any other 2yr old I have ever seen - she can tell you what she wants and how she wants it
  
• Says "Cadence do it" for everything - she is 2 going on 15 and is too big for help
  
• Says "Know" while shaking her head for "I don't know"
  
• Throws a mean fit when she doesn't get her way, and for whatever reason Dave is usually the one that makes her the maddest
  
• Says "Oh, I know it baby" to Tatum when she is crying (I guess she's heard me saying that :) )
  
• Loves all things Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - knows every character
  
• Knows where all her family members live - when we start down a road she will scream "Mumsie's House" or "Grandma's House" or "Home" - she knows directions better than me!
  
• After we read her a book a few times she remembers enough about what is on each page that she can "read" it back to us (in her own words of course)
  
• And her latest thing is breastfeeding her babies! She will raise up her shirt and put one of her stuffed animals against her chest and tell you that she is "feeding baby"!!! As if that wasn't enough - she'll then burp the baby and switch to "other side now"

I am amazed every day at how smart she is - I had no idea that a 2yr old could be so perceptive and literally soak up everything. Dave and I know that we are very blessed to have this little person in our lives. And even though she is in the "Terrible Twos" right now, and throws some hair-raising fits, she is a sweet, smart, sassy little blessing.

This was at the park in the ark last week - can you say "Cheese"?