Rowan has changed a TON since the start of summer! She is a whole new kid now. When we started to take her outside in the spring time she clung to me and would scream if we tried to put her on the grass or tried to swing her. She slowly warmed up to the idea of outside, and now she asks (more like demands) to go outside all the time now. She was pretty good with the slide, but never wanted to swing until one day about mid-way through summer she asked to swing....now she LOVES it!! Although about a week ago she discovered she could climb the rope ladder, and now she is more interested in climbing to the top of the clubhouse and hanging out up there...only problem there is we have to be up there too!! She does not understand edges and falling off yet. She runs a little now, although thankfully is more cautious than her brother was at this age and mostly walks around. She loves the bounce house too now, and gets so excited when she hears even the mention of it. We have to spell it out, or use code words, but then Liam catches on to it and says it out loud, and then the cat is out of the bag, and we HAVE to put it up : ) Same goes for stuff like going for a walk, going outside, bath...all things she loves!! Speaking of things she loves, she absolutely LOVES Liam. She says his name all the time now. She actually says it better than he did at 2.5 ;) One time as I was picking the kids up at Grandma's house after work, we were waiting for Liam and the sun was right in her eyes, so I backed out of the drive way, and she totally lost it!! She started crying and saying Liam's name. I think she thought we were leaving without him. I don't know how soon sibling rivalry starts, but I am loving that they adore each other so much. She loves babies too. Whenever she sees a baby on TV or at the store, she smiles and says 'Baby'. Her twin baby cousins came for a visit in June, and she was so sweet to them. She kissed and hugged them, and brought them toys. She was so adorable with them.
She is starting to say so many words now!! She will say 'it's hot' and 'it's cold', although I don't think she quite knows the difference all of the time. She asks to wear her Elmo shirt...If I pull out a different shirt, she will look at it, realize it's not Elmo, and say 'Whoa'. It's pretty funny. If it is an Elmo shirt she squeals with happiness. She says 'Oh dear' all of the time. She loves watching Elmo, although lately she has been asking for Thomas. Liam seems to be done with Thomas (for now) and loves watching Phineas and Ferb. She enjoys the show too, and calls them 'Berb'. She has said Phineas a couple times though. And she calls Isabella, 'Bella' and we love how she says 'Parwee' for Perry.
It's been a really fun summer watching her change so much!! It's hard to believe that she is going to be 2 years old in just a few months!! It is just crazy how time has flown by?! It just doesn't seem that long ago that I was planning Liam's 2 year birthday party, and was pregnant with her.
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