Nora Kate 2 Years

This will be the last monthly update for Nora Kate.  Her next update will come at 2.5 years.  Our sweet baby girl is now TWO!  Nora Kate turned two on Friday, August 14, 2015.  

Nora Kate's big personality is growing more and more each day! :)  She loves to be loud and rowdy with the boys, but she can also be sweet and snuggly when she wants too.  She LOVES books, baby dolls, and my little pony.  She names all of her baby dolls "Baby Zoe" after her cousin.  

Nora Kate's favorite person is her Daddy right now.  She talks about him non-stop when he's at work and wants to be right with him when he's home!  Daddy's girl!  

She is quick to make a mess, but just as quick to clean it up!  She knows where toys go and will generally start picking (some) things up when she's done without being asked.

Nora Kate always knows exactly what she wants and is getting so good at communicating that everyone else ususally knows exactly what she wants too (as she likes to voice this in a LOUD voice)!  John thinks she's our loudest kid! haha!

Nora Kate puts lots and lots of words together to make long sentences.  One of my recent favorite longer sentences came on a morning I was trying to dress her in her older athletic shoes to wear to Dollywood and she declared, "No, I want to wear my pretty shoes!!"  She's been making me laugh lately because when she doesn't like or want to eat something she will say,  "I can't like it! NO!!" (Instead of "I DON'T like it")
One of Nora Kate's favorite topics right now is favorites.  And EVERYTHING is her favorite.  All day long I hear, "That's my favorite" (pronounced "fab-o-rit").  "That songs my favorite" "That pony is my favorite" "Ice cream is my favorite" "Daddy is my favorite"  Yes, she has actually informed me that Daddy is her favorite, as if I didn't already know.  

Nora Kate has become more interested in her clothes than ever lately and will tell me what she wants (or doesn't want) to wear.  She cares about this so much more than the boys did at her age!  She always requests a hairbow and pony tail (which is really just a small amount of hair pulled up in a pony tail rubber band).  We use a pick on her curls and I love hearing her walk in the bathroom and say, "Where my pick go?!"  Haha!

The biggest news for this update is that Nora Kate is 100% potty trained during the day!! She still sleeps in a diaper, but that's not bad at all!  She loves wearing panties and talks about how she is a big girl.  When the boys were potty training we used to give them gummies as a reward when they would go potty.  All Nora Kate wanted to was to go tell the boys that she used the potty.  They cheer for her and that's what she loves best!  Even though she's potty trained now, every time she goes potty she still walks in the room and says, "Everybody, hey everybody I go potty!" and waits on her cheers! Haha!  The other thing Nora Kate does with going to the bathroom that we got a kick out of is asking for privacy!  She's learned this from Dawson who doesn't want Carter or Nora Kate following him to the bathroom.  She tells us, "No! Go out! Close door! Need privacy!"  She apparently even tells this to her Sunday School teacher as it was reported to me! Oh my, Nora Kate! What will we do with you!?  ;)

Unfortunately Nora Kate's 2 year check up isn't until September (I'm not sure why), so I will have to come back and update her weight and height stats after that appointment.
**** UPDATE:  Nora Kate has now had her 2 year check up.  She weighs 31.5 pounds and is in the 92nd percentile for weight.  Nora Kate is 34.7 inches tall putting her in the 75th percentile for height.  Dr. Booher said that Nora Kate was doing "exceptional" and that he loved her fun personality.  He was also impressed that she was potty trained and with how well and how much she talked. 

Our sweet, opinionated, blue eyed, blonde curly headed, loud, loving, book worm, silly, precious baby girl is TWO and we love her more than ever!

Can't believe this sweetie is TWO!