Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Brixie Lee Update...

Today Brixie Lee had her 2 year appointment with Dr. Warren and he was extremely pleased with her growth and development. She came in at 29 lbs (75th percentile) and 34 inches (50th percentile). He asked if she could string at least 2 words together. We smiled at each other and said yes. She blew us away back in November when her and I were in Bakersfield. I was talking to Don on the phone (he was here in Chino Hills) and she said, "Goma and Papaw live far, far away from Mommy and Daddy." That would be 11 words! The girl talks my ear off EVERYDAY! She also has numerous songs memorized and loves to sing them to me all day long.

She can count up to 20 and down from 10 (I think that came from Stroller Strides because we count down all the time). She knows all her letters, except lower case b, d, and p get a little mixed up. For her birthday the Rimer Gang gave her the Leap Frog alphabet DVD, so now she knows what sound each letter makes. That is an awesome DVD! Thank you Rimers!

So far she has been a great big sister to Helene. She loves to hold her (for 2 seconds max) and gives her lots of kisses on her head and toes. She even shares her toys, but that may change once Helene can actually play with them. The only negative action toward Helene was actually done in her room when we were not there. We have a video monitor in her room and it was on while she was playing with her doll house. There is a "baby" in the doll house and she was holding it saying, "Baaaaby Siiiiister." Then she would throw it across the room. That went on and on for about 5 minutes. I don't think I'll be having her babysit anytime soon :-)
Our baby girl is growing up so fast. She makes us so incredibly happy and we are so proud of her. We love you Brixie Lee!

3 comments:

Ryan, Lori, & Jack said...

Good job Brixie Lee! The baby story made me LOL.

bennett baby blog said...

We love you too, Brixie Lee!! Muuuuahh!!

Jennifer said...

What a samrt cookie you are Brixie Lee :). Glad to hear what a great big sister you have been. The video monitor story is priceless.