The Loftis Family

Last Thursday on our way home from school Amelia asked me to paint her toes.  I asked her what color she wanted and she said brown…I said try again (brown should never be on toe nails in my opinion).  She then picked purple.  I agreed to do it and said we’d buy some nail polish soon.

I have to admit that I thought Amelia was far too young to ask for her toes to be painted, but I’m hesitantly accepting the fact that she’s growing up.  We bought the nail polish yesterday, a nice light shade of purple…perfect for a little princess.  Amelia asked this morning if we could paint her toes and I said yes, let’s do it.  She sat in a kitchen chair and I sat on our cold, hard tile floor (at 30 weeks pregnant mind you).  She sat mostly still…I only had to repaint her big toes 3 times each.  I blew her nails dry and before she got down out of the chair she said “I don’t like this purple, I want another purple.”  When I explained that it’s the only purple we have she then said “I don’t want this purple on, take it off” so Amelia’s first pedicure officially lasted 5 minutes.

It was good while it lasted…

Grandma treated Amelia, Taryn and Keira to a fun day at the Houston Zoo and a ride on the train that surrounds Herman Park.  We have an awesome time enjoying the fish, the food and the fun train ride.  Here are a few snapshots from our day…

We’ve been spending a lot of time outdoors lately, in our yard, at parks, etc.  We had a wonderful kolache/donut breakfast in a local park last Sunday and played for quite some time on the awesome (and huge) playground.

Amelia loves all things outdoors so she is of course in love with the warm weather.  Her mommy and daddy on the other hand want their early spring weather back!

Here’s our munchkin having fun in the sun…

The first year Amelia screamed and cried, ate the Bluebonnets and it was an all around miserable experience for mommy and Amelia.  Here’s your refresher…

The second year Amelia was a terrorist, sceaming and crying and making the experience miserable for mommy and daddy. Here’s your refresher of our second attempt…

The third year = success!  She loved them and had so much fun running and exploring.

Here are two from our ventures…my two favorite people together and my little ray of sunshine…

Amelia loves her tutus and this morning when I got her from her room she asked if she could wear the tutu that was hanging on her wall.  the last time she wore it she was 3 months old so I reluctantly allowed her to put it on.  She was simply delighted…

Don’t you just love her panties hanging out?

Here are a few recent shots of Amelia goofing off with mommy and daddy…

I’ve been hesitant to post this, but Amelia hasn’t worn a diaper in 4 weeks.  Yay!  My number 1 goal before having baby #2 was that Amelia had to be out of diapers.  She’s still wearing a pull-up just in case at night, but she wears panties all day, including nap time…with the exception of when we have no working plumbing.

We have accidents here and there and pooping on the potty is still an issue, but she’s only 26 months old and I’d say she’s potty trained.  She’s done really well with it.  She’s so proud of herself and we’re thrilled with how she’s doing.

When we started we told her she was going potty and now she tells us 9 out of 10 times when she needs to go instead of waiting for us to ask her.  She hasn’t had a single accident at school in the last two weeks and will go potty in public restrooms.  My world is a bit different now carrying Clorox wipes to disinfect everything she might touch, but I’m grateful that I don’t have to drive around with a little potty in the back of my car or carry diapers with me.  Now we can start stocking up on diapers for number 2 as they blow through them so quickly during the first 4-6 months.

We’re constantly buying new panties these days, but Amelia just loves her princess panties and her Dora ones too…of course she loves them, what little girl doesn’t love princesses and Dora?

So, without further ado here’s our potty princess…

Amelia and I were getting ready to head out for a day of fun and I started feeling ill.  I told Amelia that I was’t feeling well, that my tummy hurt and we would have to stay home.  She said “I’ll make you feel better.”  She promptly went into her bathroom and got her body lotion.  She came back to me, lifted my shirt and proceeded to rub lotion on my tummy.  She did indeed make me feel better.

I love this child!

We had Amelia’s 2 year appointment on 1/22…yes I know 25 months is a bit late for a 24 month appointment, but that’s the best this pregnant mommy could do!

She’s 23lbs (10th percentile)

She’s 34″ tall (50th percentile)

And her noggin is 49cm (80th percentile…big head to hold all of those brains!)

Amelia is sassy and silly as ever.  Yesterday she said to us in the car “knock it off you guys!”  Where she comes up with this stuff I don’t know.

Amelia says:

“Oh Mylanta” (yes she learned it from me)

Randomly in the car she said “Daddy, what are you talking about?  That’s ridiculous!” and “knock it off you guys!”

When daddy was climbing the playground and was clearly too high she said “Get down from there Daddy, do you hear me?”

Dustin and I were in the kitchen talking about getting the toy bins out and sorting through, purging things that are too young for Amelia and getting out new toys, etc.  Amelia calls in from the family room “that’s a great idea.”

Amelia loves brushing her teeth and she does it about 5 times a day.  She got a new toothbrush recently and exclaimed “that’s cool” upon seeing it.

After brushing her teeth we went into Amelia’s room to find that daddy had set up a tea party and Amelia shrieked with delight.  Amelia was serving us our first cups of tea and put daddy’s requested 8 scoops of “sugar” into his cup, then she gave mommy the one scoop she requested and then it was Amelia’s turn, she went to scoop but then decided to pick up the sugar bowl and pour all of it into her cup…she is most definitely daddy’s little girl with a big sweet tooth.

Amelia is 2, she is most definitely 2.  She tries every bit of patience we have, but she rewards us with so many kisses, hugs and bits of 2 year old splendor that she is forgiven for all of her faults.  Life with a 2 year old is busy, exhausting, fun and crazy!

Amelia and I are just finishing up our lunch together and she starts talking.  I look at her and her hands are clasped in front of her all covered in peanut butter and jelly and she’s saying “God is great, God is good and we thank him for our food.”  It’s her first prayer and her mommy is proud.