Eliana's blog

Mommy and Daddy try to get me to say my name all the time, but when they go around the table asking who everyone is, I usually point to myself and say, "me!" Or else I call myself "baby." But listen to what I said when I saw myself in the camera's screen...

Let me tell you a story about playing with my kitty, as I just told it to Mommy.

"Mew-mew, mew mew mew mew. (Clap, laugh) MEOW! Mew, mew mew mew mew. Yep. Mew mew. Mew, mew, mew mew, mew, mew, mew. Oh, no! Mew, mew, meow. Mew-mew? Mew-mew, Mew-mew!"

Would you like to hear more? I can tell the longer version.

[Editor's note: I believe this translates roughly, "The kitty was on my bed. I was petting her. Then I hit her. Then she ran away. I chased her, but she got away. Now she's hiding somewhere. Do you know where the kitty is? Kitty, where are you?]

You don't want me to spin my bowl
You take it away
Then I'll spin my cup
You don't want me to spin my cup
You take it away
Then I'll spin this green bean!
I'm so funny!

My doctor's appointment yesterday was very interesting. The doctor came in, shined a penlight on my bump (which lit up like my pink night light bulb), and sent us home. He did take a couple minutes to say that it was a fluid-filled ganglion cyst and I will probably just bump it sometime when I'm playing and it will go away. But if it doesn't go away and someday I decide I don't like it there, then we can come in and have it surgically removed. I can't imagine I will want it gone that badly!

Another thing I learned about my body yesterday... I can't lick my elbow!

Can you lick your elbow?

My godparents, Adam and Leah, both had birthdays this week. I wanted to wish them a happy birthday. William wanted to get in on the videotaping, too. He can be so silly sometimes! He's been especially goofy tonight since he got back from his friend William N's birthday party at Space Aliens. What a great week for birthdays! I hope you like our video.

It's only 9:30 and we've already had a busy morning. Sometimes I'm not even out of bed this early. But today I had my two-year doctor visit before William even went to school. I put on my own shoes while Mommy helped William with his. I packed my Elmo backpack with my baby while Mommy put William's homework in his. Then Mommy helped me with my coat and hat while William put on his. We were all ready to go.

We got to my doctor's office in plenty of time. I was a model patient. I laid very still for weighing and measuring. I was 31 1/2 inches (4%) and 22 1/4 lbs (3%). I let the doctor check me all out. She's very nice. She thought it was time to find another doctor to check out the bump on my wrist since it seems to be growing with me rather than getting smaller. So I'll have another doctor appointment sometime, but it's no hurry. The bump doesn't hurt and it's not in the way. We'll just get a more expert opinion about if and when it should come out. Other than that, and William crying because Mommy took his toy motorcycle when he wouldn't stay in his chair, it was an uneventful visit. My ears are clear and I'm all done with shots until I'm five!

But I did have to go to the lab for a blood draw. First we took William to school. He was a little late, so he had to check in at the office first. We watched him go in, stop in the office, and then head right to his class. My brother can be so grown up and responsible sometimes! Mommy says I should tell him what a big girl I was at the lab. I got a little owie and the lady squeezed some drops of blood out of my finger. I just watched intently the whole time. I was so engrossed in the process I even drooled a little. The drool was kind of funny and made me smile :) I was so brave that the lady dug through the stickers to find the sparkliest Elmo sticker she could give me.

She created a little reading nook for herself

As soon as we got home, I asked Mommy for Dora. I love watching Dora and would watch it all the time. I thought Mommy was happy that I liked tv, but now she's always saying "no" and "enough tv." I wish we could play movies on the tv all day long. But Mommy won't. So sometimes I go up to my room and read or I push my babies in their strollers. Right now, though, I think she'll let me watch Dora since I haven't yet today. Off I go!

"Happy Yo Yo!" Today I am two years old! Mommy and I had a fun morning playing at Toys R Us. I helped pick out my birthday gifts - a diaper bag for my babies and a Dora book about sharing (is Mommy trying to tell me something?) But the best thing I got was a [free] balloon! I love balloons! I can spy them anywhere. My balloon and I also got to ride the horsey before we left Toys R Us - "Yeehaw!" Then I spent the whole drive across town saying "balloo, balloo, balloo, balloo, Happy Yo Yo..." Our next stop was McDonald's, or as I like to call it, "E-I-O." I was hungry and telling Mommy, "eat." After I ate my cheeseburger and fries, I got to play. I climbed up the climber a little ways, but it was a too intimidating without my big brother. Mommy came and showed me the way out. Instead I stayed in the toddler play area where they have balls to throw, a tunnel to crawl through, and a little slide, which was my favorite part. I didn't want to leave, not even to go see my "balloo." But I was happy to see it when we got to the car. And I loved my Dora book that we read before my nap. After all that fun, I was tired and ready for a rest!

I'm a big girl!

We are all very proud at my house tonight! I peed in the potty for the first time! I was in my room after my bath, running around naked. I ran over and shut my bedroom door, which was a mistake. Because then I felt like I needed to go potty, but Mommy wasn't listening when I asked her to "oka" the door. Instead she wanted me to come put my pajamas on. And that's when the pee started coming. It made some dribbles on my carpet, so then Mommy finally opened the door. We went to the potty and I put the rest in there! Then I asked Mommy to read Baby Baluga like we always do when I sit on the potty. Afterward I flushed my pee down the toilet! It was very exciting!

Sue

Today Mommy brought me and William to see the big T-rex, Sue, at our local history museum. At first I was a little scared. I liked the big dinosaur in the Night at the Museum movie that we watched while we were in Arkansas. But up close in real life, I wanted Mommy to hold me. After a while, I decided that the dinosaur wasn't going anywhere and I could get down, run around, and play with the exhibits. It was very cool to see a "Raow" in real life. We got to touch some bones, see how parts of the dinosaur moved, and try seeing and smelling like a dinosaur. We had lots of fun and learned some things, too!

Three kids in a clamshell

You might be wondering how my Christmas was. I had fun in Arkansas visiting all the family there. Santa Claus brought me a car seat for my "baby!" I also loved the little "wind"-up hopping bug that was in my stocking. Parker and I both loved the little Dora house that Mommy and Daddy gave me.

"Baby"

Unfortunately, I got a really bad cold while we were there. I didn't get to go to baby Jack's baptism when we got back to Minnesota. But my fever stayed away that whole day so I could go meet him at dinner. I was very excited to see "Jack Jack."

PS. Mommy found a bunch of old pictures on her cell phone when she took off the Sue pictures, so she added them to the December album.

Yes, I did! I kept my diaper dry! But, boy, was my bed wet.

I like to sit on the potty at my house, at school, at the store, anywhere really. I have yet to actually produce anything while sitting on the potty.

I like to remove my own wet diapers. Mommy tells me to have her help with the poopy ones. She's also now asked me to remove my diapers in the bathroom rather than in my crib.