Veronica Victories:)

Time to check in on our littliest munchkin:) Here are some notes on our sassy little Miss V:
*Veronica began jumping on one foot in the last month (age 2 years 4 months)

*Veronica is very into counting and in the past week I have heard the following..."1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13":)

*Veronica's vocab and conversation skills continue to grow...her cutest word as of late, 'actually'..."Mommy, that actually mine, it not Bella's":)

*Veronica really enjoys doing her little wood board puzzles right now

*Funny...Veronica pronounces Care Bear as 'Care Dare Bear'

*Prayer...Veronica is a 'precious prayerer':) She takes great pride in contributing to meal prayer time and our morning prayers in th car. Whenever she prays, she folds her hands, bows her head, closes her eyes, whispers something very quietly and we know she is done when she opens her eyes and says loudly, "Amen":) During her prayers in the car I can usually catch her repeating one or two things over and over, "My Gpa Rowe, my Gpa Rowe, I pray my Gpa Rowe"...it's cute and touching to hear her echo the prayers she hears from the rest of us.

Veronica continues to strike a perfect balance of growing up, but retaining an extremely baby like quality...as she is our last little baby, there is something very nice about her having this baby quality. But there is no denying she is growing up:) She is still a tiny little peanut, but we hae noticed in the past two months that she has been stretching out.

Veronica talks very LOUDLY...it's been suggested I can train her to use a quiet voice...I just don't know if it's within our girls to have a quiet voice:) Ha ha:) She seems very much the second child, wanting her voice to be heard over the big sister and running herself into exhaustion doing everything she can to keep up with the big kids:)

Veronica remains in her crib and we still feel she is nowhere near ready for a big girl bed or even a toddler bed. Potty training isn't being rushed or pushed right now. I guess I could push it, but it's not a battle worth fighting right now...come summertime when she's closer to 3, than it's a battle to take up. She does express interest here and there, mainly if we are in a group of our many little friends and she sees several of the older kids go to the potty..."I gotta go potty Mom" and she'll just take off, strutting confidently after the older kids heading to the bathroom:) We are letting Veronica be Veronica and not pushing for her to do things in the manner of her older sister.

Veronica continues to adore dance, gymnastics, and performing in general...she and her big sis are definitely two peas in a pod in that respect. They'll be ready to hit the road any day now:) It is fascinating to watch her understanding of the technical aspects/vocabulary/etc...of her activities, mainly due to the fact that she first watched her big sis do these activities before doing them herself.

Veronica continues to charm the pants off of everyone she meets...the giggle, the eyes, the cheeks...most everyone she meets is putty in her hands:)