Guzowski Family Blog: 20 Weeks

Pardon the awesome outfit - we had just gone sledding!

You remember when you were in college, and it felt like a huge accomplishment to get to mid-terms during your semester? That's where I am with the pregnancy. Half-way there! There's still another 20 weeks ahead, which feels like forever, but we're headed in the right direction! I can tell a lot of growth has happened lately, and I'm looking more pregnant by the day. I'm feeling pretty good, too (knock on wood!).

Playing in a fort as we take down Christmas decorations

We spent the morning on Saturday taking down our Christmas decorations, and Evie was devastated. She had really enjoyed all the extra stuff and had fun rearranging the ornaments on the tree every day. After all the ornaments were packed up, she started sobbing and saying, "But it doesn't look pretty anymore!" It was so sad, and Matt went to console her, but as he picked her up, she started kicking her legs...can you imagine how this played out? All I will say is poor Matt, and good thing baby #2 is on the way. I'm not sure if we'll be able to have more children after the location of that kick!

With all of the excitement of the holidays and finding out the gender of the new baby, I haven't posted any "baby book milestones" for Evie lately. Here are some of the big things she's up to at 2 1/2 years old:

She loves puzzles, and being the proud parents that we are, we're so impressed with how quickly she has learned to do them on her own!

We can play a couple of board games now, which I am really enjoying! Candy Land and Bear Hugs (kind of like Memory) are two that we play often.
We have been having lots of fun with her craft table, doing painting, stamps, coloring with markers, and play-doh.

She also loves books. Berenstain Bears, Mr. Men, If you Give a Mouse a Cookie and Max and Ruby are among her favorites, and I love snuggling with her when we read books!
Potty training is going great. Evie's independent streak has served us well in this respect, and she'll go in to the bathroom completely on her own, go potty, flush and wash her hands. Pretty impressive! She still wears a pull-up at night time, but for all the potty training success during the day, we feel like she's doing great.

We have entered the land of 2-year-old tantrums and the battle of the wills. It seems worst when we have to change gears, like getting ready to go somewhere, telling her that it's time to go potty, or when it's time to come upstairs from the play room. It's very dramatic with kicking, screaming, and crying, but fortunately, Evie seems to snap out of it pretty quickly too.
As part of the battle of the wills, Evie is insisting that she's too big for her high chair at meal time. Sometimes it works for her to sit in a "big girl chair", but other times, it's a huge pain for us. She gets up and down from her chair, spills food, and doesn't eat nearly as well as she does in her high chair. We're still figuring this one out!
Overall, she is a good eater, and will eat most anything, including olives, hummus, pickles, fresh fruits and veggies (sugar snap peas, broccoli and strawberries are her favs), meat, yogurt, and she drinks a ton of milk. This makes most meals pretty easy for us (aside from the current high chair debate)!
Speaking of meals, I'm afraid this girl has a sweet tooth like her momma. We both enjoy a nibble of chocolate after dinner, and it's become quite a habit!
She continues to be a great sleeper, sleeping about 11 hours at night (8:30-7:30ish) and taking a 2 hour nap most days.

We hope that you are all surviving the extreme weather we've experienced lately. Between the ice and the sub-zero temperatures, it's been impossible for us to get outside to play much. We are especially thankful for the play room and our warm fireplace to get us through these cold days!