Chris and Jenni

It’s hard to believe this little baby is already 2 1/2! She’s so full of life and spunk and very two :) Training two’s is what a friend of mine calls them, and I think that fits perfect, I would say who that friend is but I’m pregnant and I don’t remember even though it wasn’t very long ago that I heard that one. Hmmm. Anyway, my little Caitee girl, “no mommy, not Caitee, I Cait!” “Oh, Ok hon, you are Cait?” She is discovering so much about her world right now. About her femininity, and the power there with her daddy :) She’s discovering her voice (sometimes she likes to really scream at her siblings to try to get her way, but she also has such a sweet little song. Jingle Bells, Blessed the Man, Joy is the Flag are some of her favorites. She lorves to pray and does not let us forget to pray for those we lift up in prayer each day. She loves the little doll house that the girls got from nana Joan, she and the other kids will play family for hours. She is constantly finding things to be mommy and daddy, always one shorter than the other, like legos or pencils or crayons, or balls, pretty much anything. And you will see her sitting at the table with her little mommy and daddy saying, “You da mommy? Yeah. What yer name? Daddy.”  In a really high pitched voice for the mom and a low growly voice for the daddy, it’s pretty cute!

Cait started her “training two’s” at about 13 months, and has been in them ever since! But we are starting to notice a softening of her will, she doesn’t fight us nearly as much and she is really starting to be able to reason with us. It’s so nice. In the middle of this season I was beginning to believe that she would never change! But I can see now that I was wrong and faithful love and discipline really works.  Mothers - “Do not become weary in well doing.”

Cait loves her baby doll, she has become quite attached to it. The other day she lost it in the store and a few days later I broke down and bought her a new baby that was similar, she adopted the new baby quite nicely. So now we are much more careful about leaving baby in the car even though she would much prefer to take the baby with her, the only problem is when she’s done with the baby she tosses her out of the cart and then of course cries hysterically when she discovers she lost her baby!

Speaking of babies, the other day she had her baby and she and Connor and I were sitting on my bed. We were talking about her baby and I said in a sad voice, “where’s my baby doll?” Without hesitation she pointed at Connor and said, “right dare.” :) I love that little girl. I love how her little world of pretend mommy/daddy/baby is so real to her, she is her baby’s mommy and I must be nana :) We also have a small stuffed kitten and she is sure that our two cats are her mommies, she tries to get the cats to let her little kitten nurse, for some reason they are not so excited about playing make believe. But slowly she is wearing them down as they are seeing that she is very persistent, even with all the warning scratches they’ve given her. Cait is a very determined little girl, some days I love this about her, some days I do wish she would be a little more compliant :) I love you my little Caitee Cait! You are so precious! I can’t imagine what life would be like without your sweet personality in our home, what a joy you are to all of us! Mommy loves you!