23 Months!

Can you believe two days ago Isabella was 23 months old. On June 5th she will be 2! And on June 10th it will be a year since our referral arrived at Darlington. She is growing up so quickly and so wants to do everything herself and be independent! She wants to dress herself, and now twice has just gone up to the potty and used it herself without asking for the toilet! We have a children's toilet seat, and a stool but she can only get down from the toilet and not up! But it probably wont be long. She has now been out of nappies for 4 months and only wears pull ups at night. She has now started to be dry most nights as well.

However, she also has a shocking temper and is so stubborn!! But Ma Ma knows how to deal with this! And so now we have a great relationship where she knows that when I say 'no' I mean it! And she is well behaved! Like most daughters she knows she can wrap Ba Ba round her little finger and get her own way! But we work together on this and he is a lot firmer and says no! And when she says 'one more' for another bedtime story, it really is only one more and not 3 or 4 more!

Hubby took Isabella to the park a couple of weeks ago when I went for my pre marathon long run. He decided to take her to the funfair instead! She loved this slide and it was so high. She really has no fear! We also have it on video clip but its too long to put on the blog!

Going Up!



Going down!


Riding in the car!




We finally have managed to get Isabella into swimming lessons. She loves the water and has no fear of going in the big pool or deep end and is trying to swim. She has gone in the over 2's group, but she is about the same size and wont have any problems keeping up. She had her first lesson on Saturday and Ba Ba took her whilst I went for a run on the treadmill. And she will now go every Saturday until the end of July.

Its now been over a week since she has been in her own room, and she loves it. I have made some new blackout curtains in pink ( with white polka dots to match her quilt covers), a new step/stool to climb in and out of bed, a new rug and lighting! Its very girly! I will take some pictures and post on the blog.