A Little Catch Up With "Super-Nana"

Yes, Briana calls herself "Super-Nana" now. She declares, "I'm Super-Nana!" at least once a day. It can be very tiring living with a real life superhero. :)

Here is a little catch up with all things Briana...

* The Saturday before last, we went to Briana's friend Dylan's 2nd birthday party. You all know how much my girl loves a good party. Here are a few pics from the day.

* I signed Briana up on Tuesday morning for preschool in the fall (it starts in August). She will be going on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 - 1. Oh my gosh, what am I going to do with actual free time in the morning? I don't know what that feels like anymore!

* Last Wednesday, Briana had her speech evaluation with Babies Can't Wait. Good news - Briana passed her speech evaluation with flying colors. The therapist would point to pictures in a book and Briana had no problem saying what the pictures were. In fact, the therapist pointed to a scissors in the book and Briana said "scissors". The therapist looked up at me and said, "I am going to finish this, but um, she's not going to be needing help from us." She thought she was right on target and since she had not heard English until she was one year old, she felt she had caught up very fast. She also said that Briana would most likely be saying sentences very soon. I have to say that in the four weeks between the first evaluation and the second one, Briana has greatly improved in her speech. I can breathe a little sigh of relief now.

* Briana is still loving her gymnastics class. She waves to me from afar every so often, but she doesn't need my help. Sniff...

* I already filled you all in on Briana's first haircut. I did keep a snip of her hair. I will put it in a book - some day.

* Briana is doing so much better in story time at the library. I was getting a little frustrated for a while because Bri seemed to want to cruise the room rather than participate in the activities. In the last few weeks, she dances and sings and listens to the stories like a champ. She is usually in the front row of kids. I am hoping this is a precursor for preschool.

* I think we are officially cold free now. Bri and I started our colds on Tuesday and Doug started his on Thursday. Being sick royally stinks...

* I am slowly working on potty-training. I actually tried to put Briana in panties on Friday just to see what would happen. Let's just say it didn't go well. I had to clean up several accidents. Things are still not clicking for her yet. We still have a lot of work to do, but I just need to be patient and not push her too hard. I know every kid is different and goes at their own pace. Bri is not in preschool yet so she isn't able to watch other kids go potty, and it is all on me to teach her. Stresses me out a little (ok - a lot)! But she is a smart cookie. She'll get it eventually.

* Last night, I was rocking Briana before bed and I started singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" to her. I sang it once and she listened. Then I started singing it again. The one thing I have been worried about with Briana is that she hasn't been singing songs. She would hum along to a song, but not say the words. That is one of the reasons I had her speech evaluated. And she loves to sing, but her own little songs - just la, la, la songs. Last night, she started singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" with me for the first time. It was so sweet - I felt a big lump in my throat. She didn't get all the words right, but she sure got a lot of them right. Doug was listening to us on the baby monitor in the other room and came in when we were done because he was so excited. It was a really amazing moment. I love all of these "firsts".

* Speaking of singing, I took Briana to the subdivision playground Monday afternoon. As she climbed the ladder, she started to sing "Sube! Sube!" Thanks Diego. She can sing in Spanish now too! LOL!

* I better run. Super-Nana's mommy is signing off. Hope everyone is having a good week!