Cameron's 2 Year Check-up

Two!  At two years of age, you get to stand on the big kid scale! 

Say what?  I weigh 29.2 lbs?!

Miss Cami is in the 75th percentile for weight.  The girl is SUCH a good eater!  I'm so thankful that she loves most foods and will try just about anything...especially if her daddy is eating it.

She's 34 1/4 inches tall, putting her in the 50-75th percentile.  Her height has slowed down a little bit, but I'm sure she will shoot back up pretty soon again.

Did someone mention getting a shot?  Oh no!  Yes, my baby girl had to get her Hepatitis A shot.  Although it's no fun watching your baby cry in pain, I am thankful that we have vaccines to protect her from getting all of these awful diseases.  PSA--get your kids vaccinated!  It infuriates me that a kid from Madison's school who wasn't vaccinated traveled out of the country over Christmas break, contracted measles, and then came back to school to spread it to everyone.  Unreal!  Measles.  A disease that had been effectively eradicated in the USA for many years, but is now making a comeback because some parents think that vaccines are unsafe.  I will stop there, and not write a full essay on this topic, but I feel so strongly about it.

Back to my precious girl!
 

As was expected, she got a glowing report from her doctor.  Dr. Betty told me that she speaks as well as a 4 year old!  She can very clearly pronounce almost every sound.  She also was able to complete 9 out of 10 tasks that are expected of a 3 year old.  Smart girl!

Three year old tasks:

1.  Speaks in 3-4 word sentences?  Yes, often longer ones, though.

2.  Able to understand 75% of her speech?  Yes, more like 90%.

3.  Understands the difference between boys and girls? Yes, got it.

4.  Knows her name when asked?  Most def.

5.  Knows her age when asked?  Yes, she says "two" and holds up her pointer fingers.

6.  Begins imaginary play?  Yes--she takes care of her babies, feeding them and picking them up when they are crying.  One of the cutest things I've seen in a while was when she sang "Jesus Loves Me" to her baby doll the other day.  She also plays with her horses, making them hug and kiss each other.

7.  Copies a circle?  Not yet, but she does hold the pencil correctly!

8.  Jumps up and down?  Yes!  As of a few months ago she can lift her body off the floor when she jumps.

9.  Washes hands?  Oh yes!  This kid can often be found in a bathroom, up on the step stool, just washing away.  More times than not, we have to go change her clothes afterwards because they are soaked.  Yay for personal hygiene, though!

10.  Knows two colors?  Oh my, she's got this one by a mile.  She knows black, white, red, yellow, blue, green, purple, orange and brown.

 

 

 

No wonder the kid is so smart--she even does her own homework already!  The big kids were doing their homework after school this week and Cami ran up all excited, hollering, " Do my homework!"  She had colored an old checkbook all sorts of pretty colors.  Good Job!

 

While our little lady doesn't yet go to school, she has enjoyed her Kindermusik class on Wednesdays.  She's pretty shy when we get there and sits in my lap for a while, but about halfway through she comes alive...

 

and can be found running, twirling and dancing about!

She has liked having her own "dance class" and I'm sure will be a model student whenever she starts MDO in the fall.

While she gets excited about going to dance class, it doesn't begin to compare to how happy she is about going to "my friend Nash house."  These two just LOVE each other! We went to his house yesterday afternoon and played for two hours.  That still wasn't enough, though, and she cried the whole way home.  She is smitten with this boy and has already been making plans with his mama to go to the beach this summer.  No joke!  She asked Miss Tara "when go to beach?"  Tara said, "let's go this summer."  Cami said, "OK!"  Tara said, "how are we going to get there?"  Cami answered, "in your car."  She's got a plan!

We are so proud of you, Miss Cameron Nicole, and can't wait to see all of the new things you will learn this year!