Randoms!!!

A lot has happened since our last post, but Im having trouble organizing it in my head, so if my post is sparatic and all over the place I apologize ahead of time!

Alyvia is almost 21 months old. She has quite the attitude. Her newest thing is crossing her arms - when she's mad, pouting, or doesnt want to do something you ask her to do. It is the hardest thing in the world to try not to laugh. Oh and if you cross your arms, she'll mock you. Yep - she's attitude with a capital A! She throws fits sometimes. Screams her 'AHHMM!' which means no (yes, she can say no but she choses not to); she'll make her body limp if you try to pick her up and throw herself on the floor. This fit-throwing typically lasts about 3 minutes, then she's back to her goofy ol self. She's a nose picker and gets it from her father. Oh and this child is OCD about shutting the bathroom door. She HAS to be in the bathroom with whoever is in there. She'll sit on her potty for a minute then get up, shut the door as quickly as she can and waddle back to her potty. Every. Single. Time. Its pretty amusing.
Her hair is getting curlier by the day. I love it. She loves to watch me get ready when we have plans for the day. She'll open (my side of the sink) cabinet and go through all my hair products. She loves for me to put some in her hair. If we're brushing our teeth, she must brush her teeth too. She loves to stand on the bathroom counter and dance and laugh in front of the mirror. We have a big mirror on the back of our bedroom door too - She'll go in there everyday just to talk to herself. She'll say 'Hi Lylia!' (Makes her kissy noise and signs I love you). And she'll stick her tongue out and crack up histerically. I have to get it on video!
She is so into Rudolph. I love it. She loves to watch Santa on TV and sing 'HO! HO! HO!' However, she is not a fan of the in-person Santa. I have a feeling she'll grow out of it.
A few weekends ago we had a little photoshoot with our photographers; Alyvia and some other kiddos got their pics taken with Santa for a mini-session announcement. It was totally cute! Anywho, I think she picked up the word 'Hey!' from Sarah and LeAnne - they say Hey Girl Hey a lot and LeAnne's little girl says it too; its totally cute - and Alyvia has been saying 'Hey!' since then. So last night, I taught her to say girl and she can say it pretty darn well for her age! We're working on putting the 2 together :)
She can say pretty much anything you ask her to. I am in awe everyday with the progress she has made.
I bought her Christmas dress - her Granny helped me pick it out :) And cant wait to buy her little shoes to go with it! We started a little Christmas shopping and have quite a bit more to get, but we are determined to make it work! Its hard with no credit cards, but we will manage.
About a week ago, we went to Mingle with the Mutts and right away Dev fell in love with a 10 week old pitmix. We scheduled her home visit for this Saturday and hopefully will be able to keep her!!!!

Have a good weekend!