Since it's been a while since I posted, I thought I'd give a little update on our little girl. Taimane will be 28 months in a few days and has become quite a big girl. In fact, she is literally a "big" girl. She has consistently been in the mid 90th percentiles for height, weight, and head circumference for all of her well baby checks. At her 2 year old check, she was 35 lbs. and 35.5 inches. That was a few months ago, I'm sure she's grown even more by now.
Besides her stature, she is really becoming a big girl in her attitude and personality. She is very independent and insists on doing everything by herself. This even includes pouring her own juice and cutting her own food. Yes, this can create quite a mess for mommy. She also loves taking care of her younger cousin Sidon. Even though he's one and walks around, she wants to carry him everywhere, feed him, and so on. I guess she's just preparing for her baby brother to come around.
The biggest sign that she's growing up, is that she is now potty trained. It took us quite a while, and we definitely felt that she would never get it, but yes, she's finally potty trained. She loves wearing big girl pants and being just like her big cousins. While we have been through our share of accidents, even at public places including the mall, grocery store, and church, Taimane has learned how to have control and to let us know in time to get her to the toilet. Getting her potty trained was a big deal in our house and really feels like a huge accomplishment!
Taimane is a playful, energetic, and loving little girl. She loves to be girly girl and dress up in her princess clothes, but she can also be quite a tom boy playing tackle football with her cousins and her daddy. She loves hula and going to mommy's hula practices to dance along on the side. She also enjoys going to watch daddy play football and especially enjoys when he takes her fishing or crabbing. Some of her favorite things to do now are painting, riding her scooter or her bike, playing dress up, golfing, playing house and mommy with her cousins, playing with her cousins, and watching Curious George or the Disney Channel. Here's some picture Taimane doing some of her favorite things.
Taimane riding her scooter.
All dressed up and looking pretty.
Hanging out with her cousins Lilinoe and Kauhi.
As Taimane continues to grow, we are so excited to see her progress and develop new skills. She has brought so much joy to Vili and I, and it seems so unreal that she has grown up so quickly. While she will always be our "little baby girl" we are excited to see her mature and grow into a wonderful daughter of our Heavenly Father. We are so grateful for her and the blessings and joy that she has brought to our life and couldn't have asked for a better daughter. We know that Heavenly Father has blessed her tremendously and we are so grateful for that. We love her sooo much and are so grateful that she chose us to be her mom and dad! We love you Taimane!
