35 Months Old!

Can you believe Jordan is only a month away from turning 3? It’s mind boggling. In the last month she has turned even more into a strong, opinionated and highly verbal little girl. She is super proud of her new prosthetic. She didn’t wear it much this week after we discovered a skin breakout that is healing very well (we’ll start using cotton balls at the bottom of the gel sleeve). She had to bring the arm to visitors this week to show if off. While I was away this month, she talked all about what she was doing at school, dance and with her grandparents. We video chatted almost every day. That was really cool. Earlier this month we spent so much time together building her new arm. We’re so happy with what she is able to use – three different hands! How cool is that?

With growing up comes big challenges. She and her brother are all about fighting for dominance. There’s tattling and complaining. But that just comes with the territory. Other challenges: We’re officially in the food fight zone. She doesn’t want to eat anything except snacks. It will take a while to get past that. She’s also turned up a notch on fighting to go to bed… I actually had to threaten the wrath of Santa last night. (If you actually go to bed, I’ll tell Santa you’re good. If you keep screaming and crying, I’ll tell Santa that you aren’t a good girl. Ack.)

Jordan’s love for dance continues. She’ll start dancing just about anywhere. She loves to sing and she tries really hard to know the words to songs. The down side to leaving her current preschool means she isn’t performing in the Nutcracker this year. But she does have a winter recital with her dance school. Thank goodness for that!

This coming month means some big things for Jordan: A new school, a big trip to Florida and possibly a two-day trip to one of the happiest places on earth! (We’re hoping Santa says we can go to Disney World… I guess we’ll have to wait and see! 😉 )