Growing Up

Every day Jordyn seems so much older, more mature, more independent and so much more like me! Since many of you miss out on her day to day stuff I thought I would post a blog all about her. Here it is:

~She is almost completely potty trained. She is dry pretty much every nap and starting to be the majority of the mornings too.

~Her morning routine consists of her waking up, taking off her pull-ups, going to the bathroom, putting on her panties, pants and socks, and playing puzzles in her room or traipsing down to the playroom to play, all on her own.

~She has decided she's a fan of anything girly. I had to put 5 hair ties in her hair today (I know that sounds like me mom!), she is always changing her socks, asking to wear dresses and trying on different pairs of shoes (she has about 5 and can be known to wear them all in one day)

~She loves to be neat and clean and is always picking up

~She doesn't like to wear coats because they cover her pretty clothes, making her no longer pretty

~She is a great help with Landyn and loves to sing to her when she's crying and bring Landyn surprises hidden in Easter eggs when she just can't find a smile.

~She loves Cheez-its and has eaten them for snack two weeks in a row

~Einsteins is her favorite TV show although Mickey Mouse is slowly taking over.

~She can spell her name and write Jor...we haven't worked on the rest

~She loves stickers and at any given point in time you can find them all over the house and all of our clothes and bodies since she loves to stick them on other people

~She is a sweet girl who never wants to stay home and is always asking where can we go and what can we do (again, I know that sounds like me!)

~She loves to kiss and read books to her sister

~She is the best big girl anyone could ever ask for!

OCD

OCD: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - an anxiety disorder in which a person suffers from obsessive thoughts and compulsive actions, such as cleaning, checking, counting or hoarding. The person becomes trapped in behaviors that are senseless but hard to stop....

I like to think that everyone has a little OCD in their systems, that there is some small but ridiculous action that each person has to do throughout their day, every day. Maybe I think that to make me feel a little better, but I think it anyway. Sadly, I think I have a little more OCD in my system than most and to make it worse, I'm giving it to my girls!

For me it's cleaning and having things in just the right spot. I can go to bed with one dish soaking in the sink, that's it. If there's more than one dish I won't wash them all, I'll wash all but one. I also can't leave the house if it's messy. Before the store, church or any other errand I have to have the house cleaned. I also can't sleep if everything is not cleaned up and put in order. Sometimes when Wayne picks up the playroom I have to reorganize the toys to their rightful place that he just can't seem to remember. If he loads the dishwasher, that's wonderful, but I'm going to reload it correctly. Those are just a few of my OCD tendency's.

Here are my girls': for Jordyn it's all about cleaning and order. Her toys in her room, her shoes on her changing table and her books on the shelf, they all have a specific order. If moved even a tiny bit she can't rest until they're fixed. One night she couldn't come down to dinner until she had cleaned her room. Another night, tucking her in bed I heard her back out of it less than 30 secs later. I walked in ready to punish but found her cleaning her room, telling me she couldn't go to bed with anything messy. My child, at only 2, cannot handle mess or disorder....I wonder what she'll be like at 5, or 25?

For Landyn, who's still young to be showing too many signs, it's all about being clean and order as well. She loves to pick things up and put things away. Too many toys on the floor means it's time to pick up, even when Mommy doesn't say so. And of course, being clean while eating. She can't have any mess on her tray or hands or she's refusing to eat. Now that she feeds herself it's a nightmare. While eating cereal this morning she dripped every bite of course, and so after every bite she refused to take another until she had wiped up her tray...my not even 1.5 year old.

Sometimes I think maybe it's just a healthy sense of cleanliness, that's always good. Other times I see how it holds me up, or them up, causing us not to participate and other activities because our house isn't clean enough, always making us late and I think..."What in the world have I done?"

Since I'm sure when they're older and they realize their compulsion they're going to blame me for it, I might as well do the same. My mom gave me my OCD....it's not my fault! :)