Azra is now 2 and 5 months

A long time has passed since I last wrote here. Almost 6 months which in anybody's life is a long time but in a 2 year old's life oh so much more. What developments we have seen in the last 6 months. She is now speaking 2 languages pretty well, forming sentences in both, being funny in both. The first picture is obviously of her 2nd birthday and now after a few of her friends having birthday parties she has a good concept of what birthdays are! And the second is of her third beach experience, although this one is in Singapore on the way to Australia. She was an absolute hit in Singapore. I thought she was regarded as such in Turkey but they relaly loved her in Singapore, young adult boys and girls even! The third and fourth are from our trip in Australia with family, her cousins, uncle and grandmother. Since our trip to Australia she has been cementing her friendships in the local park, developing her social nature, and getting on the back of my bike which she loves oh so much! She has been growing and developing her linguistic skills as well. She can count to 10 now in both languages, sing the ABC song as well as loads of other songs. She has really favourite books. Her current one is 'the tiger skin rug' which is a lovely storybook, on account of that one of her latest words is Rajah! Here she is wearing her favourite accessory: sunglasses, whoever is brave enough to give them to her! And there she is making friends on holiday. The photo on the lounge is one of the latest ones although it doesn't seem very wintery. She likes being clotheless! Although the difference is that now she is toilet trained. In the last photo she is playing with the sewing machine as she loves to do whenever she sees it out! I haven't got a photo but I bought her some rainboots which she loves going outside in and splashing in every puddle that she can find. Now there is no excuse for her not going outside in the rain. she wears her raincoat, rainboots and even takes her umbrella - every prevention. I now am at home a little more at least some afternoons, I usually have to do some work. At first it was impossible to do work but she is starting to understand explanations and now lets me work at home. This is a huge relief!
It's getting close to Christmas. We put up the Christmas tree and every day she has been taking it down redecorating it! Happy Christmas!