I truly feel so lucky to be able to spend so much quality time with my little boy right before we add a precious girl to our family! I have been able to bond with him in new ways and enjoy/study his budding personality!
Jed...
I love how you learn... if I say something, you say it right back... "Lets put mommy's hat on!"... "at on? mommys at on??"
Every day, you learn a new word. Some of my favorites right now are:
"Biaper" - diaper
"binkler" - sprinkler
"Morse" - more... I just love the s!
"Zazzie" with a cute smirk - for Jazzie our dog (every morning he has to find her and greet her!
I don't want to call it OCD, but I'm afraid he is genetically inclined to OCD tendencies. For example, when getting down or up on his high chair (which he does by himself now), he turns around to get down backwards and if there is any food in his seat, he has to eat it before he gets down, "ut oh"... he says as he dangles by one arm off his high chair. ........ When you clean up in the bath, all of your toys have to fit into your bin. We can't move on until we get all of them put away. Once this is accomplished, my boy of routine says, "queegee" (squeegee) and then "tOOwel"... His towel is a robe towel so he says "arm"... "arm"... just to make sure we do it exactly the same way every time! I just love watching his mind work!
"Amials"... Jed loves to play with his animals. He knows a lot of them by name, could care less about their sounds and mostly likes taking them out of the tupperware (which doubles as a hat) and putting them back in. He also enjoys throwing them across the room... "ut oh"...
I love how you name all of your friends... "Aubrey, Autin, She She (with pursed lips), Bake, Oma, Opa, D, Bapa, Lolo, Bubba, Emry... and the list goes on"... this mostly happens early in the morning when you want to play and mommy wants to sleep, as if you are asking, is anyone available to play???
I love how you know whose car belongs to who. If we walk in the garage at home, he points to my car and says, "mommy's", then to Jesse's car, "daddy's"... when we see a jeep he says, "Opa, beep?" which is his word for jeep these days... when we see a lexus SUV, it's Oma's car... when we go to my parents, same drill, "D's"... "Bapa's"... and if there is a car in the third stall, it is "lolo's" (which gets a very excited look because he thinks lolo is in town!)
When asked what a dog says, you reply... "barking?"
I love it that you associate every toy with the last friend you saw using it. The slide is Austin's, the piano is Aubrey's, your flippers are Emery's, your travel high chair is Austin's... Sometimes he won't play with a toy because it is "Austin's"... SOOO funny!
You are my explorer. You have a fascination with sprinklers. You have always loved water, but, water that squirts out of a small black tube, NOW THAT IS COOL!... "ooohh, BINKLER! BINKLER! BINKLER!" every morning (at 6:30 mind you)... we like to check out the sprinklers. Jed follows them around the yard, noting whether they are "binkler on!" or "binkler off"... with "oooohhhh" in-between!
We have had a lot more time with "D" lately and Jed is obsessed with her! He knows the rout to her house and when we get close he screams "D" in the car... so precious! D is always so creative with him and finds new fun and interesting things for him to do, including drawing and coloring...
Reading is a HUGE part of every day! Jed loves his books! We have a special cubby that they go into. Every day, we pull out all of the books, read a select few of his favorites (5 times each) and at the end of the day, we sing the clean up song and Jed puts all of his books "back... back...in dere" (in there)... It is so funny to watch him be so consistent!
One of his favorite books is "Little Blue Truck" by Alice Schertle. It is such a cute book and gives a good lesson in the end. He brings me the book and says "Oorn Beep!!!"... "Hoooooooonk"... "Rooom"... "Guck". Then he sits on the ground and says "sit", pats the ground next to him and expects results! Luckily, he will climb on the couch and sit with me! What is so cute is the story line (which I have more then memorized by now) is exactly like he says it... the first page begins with "Horn went Beep..." Then a big truck says "Honk!!!" then the big truck goes "Roooom" around a curve and gets stuck! (This just shows what all they pick up... scary!)
Some of your favorite time with daddy are rough housing. Daddy body slams you (safely) onto the bed and then "gickles" (tickles) you until the vein on your forehead pops out. When he lets up, you say "again"... over and over. Then, when it is your turn to "get daddy" (as I call it), you beat your chest like an ape and say "Oooooohhhhhh"... stand up and gently put one foot on his chest (that of course completely crushes daddy who is screaming at this point in pain). .......... The only problem arises when Jed tries to pull this on mommy. He gets a look in his eyes and starts to say "ooohhh..." and beat his chest when I kindly remind him that mommy's are for loving, hugging, kissing and snuggling"!
I love the way every morning when we come into your room to get you, you say "lian, lamB"... "banket"... and make sure we get your stuffed animals (lion, lamb) and all 3 of your blankets you insist on sleeping with and we go to "nuggle" (snuggle). What a precious memory I will have and cherish for a long time!
Your new thing is praying. Before every meal, you remind us to "pray"... fold your hands clinched SOOOO tight... and if you are in the right mood, you will repeat a small prayer "Jesus, thank you, food, amen" ... we love this about you, you are a man of routine and when we sit in our high chair, it's praying time!
Side note... sometimes when you get into trouble with mommy, you pull out the sad kitty look, fold your hands and say "pray"... as to grab my heart and try to get out of whatever is coming your way... too funny.
Recently you moved into a big boy bed. You have done so well, we have only found you "wandering" 2 times in the 3 weeks you have been transitioned. One of those times, you were SOOOO quite. I randomly decided to check the monitor and saw your toddler bed with every toy that is in your bedroom in your on the bed. With no Jed in sight. When I rushed in there, you were diligently unloading your toy chest and putting them in your bed. Good idea right?
You are my GREAT eater! You love flavor, anything that mommy and daddy are eating and your favorite "nack" (snack) is "cheechos"/ "chERIOs"... you could eat an entire box of cheerios a day!
You are learning to help... you love taking your "biapers" (among other things) to the "trassh"... So far, I have only found one toy in the trash!
Jed... I love you so much and can't wait to see you in action as a big brother!
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