It's always easy to complain about the "hard days" we have with our children, and when the children are right around the age of 2, those days are frequent; but today I had an absolutely wonderful day with my son, and felt that I should write about it.
Daddy has been out of town for work the past few days, and usually when Daddy is away Jack wants HIM HOME to play, so that's an automatic negative. This week, however, Jack has asked about Daddy several times, but overall has been a real joy for me. We've had our moment, don't get me wrong, but I've found myself more calm, cool and collected with him this week. Like this morning, for example, we all know how much time goes into laundry, folding it, and putting it away, it's ENDLESS. Today I had stacks of clothes on my bed waiting to be put away, and while I was on the phone, some little stinker decided to throw every last item onto the floor. He found this very comical, and honestly, so did I. I couldn't help but laugh when I saw his smiling face, proud of what he had done, not understanding (well not COMPLETELY understanding) what the problem would be. I laughed and said, "Jack, can you pick these clothes up and throw them back on the bed?" He keeps doing what he's doing and say, "Ummmmmm...NO!" I laughed so hard to myself, and having captured the moment with my iPhone sent the photo to several family members to enjoy.
Beyond that, we had our first Pee Pee in the Potty moment this week. Each morning when it's time for Jack to get dressed and change his diaper, he asks if he can sit on his potty and go Pee Pee. I always say yes, and until this point he had never once actually gone, so I thought it was really just a fun thing for him to do and pretend at this point. Well, we played this game, and I went into the restroom later on in the afternoon and saw the cup was full of pee pee. I was astonished and couldn't wait for Jack to wake up from his nap so I could show him what a great thing he had done, praise him, and kiss on him. I was hoping this would be a trend each morning and I could actually go somewhere with this, but this morning he was back to his old tricks. OH well, we'll get this potty thing down once he's ready, as for now, it was just a fluke.
Today, Jack and I shopped on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, and enjoyed some time near the fountains. We only made it to a few stores, as it was 95 degrees outside. Jack wanted to take his shoes off and walk in the water in the fountain like the other big kids he saw, but I dodged the bullet on that one. I could see it turning from feet dangling in the water to a full on swim, so we decided to make a run for it at that point. We went from there to dinner at Kona Grill (mommy had a craving for sushi, cooked of course). My little guy is absolutely obsessed with edamame, so he enjoyed that amongst other things, but what really made me laugh was seeing him try to pick up the beans with his chop sticks. He actually got one while holding the chop sticks in one hand, I was super impressed. He wants to do everything we are doing these days, and is truly growing up before our eyes.
Tomorrow my little munchkin turns 2 years old, and I'm so sad that he's not all that little anymore, but I'm so excited to see the changes and developments he will have in the next year. He's so incredibly sweet, always kissing my belly saying "nite, nite, baby" or "hi baby". He constantly wants to give hugs and kisses and just lately can't stop saying, "hold you", when he wants to be picked up.
Other things he loves at this age:
-Fall asleep in mommy's bed
-Play baseball and have mommy or daddy hit the ball "up high"
-Hit golf balls (and I'm not kidding, this kid is GOOD!)
-To count, but usually stops at 8 for some reason.
-To dance and use the end of his golf club and a microphone
-He is obsessed with "driving" our vehicles, and goes as far as putting the keys in the ignition, and asks us to close the door.
-Always says, "nice shot" when we are watching sports on TV, and calls the hole in golf, "the pocket" like on a pool table
-Go into the pantry and pull food out when he wants to snack, even when he shouldn't be hungry.
-Reading books at night time
-Talking on the phone, or even pretending that he's talking
And so many other things that I can't think of right now. I'm so tired, and I'm sure pregnancy brain is kicking in right now, but life is great, and we feel so blessed to have this amazing little 2 year old boy in our lives!
LOVE YOU, JACK!!!
