1 year 11 months . . .

Today Johnathan is 1 year and 11 months old. Just one month away from being a big 2 year old. I just can't believe it, but at the same time I can. I feel like I got this Mama thing. I know what to expect and even though there are rough days, for the most part we have a great schedule and we are happy, heathy and loving life. I guess I just get a little sentimental thinking that my son is going to be 2 years old. How could we possible be 2 years from the day he was born and placed into my arms? How could I be that much older? Unlike last year I didn't get emotional while ordering his birthday invitations and I have already started saying things like "my 2 year old son . . . " so I think I've reached the point where I'm ready for Johnathan to be 2, but there is still some disbelief and doubt. Am I doing a good job as a Mama? Is Johnathan progressing like all other 2 year olds? Should I care if he isn't or just let him be? Do I play with him enough or do I discipline bad behavior properly? These are things that I think about these days. And for the most part I am proud of the Mama I am and who we've all become. There are times where Johnathan will start a scene in Publix while other perfect 2 year olds calmly stroll past using full sentences to explain to their mothers how they would please like a lollipop, but maybe that's all in my head. However, I love my son every single day and what's even better is that I like him a lot. He's turning into an awesome little dude . . . here are some of his latest updates:

Words, words and more words . . .
Johnathan's vocabulary is growing by the day and he's started to put words together. In the morning (like right now) he's in his crib waking up and I can hear him talking to himself. He likes to do this every morning. He usually goes through the names of everyone he knows:
Mama
Daddy
Garma (Grandma)
Papa
KurT (with a very hard T at the end)
Mingy (Nikki)
And some other mumbling names that I can't figure out yet.

Then after we are up and changed for the day he has pancakes:
"Pepekes Mama, more pepekes peese Mama"

On the way to school he points out every truck so very enthusiastically I can't help but get excited to find and point out trucks too:
"TRUCK Mama, TRUCK!!!"

Or if I have music on we dance and if I'm not dancing I'm told to:
"Dace Mama, DACE! Mama Mama dace!!!" (he's definitely missing the N in that word"

At school I'm sure they have him reciting the encyclopedia because every day he adds a new word!

We pick him up in the afternoon and usually go to publix to shop for our dinner and he gets a cookie, he is so smart that he knows the route we drive and way before we even pull in its:
"Tokie Mama, Daddy, tookie?!"

We do have to be careful though because there are definitely some words that don't come out just right like shirt, fork or frog, they sound more like sh!t, f*ck and f*ck . . . or maybe he's just Jeff's son, hmmm. :-)

When it's time for bed time, we say "nigh nigh" and he walks into his room while asking for his binkie and blankie, once I lay him down I say "nigh nigh" and tell him I love him. I point to my eye for I, point to my heart for love and point to him for you. One time I pointed to his nose and he corrected me by saying "nose Mama". So now it's a game and I love a different part of his face every night. And every now and then he will point to his eye and say I and then point to his chest and say you. It's seriously one of the most adorable things I think I have ever seen.

There are so many other things that Johnathan is doing now and in no particular order:
Eating with a fork or spoon (depending on what he's eating)
Listening to directions and following through
Loves to run instead of walk
Loves to dance any time there is any music on (the intro to nightly news is enough)
LOVES the water, whether it's a tubby, the beach, a pool or the water park, the kid might grow gills one day
Ask's a million questions "watsat Mama" (what's that Mama)
DETERMINED to get your attention "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy," and repeat about a hundred times . . . it's fun!
Says please and thank you all the time
He's funny, he loves to laugh and make you laugh and his laugh is contagious, the doctor told me so :-)
Is the most adorable almost 2 year old boy in the world!

It's no secret, I love my son. I love being his Mama. I love our family! And since no post is complete without some photos . . . .



Those are both playing music and he was picking them up to bring them over to me so we could dance together! :-)