What a sweet little boy this one is. Truly. Even though he has no kisses for his mama:( Gives them all to his Daddy and Sister and says "No" to me. Rotten thang. Sucks in his cheeks like a fish for a big pucker!
What he's up to:
Busy, busy. Loves balls of all sizes. Rolling, throwing, kicking, catching and bouncing them. Sinking them into the toilet or his sisters potty seat. Yes, at the top of his Christmas list is a basketball net!
Still loves to eat and num num nums and yums stuff. Not too much he won't eat. He does not like chicken nuggets, period. That's all so far. In the US, we went thru drive thru CVS to get an Rx and he was Yumm...Yumming, more like "Nummmm" because he thought he was at McDonald's. I've only seen drive thru fast food and I think a "bottle shop" also known as a Liqour Store" drive thru here. No banks, etc.
He is still into pushing a shopping cart, stroller and riding on the little firetruck but mostly he has evolved into pushing furniture around. Sometimes it has been just been there little kid sized table and chairs, others our chairs...I think the couch (they call it the lounge here in Australia) is a bit too heavy for him!
My pink iPhone is a direct line to Daddy aka The Man in this blog and he hands it to me when he wants to talk to him so I can dial him. Pretty cute.
Also calls Bo, his grandfather, DaDa when looking at his picture.
Loves to sit on the potty with his sister...Hmmm. Yes, we have two from when we had a two story house and he will drag one beside hers and sit beside her.
Loves playing on the bed, jumping around.
Likes reading books now and will bring them to us to read. Sometimes sits by himself on a kid-sized chair or on the hearth to read alone. Love this!
He loves saying Bye Bye and "All done", talks major baby talk with hands moving like we have a little long lost Italian in us...
Sings Itsy Bitsy Spider with hand motions...and Row, Row, Row Your Boat ...but now prefers Itsy Bitsy...
Absolutely can't stay still when he hears music. Loves to dance!
:Loves cars and calls everything that moves a car so far. Trains, planes, tractors, etc.
Sometimes has to sleep with a ball. Has such a strong arm and a good aim! He dribbles and is not afraid of a ball coming at him at all. He catches them!
Loves dogs. Gets so excited to see them.
Has no fear on the playground and loves to slide down the sliding boards.
Not so hot:
He can be a little rough. Umm yeah...used a crab mallet on my head the other day. Ouch...
Must take care to close off kitchen and bathroom doors. Having a kitchen to close off is a pretty cool vv concept that can't happen in a more modern open plan. Makes me think of my Mom-Moms house with doors to the dining room and the breakfast room.
If my phone goes missing, no telling where it can be. It's been located in the recycling box, in the trash, toy box, and in the fireplace....luckily he has not found it interesting to put in the toilet. Knockin' on wood over here, ya'll. Most of the time my ringer is off and findng it is a challenge. But I'm learning to keep it up high and to get back after he chats with Daddy!
Overall, I am cherishing the moments with him. When he wakes up an hour after I put him down and I am just getting relaxed...I usually take it with stride and just go pick him up and snuggle with him. Likely my last baby. That means, until my nieces and nephews have kids we have a long dry baby run to get through...
Car seat breaker outer! Ahhh. I meant to look for a middle clip when in America, but forgot and never really got to a Babies R Us kind of store. No, the car seats here only snap in at the base and that is it. No 5 point harness. They have no idea what that is. They have some weird thing here that seems to do the trick but what a wreck I was when he pulled out not just one arm, but two, basically negating any car seat safety we had. Now that I see how it works and see it is okay, I am going to get another for the Muffin. Just seems safer.
