My 'lil Bubs is 19 mos old now. It's been such a wonderful experience for me to see his growth, physically and emotionally. He's such a big boy now. A true toddler, though his features are still so baby like. The picture is his first haircut certificate. That was a great experience.
It's been so crazy around here since Dave and I are preparing to move into a much bigger home. So much to do, but so little time it seems. Our son is everywhere now and getting into everything. Baby gates piss him off and when someone goes outside, even for a moment, he throws a fit because his new thing is going "buh bye". He's connecting much more with Dave these days. Everything is dada. The garage door opens, it must be dada and he runs to greet him. It's actually starting to annoy me a little and now I know how Dave felt when everything was mama. I'll get over it though.
Angelo is very good with commands and complies without a problem, unless we're trying to take something away from him that he's not supposed to play with. We're in a great routine and sometimes I wonder if he's a little robot, LOL. Any time we go "buh bye", he knows to get his coat, shoes, let me put them on and then he runs to the door. He loves zippers and likes to unzip. I'm teaching him to zip his coat up before we go. When we come home I say, "coat off" and he proceeds to take it off and throw it on the floor. Now I'm teaching him to take it off, but give it to me so I can hang it up. He's been doing that for a couple of days now.
His nap schedule is jacked these days, but that's because he's transitioning to being an afternoon napper. Sometimes he'll go down in the morning, but that's not often anymore. He only takes about 2 hour naps. Angelo has been in a toddler bed for 4 months now and is doing great. Unfortunately though, he recently figured out how to open his bedroom door and lock it. We tried using those door knob protector things, but he found a way to remove it and break it apart. Now we have to put a baby gate outside his door in case he does open it, he can't go anywhere.
Bubbas can walk up and down the stairs on his own using the rails and he loves it. Every time he does it on his own, his face lights up with so much pride and accomplishment. Now we have to purchase a gate that will work with our stairs and rails to prevent him from going up and down without us being around. He's tried that quite a few times and is very sneaky about it. I placed a mirror on the wall in front of the staircase so I can watch him when he doesn't think I'm paying attention. I'm trying to give him a little freedom to explore.
He's talking A LOT more now. His new words in the last week are, "why, when, where, what, do, you, me, we (weeee) and but (also butt). He answers when you call him with "what". When you tell him to come or do something, he says, "why?". I'm teaching him please and thank you. He kind of breathes the word please and his way of saying thank you is "youuuuu!". I've been trying to get him to link his words into short phrases like, "hi dada" when he sees Dave and he's doing it well. I've also been trying to get him to say the girls' names. He's managed to get out Halle's name, but Trenity's is obviously much more difficult.
This child LOVES his food. When it's time to eat I say, "Angelo, are you hungry?" He then runs to the kitchen and tries to open the refrigerator. When the microwave beeps, he thinks it's for him. When he's thirsty, he shoves the sippy cup in my face and says, "do!" Angelo hates his booster seat now. He wants to sit on a regular chair with the family all the time. He's especially annoying when Trenity is trying to do her homework and he climbs on the chair next to her. Dave caught him climbing on the table too and it's been very difficult to control. The new house will be better since our layout has more rooms and privacy for the girls to do their work without interruption.
Bubs has 8 teeth. 4 on top and 4 on bottom. He's getting more though and his fits are getting worse as he's in so much pain. I have to give him children's Tylenol periodically and that seems to work. He loves the stuff too. I believe he thinks it's candy or something, LOL! He's in the most pain when he wakes up from his naps. I can't wait until this phase is over.
I can't believe we're approaching age 2 already! 5 more months to go. I'm putting Angelo in flag football this Fall as they have a P Squad for kids 2-4 years old. You'll never know how excited I am to be able to enroll him in sports. Dave is excited as well. Basketball and soccer won't start for him until he's 3. I'm bummed he has a summer birthday because we can't enroll him in anything at age 3 until the following Fall season.
That's about it for now! Gotta get back to cleaning and packing, UGH.
Cristin
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