Well little man, you are
officially 19 months old, and about to become a big brother! Your little sister Lainey will be
arriving in just three short days, which means your days as an only child are
extremely numbered :)
Originally, I was only going
to do yearly updates once you hit 12 months, but in the past seven months you
have changed so much that I just
have to catalog some of the memories.
I’m afraid if I wait until you’re two, the little boy standing in front
of me will have already vanished and these special moments will be lost.
So, here’s my little snapshot
of you at 19 months:
· You have the most
adorable scrunchy nosed smile, and use it to your full advantage. If you get in trouble, you’ll just
scrunch that nose up and grin at me…knowing full well how cute you are. You also use that smile when we’re out
and about and you’re flirting with people you meet. You are just so adorable. Everyone loves you, and everyone comments on how handsome you are.
· Over the past few months
you’ve really gotten into imaginative play! You’ll sit with your cars on the floor and drive them all
over—making sounds for them, having them interact with each other, the whole
nine yards. Your little voice when
you’re playing pretend is just so precious to me.
· You love to read.
You pull books off your shelves and sit with the giant teddy bear Uncle
Tony gave you while you read the books to yourself. You are so expressive with your voice and hand gestures as you
read! Your words are just
gibberish, but it’s the most precious thing I have ever heard. I was so excited to get a video of it a
few months ago!
· You are absolutely in
love with Toby and Emma. You climb
all over them and get so excited
when I tell you we’re going home to see them. Emma is more tolerant of you than Toby, but that just seems
to encourage you to chase/harass poor Toby even more.
· Little man, you have
your daddy’s dance moves. Your
shake and wiggle those hips like there’s no tomorrow, and you have this funny
little skip-walk/head bob you do when you’re especially happy or in a good
mood. So precious. I also taught you how to raise the
roof in the car, which you love, and
I think is pretty hysterical.
· You are very clean. You hate to be dirty.
If you’re eating something messy, and it gets on your hands….well, hold
the phone. Your little world stops
until you can get a napkin to clean yourself. You love to help mommy dust, and have a broom at
Grandma and Grandpa’s house that you push all around the house. You’re also very very fond of the vacuum. You’ll hold the cord for me and follow me around the house
as I go.
· When you do something
exciting, or you’re proud of yourself, you clench your fists into tight little
balls and wave them by your side while saying “whoa!”
· I used gel in your hair
for the first time today, and when we got the bottle out I told you I was going
to give you a faux-hawk. Later
that day, after you woke up from your nap, you came running to me with the
bottle of hair gel asking for a “hock” over and over…but you replaced the ‘h’
with a ‘c’ and it was pretty funny.
· For a long time you
weren’t very verbal, but in the last month your vocabulary has really
exploded! Here’s a list of what
you can say (I’m sure I’ll leave something out!)
o
Mama/mommy
o
Dada/daddy
o
Lainey
o
baby
o
Grandma (sounds like
‘mama’)
o
Grandpa (sounds like
‘papa’)
o
Tony (sounds like
TAW-nee or NAW-nee)
o
Uncle (sometimes)
o
No (this one gets its own bullet point
below)
o
Yes (but you only nod
your head for yes, you don’t say it)
o
Dog
o
Chip (you call chips
‘chippies” and it is the cutest thing)
o
Up
o
Down
o
Help
o
Hi
o
Bye bye
o
Cookie
o
Uh oh! (you always tell
me this when your toys get stuck or something breaks)
o
Whoa!
o
Stuck
o
Seahorse (sounds like
saORse when you say it…and if you don’t have him in the car you call for him
over and over and over)
o
Water
o
Milk (you call it milk
milk)
o
Sit down! (This one cracks me up, because you
must hear me say it to you a million times a day….when you’re climbing on the
couch, or the train table, or a multitude of other places. You will often tell Toby or Emma to sit
down while you wag your little index finger at them.)
o
Ouch
o
Church
o
Oh well!
o
On
o
Off
o
Yucky (you love to find
‘yucky’ things on the ground to point out to us)
o
Bubble
o
Banana
· By far, your favorite
word right now is “no”. Today,
daddy called and I asked if you wanted to talk to him. You looked at me, looked at the phone,
and said “no!” And when you say
no, it’s in the sweetest little voice.
It sounds like no-OO with a smile and a sweet shake of the head. So sweet. Then later on the way home in the car, daddy asked if
you were ready to meet your baby sister.
Your response? “Uh,
no!” We laughed and laughed, and
you thought you were pretty hilarious.
Lately you’ve been saying ‘oh no’ and ‘uh, no!’ (with some attitude)
more often that just ‘no’.
· Your ‘no’ isn’t always so sweet, because if Toby or Emma decide to go after
your food or they’re doing something you think they shouldn’t, you’ll run after
them wagging your finger saying “NO NO NO NO NO!” You also like to tell mommy that when I ask you to do
something (like lie down for a diaper change) that you definitely do not want to do.
· Your happy place is
outside. You love to be outside.
You follow daddy around the backyard, love to watch him work in the
yard, and love going for walks and
wagon rides. I’m so excited that
summer is coming, because that means we’ll get to spend a lot of time
outdoors. I know you’re excited!
· You know most of your
animal sounds and most of your body parts. You love to honk mommy and daddy’s noses and have lately become
fascinated with nails (mommy painted hers the other day and you thought it was
the most interesting thing you’d ever seen)
· After daddy gets home
from work, the two of you will wrestle and play on the floor for hours. Daddy tickles you and you just laugh
and laugh. I can’t wait to watch you two together every night. It makes me so happy.
· You have the most
ridiculous fake laugh. It’s deep
and throaty and makes you sound like an old man. You only do it when you think you’ve been pretty funny and want
everyone to know it.
· You’ve gotten a little
bit better with food, although you are still very picky.
You have learned what it means when I say “take a bite” and will eat bites
of your dinner if I bribe you with something better to come. Hey, I’ll take it!
· We started time out with
you, and in general you’ve gotten pretty good at minding us when we tell you to
go there. You just have to sit
until you’re calm, and then come give hugs and say you’re sorry.
· In general, you are very well mannered and follow directions very well. We always get compliments on how well
behaved you are when we’re out and about…especially at restaurants!
· You give the BEST
hugs! They melt my heart.
· You do NOT like
bedtime. As soon as we start the
bath water, you run from the room yelling “no no no no no!” It goes downhill from there. You refuse to read your bedtime stories
because you know what’s coming next….and once we turn out the light, you cling
to us like there’s no tomorrow. It’s
not the best part of our day, but we’re just keeping the routine the same and
trying to stay consistent…hopefully you’ll move past this phase soon!
· The carseat is also not
your favorite place. You whine and
whine and whine everywhere we go. You
just cannot be confined right now.
I call you my tornado or ‘turbo’ because you are always moving. I clean
up one mess and you’ve already recreated it by the time I turn back
around. Busy, busy, busy!
I’m sure I’m forgetting so
many little things, but my love, you are just the sweetest thing daddy and I
have ever laid eyes on. You’re so
loving and sweet, and such a big
helper! We love you more than I
could ever say. I can’t wait for
you to meet your sister and watch you in your new role as big brother. I know God created you to be a big brother for this very little girl, and that just blows me away. God has such big plans for you, little one. I can't wait to watch them unfold from the front row.
You and your sister are our greatest blessings. Never forget that, and never forget that you are loved every moment of every single day.
All my love, forever and
always,
Your Mama
