Dearest Michael,
You are 23 months old!
Actually, I’m a few days late in writing this, so that means you’ll be 2
years old at the end of this very month!
I’ve gone ahead and adopted the phrase for your age and I tell people
that you’re 2 when they ask how old you are.
You are far more vocal than I realized and every day you
surprise us all with a new phrase! Your
Grandma Chips just texted me to tell me that your phrase of the day is “me
do.” At the end of last week, you
started asking to hold Noah. This
weekend, anytime your Daddy or I had Noah in our laps, you would get up on the
couch beside either of us and say “hold! Hold!” and you would pretend to grunt
as you wrapped your arms around Noah to “hold” him. Of course, your daddy and I never really let
go of Noah but you were thrilled to think you were holding him.
You are highly enjoying being a big brother and you love to
give affection to your little brother.
On Saturday morning, you went into Noah’s room and began the day by
talking to him. He thought it was
great. I didn’t mind at all since I knew
he was awake at the same time as you and entertaining himself by babbling in
his crib. On Sunday afternoon, you
decided that when I got up from my rest, that you must be allowed then to wake
Noah from his nap. Noah didn’t
mind. And I only minded for about 3
seconds. J
You two are so sweet together. This is
what I have been looking forward to—the bud of your friendship together.
You are way too silly with your facial expressions and I
find myself cracking up each day at the new things you do. You are highly stubborn and I’m guessing that
you are taking after your daddy. You
also know exactly where the line to cross is, and you put your tippy toes over
it. Daily.
But, just as much as you can be stubborn, you can as easily
be the sweetest boy ever who loves to cuddle.
On Friday night, after bath time and pajama time, you made it your
mission to go back and forth between me and your Daddy and give us each kisses. You probably did this for 10 or 15 minutes. It was the sweetest thing.
Last night after bath time and pajama time, you entertained
yourself by tossing up your spoon into the air, grabbing it from the floor, and
repeating the process about 100 times.
You love stories and you especially love it when your Daddy
does animal voice impressions during a current favorite book “Oink! Moo! How do
you do?”
If I ask you to sing me a song or tell me a story, it always
involves the word “ball” over and over and over. J Your toddler voice is so sweet and cute that
I don’t care how many times you want to sing or tell about a ball. I’ll listen whole heartedly every time.
I am so very proud of you—you ate exactly what your Daddy
and I ate for dinner starting at the middle of last week, and you ate exactly
what we did for dinner and lunch all weekend long! We had Hamburger Helper one night and you ate
that as your supper (after an appetizer of blueberries and shredded
cheese). One day for lunch we had pizza
rolls and you ate those too. You had a hot
dog on a bun (cut-up appropriately of course), then you had a hot dog without a
bun. You had rotini pasta and meat
balls. And you had grilled chicken
thighs and mashed potatoes. And each
mealtime, you did the sign language for “more” and asked in words for
“more.” You’ve also started saying
“please” which comes out as “plus.” It’s
truly fun to ask you a question and hear a legitimate response from you!
You are still wearing size 5 diapers and size 2T and 3T
clothes. You sleep in your toddler bed
now and you are doing fantastically! You
still like to sleep with and carry around 5 to 6 “mommy blankies” with
you. I don’t mind.
You are so fun, energetic, rambunctious, carefree, sweet,
lovable, loving, and kind. You are a
toddler to a “T” and I love every second of it.
I love you forever, dear one.
Love, Mommy
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