Whit will be 2 tomorrow!! I think it is finally time to start saying that we are 2 yrs old. No more of this 20 something month nonsense! I cannot belive how much Whit has changed in the past couple of months. He is such a big boy and I am so proud of him. Of course we have our battles but most of the time he is such a good kid. I am so thankful for his sweet, calm spirit. Do not get me wrong he is 100% boy and I love it. I want to remember this time in his life so bad but I know how quickly I will forget as we move to the next stage.
He has all of a sudden started talking so much. I love it. He repeats everything we say and tries really hard to communicate. I love the "conversations" we have and I have absolutely no clue what was said. I can just tell his little mind is going 100 mph! One of his new things that i am not so fond of is that we have started " no, momma" He uses this phrase quite often unfortunately. I quickly remind him that we do not tell momma no :) If you ask him a question he just repeats the question back. He does not understand the whole question and answer idea. Another favorite of mine is that he frequently just looks at you and says "heey." it's always just out of the blue and hilarious!
He still loves all things trucks! Dozers, tiretrucks, brown trucks(UPS), motortytles(motorclycles) and biii(big) trucks are all a regular topic of conversation. Any car ride consists of many truck conversations. When we go walking we are always on the lookout for any and every interesting vehicle we can find. He loves to make the sounds for them all as well!
He has started to count! Nate and I were so proud when we were reading one night and all of a sudden we realized he was counting to 5. He will count to 10 only leaving out six and eight. Its the little things that make us happy! He will repeat the abc's when I say them out loud. He doesn't really get the order yet but he recognizes what the abc's are. We are working on our colors. This is not so easy for him. We have gotten to where he at least knows colors and when we ask what color something is he always responds with a color but never the right one. We will get there!
He is still extremely OCD and never wants anything out of place. I get notes from school on a regular basis that his teacher says she laughs bc if something is not put back on the shelf properly Whit has to fix it. He always puts his toys back where they came from. If he walks by or sees an open cabinet he has to close it. Routine is very important to this kid which is why I am a little nervous about when Charlie comes!!
He has had a few random almost "panic-like" attacks at school. He will start crying about something and then just become unconsolable. It usually happens in the late afternoon when I am coming so I also think they come from exhaustion. He does get his feelings hurt easily and if a teacher tells him no or scolds him his bottom lip quivers very quickly. I am kinda glad he is this way so that it makes punishment a little bit easier. I think its going to just be his personality. He kinda has perfectionist tendencies so I think he just gets mad at himself when he gets in trouble. Somehow we have got to learn to shorten these spells bc it is hard to get him out of his breakdowns. His teachers are learning and watching for them. They have learned they have to handle him and discipline him immediately or else he is so upset he cannot remember why he was in trouble!
We are definitely having to use time out and sometimes spankings when he intentionally does something after we say not to. He is for sure worse for me than daddy. So far we have not had too many really bad incidents. I know this will all change as the terrible twos enter our lives!
He is still doing good in his big boy bed. He has not tried to get out in the middle of the night or anything. I am so glad he likes his bed. We love our bedtime routine as I read one book while Whit reads another to himself. He loves saying his prayers and always wants one more kiss from mommy and daddy. One of the sweetest things to me right now is when he says his prayers. For a while we got him to repeat after us but now he can do it on his own. this is Whit's version... "dod. (God) tank tu mommy, tank tu daddy, tank tu chaee(charlie)" and whatever else he wants to add this night. I love it!
He loves music of all kinds! "Itars"(guitars), drums, trumpets and many more are so exciting to him and any time he sees musical instruments he gets extremely excited and starts playing them himself. Nate and I are not musical at all so it makes me laugh that he loves it so much.
He is not really a good eater. I am not sure what to do about this. Sometimes I think he just more hungry than other times but it makes dinner hard. He loves nanas, apples, and yogurt smoothies all the time. I try to give him a protein of some type at dinner but its not always successful. One night he will eat 3 servings of spaghetti and the next he won't take one bite. He usually will eat turkey and hummus. I try to give him leftovers of our food but he rarely will eat them. I wish he was a better eater but I just do not know what else to do! Lately we have been able to bribe him with "choc mulk" for his dessert if he eats his dinner. I know its not the best way but it works for now. He LOVES choc mulk which is so funny bc I give him like 2 tablespoons of choc milk and the rest regular milk but he thinks its like the greatest thing ever!
I love how excited little things can make a child. It is so fun to see the world through the eyes of a child and often I find myself wanting to point something out to whit (even when he is not with me) that I otherwise would never have noticed.
He is such a blessing and a joy to have in our family. We look at each other regularly and wonder what we would do without the joy he has brought to our lives. He makes us smile and laugh all the time. He is a precious gift from the Lord and I hope he knows that we love him more than he can ever comprehend. I pray constantly for his little heart and spirit that he will grow into the man the Lord wants him to be. The past 2 years have been wonderful and I look forward to the years to come with Whit.
PS - sorry no pic! I will have to add some later!
