This week has been a huge improvement over last week. You didn't whine nearly as much and best of all you didn't throw up or get sick. I think you went through a growth spurt sometime last week because you woke up one night at midnight demanding to eat and within 5 minutes you had eaten a blueberry waffle, three handfuls of shredded cheese, two strawberries, and a can of black eye peas and then went right back to bed. This week we got to start going on our walks again. Before we get back in the car I let you out of your stroller to explore. Today you wanted to pick a few flowers.
Today was the first time that we were at the park and you didn't head straight for the water. Maybe your newly found sometimes fear of the water is a good thing. Instead you walked around picking up rocks and watching ants run around the ground. We tried to find the ducks but we couldn't. You told me they were "night-night." When I told you it was time to go you started to walk in the opposite direction from the car. I told you "this way," and you turned around and followed me repeating "this way, this way." Out of nowhere you are starting to put little sentences together. It's pretty amazing that not even two years ago you were this baby blob that just laid there and didn't really do or say anything.
When we left the park we went to the grocery store to get a few things. I used to avoid taking you to the grocery store once you could walk because you hate sitting in the cart! Recently I've started putting you into the big kid carts that look like spaceships or cars and you love to help "drive" the cart around the store and I am able to shop for more than 30 seconds without you trying to escape from the cart.
When we got home you helped me cook a special treat for your Aunt Lori and Uncle Tony. They came over to stay with you while you took a nap so that I could meet two friends I used to play Volleyball with for a late lunch. You love to "help" and "cook" and those are two of your favorite words lately. You are getting better at asking us for help instead of just crying or throwing a tantrum when you get frustrated with something.
Since lunch went a little later than I expected, I ended up picking up McDonald's for you and Daddy for dinner at your Dad's request. You were so excited to see a little box decorated with the characters you saw in the Shrek the Third movie you saw last week. Your Daddy sat you on his lap and set up a little table with your food. While you were eating your nuggets I asked if your Chicken was yummy, you smiled at me and held up a nugget and made "bok bok" chicken noises. I just started laughing. I didn't even know you knew "what a chicken says."
When you got bored with your nuggets you asked your Daddy for a bite of his sandwich. When he held it out for you to take a bite you ended up taking the whole sandwich from him. He ended up having to ask you to share bites of it from him. I could not stop laughing. You have the best Daddy in the whole wide world.
After dinner you wanted to read. You asked for the "Puppy book." When I found the book you were talking about we climbed up in the rocking chair. Just as I opened the book and started to read you beat me too it. You took the book from my hands and started to read to me. You would "read" each page and then pause and turn the page and then start "reading" the next page. When you finished "reading" me the book you handed it back to me and it was my turn to read to you. I could actually understand some of what you were saying. On the pages where the little Puppy is helping his mommy cook you would say "cook" and "help" you also pointed out "night night" and "ball." It was really neat to be read to for a change.
Bugga, I love you to the moon and back,
Mommy
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