Oh yeah, hi! I'm still here!
Hi everyone! I wanted to take a moment to post an update on what I've been up to lately. It seems I went the entire month of August without making a single post and I sincerely apologize for that. Many of you probably visit my page hoping for an update only to see the same ol' entry that has been there for a month. It's ridiculous because I experience and learn so many neat things every day and it's a shame I'm not keeping my journal up-to-date.
That brings me to a big decision. Where on Earth do I begin????
I'm still not walking on my own BUT truly could if I could just become confident enough to let go of what I'm holding onto, whether it be a table or my mommy and daddy's pinky! I walk to the car when mommy picks me up at daycare, I walk in and out of restaurants when I go out to eat and I walk around the house hanging onto my Tonka truck Mimi got me and my lawn mower Grandma Cheryl got me. If someone is holding my hand, or rather, if I am holding someone's PINKY (for goodness sake!) and they make me let go, I stand still just fine until I realize I don't have a hold of something. Then I simply sit down. I guess it hasn't registered that I can walk on my own but I have taken several steps on my own though I freak out that no one's holding me and sit down immediately. Even my teachers at daycare have witnessed me take steps on my own when playing at recess, etc.
Let me tell you; I can out-crawl YOU any day! And I'm not talking about my army crawl either. I can REALLY crawl and I can crawl FAST. Catch me if you can! Mommy especially enjoys this when she has just removed my diaper, for some reason. She always seems to play along and chase me at those moments. So, I make it a point to try to crawl away during all diaper changing sessions and when I'm fresh out of the bath because mommy and daddy totally chase me around then. Fun!
I'm making up for my lack of walking by learning to talk! The most common words in my vocabulary as of late are:
- daddy
- logan
- bubble (because I can't get enough of watching someone blow bubbles)!
- Addy (short for Atticus, my cousin who is in my class at day care)
- Isaiah (who is also in my day care class, and I can say his name just as clearly as any grown-up)
- ball
- bite
- bitie
- bite-ee-ew (this is mommy's personal favorite and she can't for the life of her figure out what it means other than I want a bite of that)! Bite eee ew? What does this mean, people? It's extremely sweeeeeeeet.
- I love you
- Grandma Cheryl
- car
- truck
- school
- Mimi
- home
- outside
- rain
- drink
- tree
- Moo
- ostrich
- teacher
- and pretty much any word you ask me to say, IF I'm in the mood, that is.
You may notice "mommy" isn't on the list. I have said that way too many times already and am ready to move onto new words. OK, I say it sometimes but not all the time.
What else? I'm a very good boy at day care. Each day, the teachers grade our behavior by giving us a red light (you were BAD, i.e. hitting, talking back, fighting, biting), a yellow light (a few instances of red light behavior) and a green light (you did great all day!). I've never gotten anything except a green light! Mommy used to think the teachers gave every kid a green light and didn't think they really took that seriously. However, that is NOT the case. A couple of kids come to mind that don't get green lights; one gets a red light nearly EVERY DAY and the other yellow. So not only was my composure perfect from the day I was born, it continues to be!
There really is SO much more, but, I thought I'd leave you with family collage daddy did for me today. I think he did a wonderful job and it is so true!
Love you all and bye for now!
That brings me to a big decision. Where on Earth do I begin????
I'm still not walking on my own BUT truly could if I could just become confident enough to let go of what I'm holding onto, whether it be a table or my mommy and daddy's pinky! I walk to the car when mommy picks me up at daycare, I walk in and out of restaurants when I go out to eat and I walk around the house hanging onto my Tonka truck Mimi got me and my lawn mower Grandma Cheryl got me. If someone is holding my hand, or rather, if I am holding someone's PINKY (for goodness sake!) and they make me let go, I stand still just fine until I realize I don't have a hold of something. Then I simply sit down. I guess it hasn't registered that I can walk on my own but I have taken several steps on my own though I freak out that no one's holding me and sit down immediately. Even my teachers at daycare have witnessed me take steps on my own when playing at recess, etc.
Let me tell you; I can out-crawl YOU any day! And I'm not talking about my army crawl either. I can REALLY crawl and I can crawl FAST. Catch me if you can! Mommy especially enjoys this when she has just removed my diaper, for some reason. She always seems to play along and chase me at those moments. So, I make it a point to try to crawl away during all diaper changing sessions and when I'm fresh out of the bath because mommy and daddy totally chase me around then. Fun!
I'm making up for my lack of walking by learning to talk! The most common words in my vocabulary as of late are:
- daddy
- logan
- bubble (because I can't get enough of watching someone blow bubbles)!
- Addy (short for Atticus, my cousin who is in my class at day care)
- Isaiah (who is also in my day care class, and I can say his name just as clearly as any grown-up)
- ball
- bite
- bitie
- bite-ee-ew (this is mommy's personal favorite and she can't for the life of her figure out what it means other than I want a bite of that)! Bite eee ew? What does this mean, people? It's extremely sweeeeeeeet.
- I love you
- Grandma Cheryl
- car
- truck
- school
- Mimi
- home
- outside
- rain
- drink
- tree
- Moo
- ostrich
- teacher
- and pretty much any word you ask me to say, IF I'm in the mood, that is.
You may notice "mommy" isn't on the list. I have said that way too many times already and am ready to move onto new words. OK, I say it sometimes but not all the time.
What else? I'm a very good boy at day care. Each day, the teachers grade our behavior by giving us a red light (you were BAD, i.e. hitting, talking back, fighting, biting), a yellow light (a few instances of red light behavior) and a green light (you did great all day!). I've never gotten anything except a green light! Mommy used to think the teachers gave every kid a green light and didn't think they really took that seriously. However, that is NOT the case. A couple of kids come to mind that don't get green lights; one gets a red light nearly EVERY DAY and the other yellow. So not only was my composure perfect from the day I was born, it continues to be!
There really is SO much more, but, I thought I'd leave you with family collage daddy did for me today. I think he did a wonderful job and it is so true!
Love you all and bye for now!