Learning to say thanks

Today Evan received some stickers on our stoop when we arrived home. We guessed they were from our neighbor Monica. E loves Monica and they are buddies. He stayed with the stickers for a long time looking at them. I ran into the kitchen and started to prepare some food for dinner. A few minutes later Evan called my name and said, "Momma, I want to go up and See Monica and say thank you for my stickers". We ran upstairs together to find her. I praised him a few times tonight what a big boy he is by asking to say thank you for his gift. I was so proud.

Favorite Girl

Today E and I went to see his friend Dara at the Firetruck park. Before Dara arrived, E and I had some time to hang out by ourselves. Next to the park is a field that is at the bottom of a huge hill. The hills is covered with pine trees. The hill is very steep and hard to walk down. You either have to walk very slowly or scoot on your bottom down the hill. If you walk, once you get close to the bottom you have to run or you will fall. E loved doing this and we did it together many times. There is grass that covers most of the hill and E enjoyed pulling out some of the grass and throwing it on to my head. At one point, he laid down on the grass and looked up into the trees. He asked me to lay down too. I laid down right next to him and held his hand. We laid that way for a while until he reached over and touched my chest and said, "Momma, you are my favorite girl". I told him he was my favorite boy and he smiled.

Close The Door

Lately, E has been really into "closing the door". He will even place something on the inside of the door so that "no one can come in?!". It is hysterical.

I Don't Want to Forget

There are so many things I don't want to forget. I don't want to forget that when I put you to bed each night you make me promise that I am not going to bed and that Dada is not going to bed. That only you (baby) is going to sleep. I don't want to forget how right now everything I do for you in your eyes is perfect. You want me to do everything for you. I know one day I will fall short but right now I enjoy the love in your eyes for me. I don't want to forget how you phrase your sentences now. You will see something in a book that you have seen in real life like an elephant and you will say "I see that. Real!" Or you will see something and point to it and smile and say "funny!". If I say I like something you will often say, "I like that too!". It is in these sweet sentences that I am getting to know really know you and hear what you are thinking. It is precious to me and I just don't want these phrases to leave my memory or my ears.

Sea World

We took E to Sea World over the weekend. He loved it. I think he is fascinated with animals especially ones that splash. We saw Shamu and we saw so many dolphins. I think dolphins are his favorite. There is an Elmo's Sesame Street park there and he did not want to leave. He was having so much fun. He climb up these huge nets up to tunnels and slides. He dies so much now. He is so coordinated and loves to push himself to do new things. I love that he will often say, "try?" in order to do something new whether it is to eat or drink something or do a new challenge. The other day he asked me to get into a small space with him and I told him I was too big. He looked up at me and said, "Try?". How could I say no to that?

The Little Things

These are the things I want to remember always and are also things I know I am going to miss about this time.

The way you say "Yea"
The way he talk about himself in the third person. He calls himself "Baby"
Searching for sprinkler heads
Everything right now is about Mama. No one can do it like me! :)
Holding your hand and how you reach up for it whenever we go across the street.
The way you look up and smiles at me
They way you hold on to my neck now
How you hugged me before I left the other day and the way he screamed in pure joy upon my return.
Truck. It is by far your favorite word.
How you like to hold things in your hand or twirl things between your index finger and thumb.
How you pick out a book so carefully
All of your noise effects
How when you eat an apple-you will not eat the skin and hand it back up to me
The way you kick while you sit in your carseat when you are listening to a good song or just pleased
The way you sound right now as you are learning to speak
The way you tell me it is time to go night-night
The way you say "Mama" when you don't want to do something and are looking for reassurance
Your face when you look up at me with your arms stretched and want me to pick you up

Time is going by way too fast..