Sean’s half-birthday was yesterday. Seriously? Halfway to three already? Where was I and where did the time go? Year #3 is flying by and I’m finding I can’t get enough of this kid. Such sweetness. The more he’s talking the more I’m loving his outlook on life.
A few weeks ago we saw a cloud cutting across a weak evening sun and Sean said, “Look, Mommy! Sun broke!”
And he’s beginning to verbally express his emotions without being prompted: last week he came up and put his arm around Ben while we were rocking and he said, “Mommy, I yuv Baby Ben.” And a few nights ago he heard Chris through the monitor singing Down in the River to Pray to Ben and at the end he looked at me and said, “I yike that song!”
Then there’s his honesty. I asked him a few mornings ago what he wanted for breakfast and got this: “Ummmm, hot dogs!” Sorry, not for breakfast, little man.
And he’s able to find just the right amount of mischief: a few mornings ago he got out of bed for a while before the rest of the family, a typical occurence (yes, we’re lazy parents, but if you have a kid who does a good job of staying out of trouble on his own, why bother getting up until you absolutely have to?), except that this time I couldn’t hear his usual pitter-patter. I got up to investigate and found him devouring a Twizzler from a package Chris left out the night before. He informed me he was “eat’n this.” I see that.
His version of “why” is to incessantly ask, “Mommy, doing?” It doesn’t matter that he can see what I’m doing, I still have to tell him.
And one of my absolute favorite things of my little Sean at 2.5 is listening to him sing songs from Bible class. He already knows all the words to Jesus Loves Me, but he loves to sing any songs. So it’s become part of his nightly routine to sing a few songs before he goes to sleep. And, yes, most of them are accompanied by hand motions.
All I can say is I like the memories he’s giving me.
Hey Julia, It was so great to see Chris last month for a short while. It is good to hear about your life with children too and I hope all is well with you. I’m trying to get back in touch with people, since I’ve been out of touch for so long. Take care!
Hey, I’m lazy, too. I’m looking forward to the day when both girls can get up out of bed by themselves and just let me sleep in for a little bit. I used to let Natalie play by herself while I lay in bed, but now Lydia’s the one that gets up early.