Natalie was such a late talker, so I'm probably over-impressed by how much you're talking. You said your first three-word sentence early this month. We were at the beach with our dear friends John and Amanda and you were playing peek-a-boo. You poked your head around the couch and said "I see you!" Granted, it came out more like "I shee-oo", but whatever. Fast forward a few weeks and you say "I see you" as clear as a bell. You say dozens and dozens of words now. I can't even keep track of what you say; you seem to say new words on a daily basis. You're still leaving off the last few letters off most words though. 'Couch' is 'cow'. But 'cow' is also 'cow'. 'Please' is 'pee'. 'Pink' is 'pee'. 'Pee' is 'pee' [not that you're potty-trained; you just have an older sister who loves to share her bathroom adventures with you]. 'Bike' is 'bye'. 'Bye' is 'bye'. 'Yellow' is sometimes 'yellow'; other times it's 'lellow' or 'lay-oh' or even 'pee' [pink] (or who knows, maybe you really do mean 'pee' and potty humor has already started. You are a boy after all.)
Your hand-eye coordination is pretty good. You've gotten really great at stringing big, wooden beads onto shoelaces. [Don't tell your sister, but you're way better at it than she was at this age]. You're your best cheerleader, though sometimes this gets in your way. Just before the shoelace pokes through the other side of the bead you get so excited because you just can just start to see the top of the shoelace. So you immediately drop the bead and give yourself a hearty round of applause. Then you realize in the chaos of your clapping, the shoelace fell out of the bead and you have to start all over again. Such are the trials of being a one-man applause section.
You insist on reading your book of BIBLE stories before bedtime. Yes, I meant to type Bible in all-caps because you yell the word in all-caps when you say it. After your jammies are on, your teeth are brushed, and you've properly dodged all good-night kisses (because they're all 'ow', as I've mentioned above), you lunge into your rocking chair and yell "BIBLE". You like making all the animal sounds on the creation page. You like pointing out that Noah has a boat, and when I ask what kind of boat it is, you say 'bown' [brown]. You like pointing out Joseph's angry brothers (and the really adorable sheep who are also on the page; you say they're 'cyoo' [cute]). You talk about how Baby Moses is sleeping (complete with your impossibly adorable snoring sounds) and you quack (incorrectly) at what you think is a duck (it's a crane, I believe) that's standing by his basket. Your favorite page, however, is David and Goliath. I make a big point of showing how large Goliath is and how small David is, and apparently you find this enormously entertaining. You point out Goliath's 'so' [sword] and his 'soo' [shoes] (why? I have no clue). You also like David's sling. The illustrations in your Bible are precious - they're really fun, totally adorable, and a little bit quirky. Just like you, my boy.
One last thing. YOU TURN TWO NEXT MONTH. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
Hugs and smooches,
Mommy & Daddy
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