(26 months)
so, exciting news for today,... noah told me he had poops! he always would tell me no! when I smelled something.. you know, not wanting to stop playing to get a diaper change. well today he was kneeling on the kitchen chair eating his snack and started saying he had "pups" .. it took me a minute and I realized he meant poops. so I went over and asked, "noah, do you have poops?" and he said "uh huh" and picked his hiney up automatically for me to do the "sniff test"... ohmygosh, I almost fell over laughing!! such innocence!
He is talking so much and even saying words that I had no idea that he knew. As he was leaving my bedroom today, he caught a glimps of my necklaces hanging on the necklace tree. He points to them and says, "ohh, beautiful!!" I had no idea he knew that word and how to use it appropriately. He continues to count, identify letters and numbers and colors. He truly amazes me!
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Life with a two year old...
25 months, 2 weeks
I just can't get over how funny Noah is. At lunch today, he intentionally kept hitting his hand on the tray or his cup, and then look at me very seriously and sadly and say, "boo-boo, boo-boo" and then lean his hand toward my mouth to kiss it. He did this repeatedly and each time, he was as serious as the last, no matter how much I laughed. Then he says, "Hey, mom!!" like, don't ruin my fun here, and joined in the laughter.
I came home from work one morning and see a cooking pot in the living room, with lid, and a couch pillow on the dining room floor, with a hat. What is the answer to this riddle? Life with a two year old. Life is never ever dull, nor boring. It is never ceasing amazement.
I love how fascinated Noah is with mail trucks, cars, and large trucks, air planes and helicopters especially. He is 100% boy. How does he know to knock his home depot tractor over to fix the wheels with his bob the builder tools? It has to be ingrained in him.
Looking at Noah, I see what it means to have pure innocence. He is never mean nor malicious. He would never want to hurt anyone or anything. LIFE-- has not gotten to him yet. He does not know cruelty or deceitfulness. He is 100% honest and will let you know if he disagrees with you at any given time. When does life start to wear these beautiful qualities away in a person? As he was settling down for his afternoon nap today, I could hear him giggling on the baby monitor. I turned the picture on to see what he was doing.. He was tickling himself and cracking up. Laying on his belly, tickling his back and laughing whole-heartedly. What joy! If only life could really be that simple.
One characteristic of Noah is that he loves animals. He loves all of his stuffed animals, and sleeps with kitties, puppies, frogs, bear and stinky. He derives great joy from going to the pet store and watching fish swim, birds chirp (coo-coo as he calls it), cats lounge in their crates and mice run on their wheels.
He is amazing with his numbers, colors and letters. He correctly stated all the letters to the word "CASTLE" when he saw it displayed on TV. He can count to 10 and identify all his colors, yellow being the cutest to hear, as he wiggles his tongue out of his mouth across his lips when saying it.
He has a lot of fun playing with paris, and feeding him dinner and taking his dog bowl away when done. I hope he continues to be a good helper.
He started story time at the Plainville Library, to which he says is "eh tay tay.. books" and always has to say goodbye to the library when we leave. He does not like sitting in circle time and participating yet, but we have only gone twice. I am trying to get him prepared for preschool, while a little more than a year away, but getting him used to the idea of structured play.
His favorite people (besides mom and dadda) are nana and grandpa. He spent the night over there recently and Noah had a wonderful time. He also loves Emma and Leo and asks for them often.
When I look at Noah I see 100% pure joy and feel nothing but love. I am his number one fan. I will teach him that he will be always loved, no matter what. That Joe and I are his best friends and will support him no matter what his future endeavors are. I wonder if he will ever remember how much fun we have together. How he knows automatically when he sits, my lap will always be under him, he never has to look for me. That I read to him, sing songs, play games, prepare endless meals, offer drinks, keep his bottom dry, tuck him in, and most importantly, say prayers. I know he won't remember these days, but I hope it shapes him to be the wonderful young man that he will grow to become one day.
I just can't get over how funny Noah is. At lunch today, he intentionally kept hitting his hand on the tray or his cup, and then look at me very seriously and sadly and say, "boo-boo, boo-boo" and then lean his hand toward my mouth to kiss it. He did this repeatedly and each time, he was as serious as the last, no matter how much I laughed. Then he says, "Hey, mom!!" like, don't ruin my fun here, and joined in the laughter.
I came home from work one morning and see a cooking pot in the living room, with lid, and a couch pillow on the dining room floor, with a hat. What is the answer to this riddle? Life with a two year old. Life is never ever dull, nor boring. It is never ceasing amazement.
I love how fascinated Noah is with mail trucks, cars, and large trucks, air planes and helicopters especially. He is 100% boy. How does he know to knock his home depot tractor over to fix the wheels with his bob the builder tools? It has to be ingrained in him.
Looking at Noah, I see what it means to have pure innocence. He is never mean nor malicious. He would never want to hurt anyone or anything. LIFE-- has not gotten to him yet. He does not know cruelty or deceitfulness. He is 100% honest and will let you know if he disagrees with you at any given time. When does life start to wear these beautiful qualities away in a person? As he was settling down for his afternoon nap today, I could hear him giggling on the baby monitor. I turned the picture on to see what he was doing.. He was tickling himself and cracking up. Laying on his belly, tickling his back and laughing whole-heartedly. What joy! If only life could really be that simple.
One characteristic of Noah is that he loves animals. He loves all of his stuffed animals, and sleeps with kitties, puppies, frogs, bear and stinky. He derives great joy from going to the pet store and watching fish swim, birds chirp (coo-coo as he calls it), cats lounge in their crates and mice run on their wheels.
He is amazing with his numbers, colors and letters. He correctly stated all the letters to the word "CASTLE" when he saw it displayed on TV. He can count to 10 and identify all his colors, yellow being the cutest to hear, as he wiggles his tongue out of his mouth across his lips when saying it.
He has a lot of fun playing with paris, and feeding him dinner and taking his dog bowl away when done. I hope he continues to be a good helper.
He started story time at the Plainville Library, to which he says is "eh tay tay.. books" and always has to say goodbye to the library when we leave. He does not like sitting in circle time and participating yet, but we have only gone twice. I am trying to get him prepared for preschool, while a little more than a year away, but getting him used to the idea of structured play.
His favorite people (besides mom and dadda) are nana and grandpa. He spent the night over there recently and Noah had a wonderful time. He also loves Emma and Leo and asks for them often.
When I look at Noah I see 100% pure joy and feel nothing but love. I am his number one fan. I will teach him that he will be always loved, no matter what. That Joe and I are his best friends and will support him no matter what his future endeavors are. I wonder if he will ever remember how much fun we have together. How he knows automatically when he sits, my lap will always be under him, he never has to look for me. That I read to him, sing songs, play games, prepare endless meals, offer drinks, keep his bottom dry, tuck him in, and most importantly, say prayers. I know he won't remember these days, but I hope it shapes him to be the wonderful young man that he will grow to become one day.
Monday, January 28, 2008
first sentence and first dentist visit
This morning, as usual, noah went through his routine when he woke up..." mama home, dadda home, nana house, bopba house.. leo house, and he finally said a wonderful full sentence, complete with his first properly used pronoun, "emma at her house".. I was so excited for him! He has not been using pronouns unless mimicking us. "I see you" when playing peekaboo with us or when stuggling to get down we'll say "I want down" for him, and he'll repeat it back. But today was on his own, not mimicked. I was so excited!
Noah had his first dentist appt today and he did soo well! the dr said he will have issues with over crowding as he barely has enough room for his two year molars to come in yet. I knew that would happen as he is such a peanut and would have a small mouth. and he showed me how to brush his teeth a different way and it works much better.
Noah had his first dentist appt today and he did soo well! the dr said he will have issues with over crowding as he barely has enough room for his two year molars to come in yet. I knew that would happen as he is such a peanut and would have a small mouth. and he showed me how to brush his teeth a different way and it works much better.
Friday, January 25, 2008
first big boo-boo's
(2 years, 3 weeks)
Poor noah took his first trip down the stairs, head first. He ran out of his room, and tripped, unfortunately at the top of the stairs and went head over feet all the way down, landing on his head. It scared me soooo badly! He was fine and cried immediately. I asked if he wanted to call daddy at work..."awwww fight" he replies all sad. He felt better after kisses from me and speaking to daddy and went about his business of eating snack and playing with his toys. This is after a few days of high temps (104.7 to 102 to 103.4). and then later in the week, pinching his finger hard enough in his self-attempt to close the high chair straps.. drawing blood and cutting his finger. and then today, burning his mouth badly on hot fish sticks.. apparently they were not hot where I tested them. Poor noah, but I know it could be much worse!
Poor noah took his first trip down the stairs, head first. He ran out of his room, and tripped, unfortunately at the top of the stairs and went head over feet all the way down, landing on his head. It scared me soooo badly! He was fine and cried immediately. I asked if he wanted to call daddy at work..."awwww fight" he replies all sad. He felt better after kisses from me and speaking to daddy and went about his business of eating snack and playing with his toys. This is after a few days of high temps (104.7 to 102 to 103.4). and then later in the week, pinching his finger hard enough in his self-attempt to close the high chair straps.. drawing blood and cutting his finger. and then today, burning his mouth badly on hot fish sticks.. apparently they were not hot where I tested them. Poor noah, but I know it could be much worse!
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Noah's words
2years, 2 weeks
Noah still continues to grow in his vocab. mee-mee is mittens, guck is truck. mulks is milk, may-men guck.. mail man truck. ka-ka is cracker.. apple-ple is apple.. elbow-bow is elbow. helakaka is helicopter, complete with sounds as he pretends it flies through the air! Fob is frog and it "rips".. ribits. Bun is bunny rabbit, guy is dog, "aw-fight" is all right, but he'll either say it as "awww fiigghht" when surrendering to a request or "aw-FIGHT!!" when enthusiastic to a question.
the funny thing is eh-day-day is :
air plane
ambulance
library
I have no idea how, but all three are eh-day-day. and I understand which one he means each time. I just love hearing him talk!
He is going through a bit of a crabby stage right now. It is a little frustrating. He screams and whines a lot. He is also refusing his naps, despite being completely exhausted. I know it is only a stage, but frustrating none the less.
Noah still continues to grow in his vocab. mee-mee is mittens, guck is truck. mulks is milk, may-men guck.. mail man truck. ka-ka is cracker.. apple-ple is apple.. elbow-bow is elbow. helakaka is helicopter, complete with sounds as he pretends it flies through the air! Fob is frog and it "rips".. ribits. Bun is bunny rabbit, guy is dog, "aw-fight" is all right, but he'll either say it as "awww fiigghht" when surrendering to a request or "aw-FIGHT!!" when enthusiastic to a question.
the funny thing is eh-day-day is :
air plane
ambulance
library
I have no idea how, but all three are eh-day-day. and I understand which one he means each time. I just love hearing him talk!
He is going through a bit of a crabby stage right now. It is a little frustrating. He screams and whines a lot. He is also refusing his naps, despite being completely exhausted. I know it is only a stage, but frustrating none the less.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY!
Today is Noah's 2nd birthday!!!
It is so hard to believe he is 2. This year has flown by so fast, it is amazing! He continues to grow and change on a daily basis, learning new things. He constantly is amazing me.
We had Noah's birthday party on December 30. NanaB, Bob, Nana and Bobpa were over, along with Aunt Helen, Uncle John and Cousin Paul who were visiting from FLorida. Aunt becky, dan, emma and leo could not make it because Becky was recovering from Gall Bladder surgery from two days prior. Aunt Lori came-who noah calls "Ya Yi" and Cheyenne who Noah calls "chey chey". Scott and Chris were in RI at another hockey game chris was playing in. We had a huge Thomas the tank engine cake, so big and blue! noah's face was covered in blue frosting. He loved his balloons, especially his Thomas balloon. He got so many toys and presents, he is so fortunate. Everyone had a good time. Noah's favorite was Bob the builder tool set from Nana and Bopba. He pretented the screw driver was a microphone and shared it with mommy as we both sang into it. He is such a funny kid!
It is so hard to believe he is 2. This year has flown by so fast, it is amazing! He continues to grow and change on a daily basis, learning new things. He constantly is amazing me.
We had Noah's birthday party on December 30. NanaB, Bob, Nana and Bobpa were over, along with Aunt Helen, Uncle John and Cousin Paul who were visiting from FLorida. Aunt becky, dan, emma and leo could not make it because Becky was recovering from Gall Bladder surgery from two days prior. Aunt Lori came-who noah calls "Ya Yi" and Cheyenne who Noah calls "chey chey". Scott and Chris were in RI at another hockey game chris was playing in. We had a huge Thomas the tank engine cake, so big and blue! noah's face was covered in blue frosting. He loved his balloons, especially his Thomas balloon. He got so many toys and presents, he is so fortunate. Everyone had a good time. Noah's favorite was Bob the builder tool set from Nana and Bopba. He pretented the screw driver was a microphone and shared it with mommy as we both sang into it. He is such a funny kid!
Monday, December 31, 2007
Christmas Eve
23m 3w
Noah had christmas last night with nana and bopba, em-mama and weeoo, unk and auteetee. That is how he says everyone's names. He had such a great time, singing christmas carols, playing with emma, and eating Nana's polish dinner.
Noah has had a great winter so far, playing outside in the snow for the first time, or "sNoow" as he calls it. He did not want to go in and cried! He is very patient when getting dressed to go out, too.
He has been doing daily crafts or activites such as coloring, painting, using markers, or placing stickers all over pieces of paper. He likes playdough and mr potato head, too.
We made christmas cookies a few weeks ago. He did such a great job rolling out the dough, cutting shapes, sprinkling with shots, colored sugar, candy pieces and then icing. and he loved eating them, too!
We made jello jigglers, too. He did a great job cutting out the shapes with the cookies cutters. It is so fun now with noah doing all of these activties.
We are getting ready to celebrate noah's 2nd birthday in one more week. I can honestly say that this year flew by so quickly, it is amazing. I feel like we JUST DID his one year old pictures but that was 12/31/06! The summer was so fun, playing outside each day and swimming.
Noah still goes to his playgroup once a week with the same kids from last year. and now he is back in gymboree. He is having a great time. He also goes to the nursery once a week for church and every other monday for mops. He used to cry, but now he walks in, throws me a quick hand and yells "bye" and shuts the door. I am so glad he adjusts so well!
Noah had christmas last night with nana and bopba, em-mama and weeoo, unk and auteetee. That is how he says everyone's names. He had such a great time, singing christmas carols, playing with emma, and eating Nana's polish dinner.
Noah has had a great winter so far, playing outside in the snow for the first time, or "sNoow" as he calls it. He did not want to go in and cried! He is very patient when getting dressed to go out, too.
He has been doing daily crafts or activites such as coloring, painting, using markers, or placing stickers all over pieces of paper. He likes playdough and mr potato head, too.
We made christmas cookies a few weeks ago. He did such a great job rolling out the dough, cutting shapes, sprinkling with shots, colored sugar, candy pieces and then icing. and he loved eating them, too!
We made jello jigglers, too. He did a great job cutting out the shapes with the cookies cutters. It is so fun now with noah doing all of these activties.
We are getting ready to celebrate noah's 2nd birthday in one more week. I can honestly say that this year flew by so quickly, it is amazing. I feel like we JUST DID his one year old pictures but that was 12/31/06! The summer was so fun, playing outside each day and swimming.
Noah still goes to his playgroup once a week with the same kids from last year. and now he is back in gymboree. He is having a great time. He also goes to the nursery once a week for church and every other monday for mops. He used to cry, but now he walks in, throws me a quick hand and yells "bye" and shuts the door. I am so glad he adjusts so well!
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