I think we have officially entered the "terrible twos". Jack has been having full blown tantrums, throwing himself on the floor, crying when he doesn't get his way.
He is a HANDFUL! We love him to pieces, but man oh man, he keeps us busy.
Last weekend, he was eating a tube of lipstick saying it was his snack.
If he finds something that belongs in the basement, he will just catapult it over the gate down the steps. He doesn't care about scratching the wall, breaking the toy... he just throws it and says "down".
At the store, he purposely spilled all of his Goldfish on the floor. I was telling a worker about the spill so they could clean it up and Jack was patting himself saying, "mine" (like, "Yeah, that was me. I spilled the Goldfish.) "Mine" is his word for himself. If I ask Kate to do something for me, he jumps up and screams "mine" so he can do it. If I point to a picture of him and say, "Who is that?", he says "mine."
He is FINALLY starting to be o.k. with the potty. He has started asking to go on it. He calls it "baaa" (ball) because we put a little football seat on the toilet. Maybe I just bought my last pack of diapers??? We'll see.
Even though his favorite word is "NO" and he still has a fairly small vocabulary, he has finally started saying "yes". Finally!!
He is still crazy abut his little lovey. He snuggles it up to his face and pops his thumb in his mouth.
He has started to have a weird obsession with anything warm. If I'm folding laundry, he comes in and pulls something out of the dryer, puts it up by his face and sucks his thumb. Ok, not too weird... let me get a little weirder for you.
One day, he was laying by the vent when the heater was on. On another occasion, he had his cheek on the dishwasher door while it was running because it was warm. Still not weird enough?? Try this one. Jack was sitting on the floor by my laptop battery. I looked over and he was holding it up against his cheek and sucking his thumb. Then, I realized (and kinda freaked out because it was so weird), that he was doing that because the battery was hot. Crazy!! I see a "My Crazy Obsession" episode in his future.
Eating ice cream
Jack is so funny, though. He makes us laugh all the time. He is just downright goofy. I wish I had time to just follow him around all day with a video camera because I almost can't even describe how busy, goofy, destructive, did I say busy?, and stinking hilarious he is!!
He gets soooo tired of Kate always pulling him around, doing things for him, and picking him up (even though she means well). So, it was strange yesterday when he let her pretend that he was a baby. She would tell him to cry and he would do this fake cry. Then, he would say "hold" and she would pick him up and carry him around. At least they were getting along!
At the park yesterday, Jack constantly called me. "Mama, Mama, Mama." Then, when I would answer, he would say, "hi". Ha!
At the store, he says "hi" to everyone. And not just once. He said hi to an elderly lady about 95 times last week.
This kid is so crazy. He is also sweet as can be. He loves to kiss little babies (bee-bees), loves his mama fiercely, and blows the sweetest kisses at night from his crib. He has a smile on his face about 90% of the time. He has short little legs that look so cute in cargo shorts. He's got mean sword fighting skills. He's got a great arm and can throw a ball across the room. He sings with his eyes closed. He prays with his face scrunched up, his eyes half open, and throws his hands up when he's done and cheers. He holds his chest and makes the cutest face when he is scared. He loves to stand up and pee in the tub. He loves to press the panic button on my keys. He loves to wear Kate's shoes. He LOVES Barney.
And, every night around 8:30, he passes out in his crib and I breathe a sigh of relief that we made it through another day. ha!
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