Two of Three

JRM 22 Months

Jesse that is.  I often say, “Oh my baby” when I hug him and he returns with, “oh my mommy” and hugs be super tight!  I love it.  As Jesse’s 2nd birthday is fastly approaching (too fast if you ask me) I wanted to write down a few of the adorable things he does that just melt my heart.  He is so fun these days and Dan and I often say that if he could stay 2 forever that would be ok with us.  So here are a few things my sweet boy does at 23 months…

• Says ok before any and everything he wants. For example if I ask him if he want yogurt he will reply, “ok, yogurt”
• He has this “happy dance”.  It usually comes out when he is let out of the shopping cart or out of the stroller.  And especially when he see’s someone he really likes.  Like Grandma, Nana or any of his aunts and uncles:)
• He apologizes when he accidental hurts us.  Like if he swings his arms or head to quick and smacks me or Dan in the “insert body part here”.  It sounds like  Saw-nee and it is so adorable.  Plus he usually says ,”Saw-nee mommy” or “Saw-nee daddy” How can we not forgive him?
• He love classical music…I think because of the little Einstein’s but his favorite classical song is Beethoven’s  5th Symphony in C minor…you know BA BA BA BUM! Jesse calls it the bum bum song…so funny.  We like to use different syllables like Fe Fi Fo Fum, or Be Be Be Bum you get the idea:)
• We went to the zoo yesterday and he saw the turtles swimmingand walking around in the reptile house.  Jesse was enthralled.  Although he kept calling them frogs. ( think because they’re both green)  Afterward Aunt Karen gave him a stuffed turtle andhe carried it around with him all afternoon plus took it to bed with him.  This morning he was asking for his “frog” and for some reason it sounded like he was calling it precious.  So now Jesse has a stuffed turtle who’s name is frog precious apparently.
• He thinks the name for the camera is cheese because we always say that when we take his picture.
• He saw some geese the other day flying in sky and said, “BIRDS! Birds simming.”  We laughed then told him the birds were flying so he said, “oh, birds, fying.”  
• He repeats everything.  We are not a swearing family so it has not been a problem except when Dan says things like, “Ow my balls” (after Jesse has accidentally stepped on Dan’s “area”) and Jesse repeats, “my balls?”
• He loves playing hide and go seek.  He will call out whoever or what ever he is look for then when he finds it will say, “er he is!”
• For some reason “love you” comes out “lee loo”
• yesterday he found of picture of Amanda, Lisa, Karen and I and was able to recognize and name us all without help.  “Manda, Yisa, Kanin, and Mommy”
• Back to the Bum Bum song he wakes us up in the morning singing “BUM BUM BUM!”
• We get Thai food about once a week and Jesse love the hot and sour soup.  He has recently started calling it, “rocket soup” because there is a episode of Little Einsteins that they make soup for rocket.
• Speaking of Little Einsteins…Jesse is obsessed.  He calls it simply, “einstein” and asks for it from sun up till sun down.  His favorite episodes are “The Good Knight and the Bad Knight” and”Rocket Soup” because both have the Knight in them. 
• He like to name everything he sees.  Like he is making sure that is the correct name for everything.
• He is still a bit confused on colors.  He realizes there are different colors andthey have different names but he hasn’t quite grasped which name go with which colors, thus most things are blue or purple.  He must like those two name most:)
• He really likes flags and points them out often when we are driving or out. 
• An umbrella is a “brella” most big words are shortened to the last 1 or 2 syllables.  Phrases are like that too. If we say, “Jesse say see ya later alligator” it comes out “ater ayagator”

That is all I can think of for now.  Sorry if it is boring but I don’t want to forget these precious moments.  He is so amazing to me.  And to think a little over 2 years ago I was a sleep deprived crazy person writing things like this. Well it did get better…Sooooooooooo much better than I ever could have imagined!  Here’s to loving your baby!