First, Andrew asked me to marry him.
Then, it snowed in Georgia.
Now, we have a future cowboy in the family.
Right here, ladies and gentlemen, is proof that all your dreams really can come true!
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In other news, Brody has started talking. A ton. As in, a ton a ton a ton. I remember at his 18 month appointment, his pediatrician asked me how many words he was saying. My response was, "Five words. Maaayyyybe 6." She looked at me and said, "That's going to change really soon."
I didn't believe her.
I should have. :o)
I guess that's why she's the professional and I'm not. Hah! :o) He's talking so much! Today, for the first time, he identified an emotion and communicated it to me. I was shocked!
We were at the park eating lunch and a big garbage truck pulled right up beside us and was sitting there, idling. All the odors and noise and fumes and exhaust came wafting right toward us. It was quite loud. Brody scooted over as close as he could to me, looked up at me with his huge blue eyes, and said, "I 'cared, momma! I 'cared!!" I said, "you're scared, Brody?" and he said, "uh-huh, I 'cared."
Oh gracious. It melted my heart! I wrapped my arms around him said, "It's ok, Brody. Momma's here! It's ok, Momma's here." Brody buried his face in my arms and repeated my comforting words over and over, "so-kay. momma here. so-kay. momma here."
Oh my goodness. It was such a precious, tender moment.
I was thinking about Body's rapidly expanding vocab and was trying to decide on what his most common words/phrases currently are. These are, in my opinion, his most-used words/phrases:
- "me, too!!"
- "where duh baber? where duh baber?" (aka "where's Jasper?")
- "I..see..gen." ("I see again?") said repeatedly after I show him and Jasper a picture or video on my phone.
- "my turn" said whenever Jasper does a cool trick and Brody wants to try
- "me mow muk!!! ("me more milk") for whatever reason, Brody is frantically addicted to milk. If he has to go an hour without a swig of milk, he totally freaks out and goes racing to the fridge and then pounds his little fist on the fridge door (not in a temper-tantrum way, just in a desperate sort of way) and hollers "ME MOW MUK!!!!!" to which I say, "Brody, ask with respect please." to which he turns around, faces me, and says in super sweet voice, an octave or two higher than normal, "Pease Momma!"
Those are Brody's most used phrases right now.
Which got me thinking about Jasper's most used phrases... As I pondered this, I realized that he certainly does have 1 phrase that he uses a million times more than any other phrase in the English language.
His most used phrase:
"Hey mom! Watch this!!!"
Oh, my! I hear this about.... 465 times a day. Sometimes, I hear it about 465 times an HOUR. This precious kiddo loves doing stuff (he's always been very movement-oriented) and he loves for me to watch him. Some examples of thing that he does every single day that he wants me to watch every single day include, but are no means limited to, the following (and please do not think I'm exaggerating as I write this list. I write TRUTH here, people!):
- general jumping
- jumping in place
- jumping while running
- jumping with his eyes open
- jumping with his eyes closed
- jumping with his tongue hanging out
- general running
- running while pretending to stand still
- running really fast
- running like a cheetah
- running like a panther
- running like a lion
- running like a tiger
- running like a horse
- running like a bull
- running like a hyena
- pretending to fly
- jumping AND running simultaneously, with eyes open. Or closed.
- general leaping
- leaping inside
- leaping outside
- leaping over a pile of shoes
- leaping over a pile of blocks
- leaping over a pile of pine straw
- leaping over Brody
- general hopping
- hopping in the living room
- hopping in the bedroom
- hopping in the bathroom
- hopping with 2 feet
- hopping with 1 foot
- hopping while holding an object in his hands
- hopping while holding his hands above his head
- hopping while trying to trick me as to where his hands actually are
- general climbing
- climbing the stairs
- climbing the couch
- climbing the chair (any...and every... chair)
- climbing the tree
- climbing the walls
- climbing with his shoes on
- climbing with his shoes off
- climbing a bench while trying to scare off the squirrels
- the general practice of "turning"
- turning his head back and forth
- turning his torso back and forth
- turning his body around
- laying on his back and watching his foot turn above his head
- turning in a slow circle
- turning in a fast circle
- turning in a goofy circle
- turning on one foot
- turning while watching tv
- spinning (which is not to be confused with turning)
- spinning Brody in the red chair
- spinning himself in the red chair
- spinning any manner of toy or stuffed animal in the red chair
- spinning like a top
- spinning with his socks on the wood floor
- spinning Brody like a top
- the general practice of "flopping"
- flopping off the couch onto pillows the floor
- flopping off the coffee table onto the couch
- flopping and yelling "timmmber" simultaneously
- flipping (which is not to be confused with flopping)
- flipping through the air
- flipping on his bed
- flipping cartwheels through the kitchen
- flipping Brody through the air
- flipping Brody on his bed
- and so forth and so on
As I write this list, I realize how much life and joy these 2 precious boys bring to our home. And what a privilege it is to get to watch them on and be their biggest cheerleader!! It would be dreadfully dull without them.
(an example of... turning. or possibly spinning. or flipping or flopping. Hmm... maybe we should put all of them together... how 'bout "splopping!!")
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In other news, we had the joy of watching the Riggan kiddos yesterday! They're such sweet friends to us!
Isn't it fun to finally hear their sweet voices, to know what they are thinking and to simply fall in love! Max is a chatter box and all I can say is I am in love with him! To hear his voice and to hear him say Yia Yia and Papa just means the world!
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