Last week, Jonah hit the twenty month mark. He’s so much closer to two than one now and its
showing. When I look at him, I almost see a little boy and not the little baby
that he once was. I see the gears in his brain ticking and turning, taking things
in, processing and understanding. He surprises us daily with the simple little
things he can just do now.

He’s had so many new experiences though that will be the foundation for fond childhood memories. He spent almost a week with MeMe and Poppie, started a Mother’s Morning Out program (which for us is really a daddy’s morning out – since he goes on the day daddy usually stays home with him), he went to bible school with NaNa and then he stayed home with Daddy for half a week and mommy for the other half (bye bye vacation time)! That’s life in Summertime I guess and part of growing up a little, it’s just hard on this mommy’s heart. He loves going places and being social, he just wants us to stay there with him ( We often hear things like this before the crying starts: “mommy sit down” “mommy play” “ daddy sit down” ).
He picks things up pretty quickly and is a great copycat. He wants to do things by himself and is determined he can. This is how he learned to put his Crocs on by himself and is working on other shoes as well. He has gone through a little phase of not wanting to dress or undress. I was a little worried for a couple of weeks there, but it's seemed to subside a bit with little rewards and distractions. It's so frustrating for me though but I try to remember - he's learning. So we've left the house in our pjs and no shoes several times lately to keep him sane.
Speaking of clothes, he's really into pockets and things he can put in his pockets like money. He loves money. I mostly just let him put a few coins in his pockets and he loves it! He loves to "organize" his diaper bag and my wallet.
He's known how to say most basic colors for a while now but he finally has started to identify them correctly he pointed out something blue correctly a few nights ago without me even asking him the color! He mostly just guesses a color and it's usually yellow.
We've been working on counting a little. For the past several months he would count with you but every number was "three" and I loved it. He'd point to objects in a book and say "three, three, three" using his little pointer finger! I hope I remember that forever. This weekend we were picking up toys and there was something on the floor and he said "two ____ " whatever it was and was right! These little moments are so rewarding. I feel like we've come to a point where I'm praising his smarts more than his physical abilities like I did for the first year and a half. . . but make no mistake the boy can throw a ball. look out folks!
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He is such a cutie! I especially love the 5th picture of him with his sad face! Too cute and such a great shot.
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ReplyDeletewhat a doll... love these shots ;)
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