Sadly big brother missed out on all the fun, but I'll be loving on him Kiel crazy all day as well.
Here's to hoping my boys always feel celebrated, always feel loved, and always feel cherished each and every day of the year. Xo
Friday, 13 February 2015
Happy Love Day
A few photos of our little love bug to melt your heart on this valentines day eve!! Believe it or not, a friend and I did these all ourselves. Baby T Couldn't be more sweet!!
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Noah: 2.25 Years Old
Well excuse the hiatus over here, I've been busy feeding a baby, napping, cleaning up baby puke, changing masses of diapers, playing tractors and trucks, doing daycare pickup, single parenting for 17 days, napping oh and did I mention napping??
Noah turned 2 back on November 14th and I can't let that milestone pass without a post dedicated to my little man. What a joy he is. Plain and simple I am convinced he's the greatest toddler ever invented. Sure he goes non-stop and tires me out beyond words, but he is just so awesome. I am kind of obsessed with this age. I love everything about my two year old. I love the way he sleeps, I love the way he is starting to form little 3 word sentences, I love the way he switched from calling me Mama to 'Mom-may'. I love watching him learn his abc's and his colors, I love watching him perfect puzzles, I love his excitement over the smallest things like watching the snow plow in our driveway.
I can't get over how much my baby has changed and developed in the past 3 months since his birthday. It's enough to make my head spin. If two years of parenting has taught me anything, it's to enjoy every second of every single stage, since it's sure to be over and replaced by a new stage in the blink of an eye. And to find comfort in the fact that the naughty/annoying/exhausting stages are just as fleeting as the fun/adorable/precious ones.
I can't get over how much my baby has changed and developed in the past 3 months since his birthday. It's enough to make my head spin. If two years of parenting has taught me anything, it's to enjoy every second of every single stage, since it's sure to be over and replaced by a new stage in the blink of an eye. And to find comfort in the fact that the naughty/annoying/exhausting stages are just as fleeting as the fun/adorable/precious ones.
I could go on and on about all the things that make my kid so awesome. You know what's also oh so awesome...the lack of tantrums (knock on wood). We had an exhausting phase between 12-18 months where I wondered how on earth we were going to manage having two kids. But then they stopped as his vocabulary improved, and honestly if he could just stay this way forever I would be so happy.
Stats: 34 inches and 30 lbs
Clothes: size 2T and size 5 diapers
Shoes: size 6-7
Eats: well he's becoming much more of a picky eater. Often refusing toddler friendly foods such as pizza. We try to offer whatever we are having, but often he refuses. Go-to's are apple sauce, muffins, hard boiled eggs, grilled cheese, anything with peanut butter, hummous and crackers, avocado, and apples. Oh and garlic fingers, he is obsessed!!! Not a fan of anything mixed together like stews, spaghetti, casseroles, etc. yogurt used to be a fave but he's been boycotting lately. Fruit and veggies are touch and go as well. He won't touch berries, but will drink smoothies in the AM which I load full of spinach and frozen fruit. He'd eat carbs all day long if I let him. We switched him to 2% milk around his 2nd birthday and he didn't seem to notice a difference. He drinks a cup at bedtime and a little in the morning. Fave snacks are apple, raisins, teddy grahams, sunflower seeds.
We try to do family dinners every night, which I love. But more often than not, the iPad ends up joining us at the table as a distraction to get Noah to eat. Some days meals can drag on for 45 mins or an hour of him just refusing to eat. He will then insist on a treat or cookie for dessert the little stinker!
Loves: like any boy his age, he is obsessed with tractors and trucks, trains and cars. He has a new love for the movie "Cars" and "Planes", and he can say McQueen! He also loves Frozen, especially the first intro song where they are cutting the ice. He gets so excited. He enjoys baking, normally muffins or cookies. He also has an obsession with his slippers, and calls them blippers. He likes to make Mama and Dada's coffee in the morning by sitting on the counter and pressing all the buttons. Much to our dismay, his current favourite book is one called 'The Bare Naked Book'. He likes to brush his teeth with his new electric toothbrush and takes great pride in washing his hands at the sink every day after daycare.
Sleep: Sleeps from 7 or 7:30 until anywhere from 6-7am. Here and there will wake once through the night for a sip of milk or a quick rock. Naps from 12:30-2:30/3 most days. Still sleeping in crib, and other than the one time you tried to crawl out, you've been happy as a clam in there. Still taking a wubbanub soother for naps and bed but he keeps biting holes in them so we are going to have to do away with them soon as we can't afford to keep replacing the darn things!
Personality: Noah is a creature of habit. He loves things just-so. He takes great pride in returning things to their rightful place. He is a bit obsessive over things, like he will have a particular truck that is his absolute favourite for 2-3 weeks. Then he will toss it aside and have a new favourite. Same thing with hats. He will insist on wearing one hat to daycare every day for weeks, then I finally convince him to wear another one and then he will refuse to wear anything else.
He is quite attached to Mommy at the moment, and insists on me doing the simplest things. If Tim tries to do them instead Noah will yell "NO Mom-may!". If Tim tries again, Noah will freak out. It's wonderful and awful all at the same time.
Not showing any signs of being interested in potty training and is still waking up really wet in the AM's. We aren't in a huge rush, but i mean those #2's are getting nasty so if he does decide he is ready in the immediate future, I am totally on board. He does like to pretend he is peeing on his potty, and he loves to help other people pee by handing them toilet paper and flushing the toilet when they are done. He is such a hoot.
He is pooping out new words left, right and centre. Today I was doing up his jammy buttons and he was saying 'my buttons'. I did a double take as I had never heard him say buttons before. He also will request to go to the basement, which he can say. That's a hard word! He can say Dusty, McQueen, Let it Go, but of course can't come close to saying his own brothers name, Theo. Go figure! As a big brother, he is pretty impartial to his little brother. He will tickle him and play with him on occasion, or will peek his head into his car seat when we are waiting at the door and say "HI". And if prompted will give him kisses, but honestly, he still really doesn't pay that much attention to him. Soon enough I'm sure they will be the best of friends.
Like any little boy, he can be mischievous at times. We will ask him to do something and he will say "Nooooooo" in this drawn out tone. Or we will ask him to please NOT do something, and he will peer at us out of the corner of his eye and then go ahead and do what we asked him not to do.
We don't get too much one-on-one time together these days since Theo has arrived, and that makes me sad. But when we do, I soak up every single second. This past weekend I took him with me to the market and to run a few errands and we had such a great time. He is the best little companion.
Things to Remember:
He is such a little love bug, full of hugs and kisses and snuggles. He was a pretty amazing baby, and an even better toddler. We love him so much!! xo
We try to do family dinners every night, which I love. But more often than not, the iPad ends up joining us at the table as a distraction to get Noah to eat. Some days meals can drag on for 45 mins or an hour of him just refusing to eat. He will then insist on a treat or cookie for dessert the little stinker!
Loves: like any boy his age, he is obsessed with tractors and trucks, trains and cars. He has a new love for the movie "Cars" and "Planes", and he can say McQueen! He also loves Frozen, especially the first intro song where they are cutting the ice. He gets so excited. He enjoys baking, normally muffins or cookies. He also has an obsession with his slippers, and calls them blippers. He likes to make Mama and Dada's coffee in the morning by sitting on the counter and pressing all the buttons. Much to our dismay, his current favourite book is one called 'The Bare Naked Book'. He likes to brush his teeth with his new electric toothbrush and takes great pride in washing his hands at the sink every day after daycare.
Sleep: Sleeps from 7 or 7:30 until anywhere from 6-7am. Here and there will wake once through the night for a sip of milk or a quick rock. Naps from 12:30-2:30/3 most days. Still sleeping in crib, and other than the one time you tried to crawl out, you've been happy as a clam in there. Still taking a wubbanub soother for naps and bed but he keeps biting holes in them so we are going to have to do away with them soon as we can't afford to keep replacing the darn things!
Personality: Noah is a creature of habit. He loves things just-so. He takes great pride in returning things to their rightful place. He is a bit obsessive over things, like he will have a particular truck that is his absolute favourite for 2-3 weeks. Then he will toss it aside and have a new favourite. Same thing with hats. He will insist on wearing one hat to daycare every day for weeks, then I finally convince him to wear another one and then he will refuse to wear anything else.
He is quite attached to Mommy at the moment, and insists on me doing the simplest things. If Tim tries to do them instead Noah will yell "NO Mom-may!". If Tim tries again, Noah will freak out. It's wonderful and awful all at the same time.
Not showing any signs of being interested in potty training and is still waking up really wet in the AM's. We aren't in a huge rush, but i mean those #2's are getting nasty so if he does decide he is ready in the immediate future, I am totally on board. He does like to pretend he is peeing on his potty, and he loves to help other people pee by handing them toilet paper and flushing the toilet when they are done. He is such a hoot.
He is pooping out new words left, right and centre. Today I was doing up his jammy buttons and he was saying 'my buttons'. I did a double take as I had never heard him say buttons before. He also will request to go to the basement, which he can say. That's a hard word! He can say Dusty, McQueen, Let it Go, but of course can't come close to saying his own brothers name, Theo. Go figure! As a big brother, he is pretty impartial to his little brother. He will tickle him and play with him on occasion, or will peek his head into his car seat when we are waiting at the door and say "HI". And if prompted will give him kisses, but honestly, he still really doesn't pay that much attention to him. Soon enough I'm sure they will be the best of friends.
Like any little boy, he can be mischievous at times. We will ask him to do something and he will say "Nooooooo" in this drawn out tone. Or we will ask him to please NOT do something, and he will peer at us out of the corner of his eye and then go ahead and do what we asked him not to do.
We don't get too much one-on-one time together these days since Theo has arrived, and that makes me sad. But when we do, I soak up every single second. This past weekend I took him with me to the market and to run a few errands and we had such a great time. He is the best little companion.
Things to Remember:
- Fell down the basement stairs for the 1st time - January 26th.
- Tried to crawl out of crib - January 18th.
- Knows all colours, gets green and yellow mixed up occasionally.
- Can identify some letters of the alphabet.
- Can speak in 3-4 word sentences, for example 'Where Grampy Go?' and 'Airplane in Sky Mom-may'.
- Can say Grampy, Grammy, Nanna and Grampy Steve. Can also say Auntie in reference to his 3 Auntie's and Ben for his uncle Ben.
- Knows all the names of his friends at daycare and refers to them all the time. Can also say Heather.
- Recognizes his own house as well as Nanna's/Grampy Steve's house and Grampy and Grammy's house. He also knows our vehicles.
He is such a little love bug, full of hugs and kisses and snuggles. He was a pretty amazing baby, and an even better toddler. We love him so much!! xo
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