I Loved You Before I Knew You: 2016

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Another couple late posts, from August

This is going to be a little choppy, as I've just been dictating to my phone things that I want to remember.

August 4

Guess what! You have been in the big boy bed now for at least a month. Hooray! You don't sleep all night long each night, but you definitely understand that you are too old for the crib now.

You are learning more and more songs. You sing often, and lately it's "If You're Happy and You Know It." You also love to dance and play your go-tar.

Here's a conversation that made me laugh...a lot.

Logan: "Troy, who's the most annoying person you have ever met?" "I don wan be 'nnoying." "Well, too bad, because you already are." Thinks... "No YOU 'nnoying!" *mommy laughs loudly* Troy: "I so cute!"

Something you say a lot is, "I need___." Every once in a while you do ask nicely and say please without being prompted, but most of the time, we have to remind you.

I love how you are getting better and better with language. I guess it was about a month ago when you decided the opposite of sleeping is waking. When your sister woke up one morning, you said, "Sister waking!" and I was so impressed by that.

Just this morning, as we were leaving the house, you said, "Bye daddy. I'll be back. I'm gone!"

You also say, "I 'cary," when you're scared.

You've also recently learned a U2 song that was automatically downloaded into the iPad's iTunes. I didn't know that until you started singing it the other day.

Here are a couple videos of you.

Playing drums

At the beach

August 30

You just told me that Stina (miss Christina, your teacher) is your best friend. And you told me the sky was blue. Then you told me you can't fly, either. I just love your little mind!

Yikes. From March 24.

OK my sweet boy, it has been way too long since I have posted in your blog. So much life has been happening and we have been so busy lately. I've been spending a lot of time with you and your sister and I prefer to do that than sit in front of a computer and write about it. But I want you to know some fabulous things about yourself now that you are 2 1/2.

You are learning a lot in preschool, and you are starting to sound more and more like a grown-up kid when you talk. And example of this is the other day, we were driving and you pointed up to the sky and exclaimed, "I see the moon!" It was so sweet and beautiful and fantastic, which is pretty much what I think about everything that you do. You have started throwing a few more tantrums lately, which I giggle at most of the time. At this point in our life, your tantrums don't really frustrate me...yet. I know that they are just part of your growth and part of you finding out who you are.

One of the things you've been doing a lot lately is singing, and mommy just loves it. You use the iPad very well to find little songs that you like on YouTube. Your favorite lately is the finger family song. And you also love 30 Seconds to Mars "Closer to the Edge" video. You found that by accident one day on Mommy's phone, and since Mommy laughed at you and made a big reaction, you kept doing it and then realized that you actually like the song. Now you sing along.

You are starting to prefer Daddy a little more over Mommy. You guys do silly things together like chase each other and tickle each other. And your favorite nighttime book right now is I Am a Droid, which is obviously a Star Wars book. And that he reads it much better than mommy does, so you prefer a Daddy to put you to bed these days.

You are still very sweet to your sister, and only every once in a while do you get jealous when Daddy or I are holding her.

You love the park by our house, and you ask to go almost every day. The weather has been so unpredictable that we have only been able to go a few times, but at least there's a playground at preschool. Speaking of preschool, I have saved a couple of your projects and posted them below, because I love them. Also speaking of preschool, you keep getting sick. I sure hope that this means that you will be healthier later on. But even when you were sick, you are a happy, sweet boy.

You're still not fully committed to the big boy bed. That's going to have to change soon, though, because Sister is almost too big for her little mini crib. The last time you slept in it, you ended up throwing up--weird stomach bug sweeping the city--so I wonder if that has something to do with why you won't stay put....

Bottom line of all this is, you make my life better.

Love you, Baby!

[need to insert photos of art projects]

Friday, February 26, 2016

Mommy has been slacking!!!

Oh, my sweet boy, Mommy hasn't handled having two babies very well! I haven't been on here to praise you for all the new and wonderful things you have been doing! You are such a sweet big brother and Adayla is lucky to have you. When she was first born, you came right in and wanted to touch her on the head. Made this momma's heart swell!

You are saying so many new words and sentences since you started preschool in January. It's amazing to see how quickly you are learning from your friends. Speaking of friends, you hav been in preschool! Miss Samara had to close her daycare to take care of her mom, and then right after that her husband got a new job and they moved away! We miss her very much and we know she misses you.

And I need to tell you now God worked out the preschool situation: time was drawing near for me to go back to work, and I still hadn't found a daycare for you and your sister. I had heard good things about Bethel Christian Daycare and Preschool, so I called. Well, the director told me that she had room for you each day of the week except for Thursday, but she didn't have any room for Adayla. I made an appointment to tour the campus anyway, and decided I would just pray about it, believing that God would work it out. So we arrived on a Friday morning at the preschool, and the director told us that the previous night, two full-time spots opened up for you and Day! So we knew God wanted you to attend there.

It hasn't all been wonderful, though. You've been sick pretty much since you started. (You actually got sick in the nursery at church when we went to my work Christmas party, and had just gotten over that first cold when you started at Bethel.) And you had a hard time with me leaving you there for the first week, but now you love school. You actually get pretty upset when I come to pick you up.

OH! Important note: you learned how to use the iPad all by yourself. You learned to read the alphabet and numbers because of an app, too! You are SO smart.

I am so sorry I haven't taken more time to write to you since your sister was born. I spent all my time actually hanging out with you in person! Here are a few moments from the past several months: