January 23

It’s been a busy week this week and I have not been able to blog about B as much as I would have liked to.  I have started to write down little notes about things he has done or said to blog about. So here are this past week’s notes:

• ·On our to school one morning we passed a school bus, which we do every day and which we do talk about every day, he asked when he could ride on a bus. I said when he was bigger and he said “Big like tower?”

 

• ·We were talking about how Christmas is over, Halloween too, and that he got presents and how he thinks he needs more. The conversation ended, I thought, until he started going over names; Mimi, TC, and Al, I asked him what he was saying. He then said that everyone needed more presents – Mimi, TC, and Al. I asked about Papa and he said “No, Papa don’t need toys”.

•  Daddy usually wears tennis shoes and B knows it. The other day Daddy wore different shoes and left them in the kitchen. Yesterday B came into the kitchen and saw them. He walked over to them and said “Who’s that?”, I said they were Daddy’s and he quickly replied “No!”. I tried explaining that they were Daddy’s and he just wouldn’t hear it. He then looked at me, I almost thought he was going to get really upset, and said “Those R’s!” R is a friend who wears shoes similar to the one’s Daddy doesn’t wear too often. We see R about once a month and it amazes me that B remembers what type of shoes he wears. 

• We had a little bit of a disagreement the other day. We were talking about the dog and how cute she is and how we love her. He then looked at me and said "No, I love her!" I tried to explain that I could love her too and he said no he loved her, and that I did not love her. I tried to explain that more than one person can love the same thing. As soon as I started to explain this I instantly knew he just wouldn't get it, it really is a hard concept for a 2 1/2 year old.  So now B loves the dog and I love the cat. That is how it is.

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• Right now we are watching Annie. I don’t know why but when I saw it on Netflix I thought,       what the hell. I started it and thought B wasn’t too interested in it until I paused it to see how long it was. He then quickly piped up and said “What happened?”.

It has been kind of a rough week for me. No particular reason. But I know that when I am feeling this way all I have to do is look at "my guy" and think how lucky I am to have him in my life. He is just a joy to be around and watch him explore his surroundings. He surprises me daily with how cleaver, smart, and funny he is. His memory is great, which I know one day will bite me in the butt. There are times that he overwhelms me and I just have to sit and relax and remember that he is just a 2 1/2 year old s**t and that I just have to be patient. His emotions are up and down so fast that I don't know how I would deal with all that running in my head. I just hope he looks at me as someone who can help him calm when the waves of emotions that come and also ride the waves when they just need to be ridden.