Hmmm...so I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I wanted to make a note of Nate's ways at the tender age of 2 3/4...only 24 days until he's 3!!
Here goes:
* This boy is precious. Those big blue-grey eyes with his long, dark lashes can seriously work some magic.
* He likes to dress himself, as much as possible. He is VERY decisive about what he does and doesn't want to wear. His favorites shoes right now are his little brown sandals, and he wears them everywhere. He can put them on himself, so this is GREAT! His favorite outfits are his stay-at-home apparel: blue Superman shorts with either his green UNT shirt or his coordinating blue Superman tee. He also has a red pair of shorts that he loves to wear at home. Oh, and he prefers to be "free" under his shorts, if you know what I mean. We only let him do this at home. Finally, on the topic of clothes, he loves to "match" Daddy or Granddad, and he will often comment or ask if he's matching with someone else. SO cute!
* He is day-time potty trained, and on most nights, he stays dry. He was SO easy to teach!!
* We are working on bedtime training now, and I'm hoping he'll get better at staying in his bed soon . I know he can do it, because he did for my Mom - 3 nights in a row!!
* Some funny/sweet things that he says right now: "That just happens sometimes" (when an accident occurs), "Thank you" (he is SO good about saying this for everything!), he calls his hair gel, "jelly". Okay, so there are so many more things, but I can't think of a single one right now. It will come to me, and I'll add later. :)
* He seems really excited about going to preschool, and he was SO happy to pick out a backpack and lunch box. He got Toy Store 3-themed items, and he has carried his lunch box around and filled it with his cars for several days.
* He likes treasure boxes, cars, trains, trucks, Toy Story stuff, his new Buzz Lightyear doll, and the old SpongeBob Squarepants stuffed toy that Jace gave Avery so many years ago. He sleeps with that in his bed. Buddy.
* He will eat just about anything if he is hungry. He is never afraid of trying new foods, and while we were in Galveston, he ate raw oysters at dinner, and hard-boiled eggs at breakfast. He is less picky than I am! If he's not hungry, he may totally ignore his meal so that he can play. He tells us he is "too busy" to eat sometimes.
He still gives great, arms-around-neck-tight-kinds-of-hugs, he gives sweet, tender, intentional kisses. He tells us he loves us. He still likes me to hold him a lot while we're out and about, and he still lets me rock him from time to time, usually at nap. He copies everything that Russ does - he wants to be a "big boy" in every way. He is easy, mellow, and kind. He is also almost 3, so when he gets mad, he looks down, cuts his eyes at us, and crosses his arms. He tries to hit me when he's very angry with me. We're working on this. He is not good at staying in time out. He can scream as loudly and shrilly as Avery can. He's a boy, so he's rough and tumble. He loves band-aids, and his daily vitamin.
I love, love my boy. I never knew how much I would be blessed by having both a boy and a girl. It's so amazing to watch them grow up and to see their differences and similarities. While there are many, many days when I think I cannot do this whole "parenting" thing right (and today has been one of them!), I know deep down that these little ones were meant to be mine, and that my life has been richly blessed and changed by them forever. They teach me about patience, kindness and perseverance, about finding happiness in the little moments. They teach me more about myself.
Here goes:
* This boy is precious. Those big blue-grey eyes with his long, dark lashes can seriously work some magic.
* He likes to dress himself, as much as possible. He is VERY decisive about what he does and doesn't want to wear. His favorites shoes right now are his little brown sandals, and he wears them everywhere. He can put them on himself, so this is GREAT! His favorite outfits are his stay-at-home apparel: blue Superman shorts with either his green UNT shirt or his coordinating blue Superman tee. He also has a red pair of shorts that he loves to wear at home. Oh, and he prefers to be "free" under his shorts, if you know what I mean. We only let him do this at home. Finally, on the topic of clothes, he loves to "match" Daddy or Granddad, and he will often comment or ask if he's matching with someone else. SO cute!
* He is day-time potty trained, and on most nights, he stays dry. He was SO easy to teach!!
* We are working on bedtime training now, and I'm hoping he'll get better at staying in his bed soon . I know he can do it, because he did for my Mom - 3 nights in a row!!
* Some funny/sweet things that he says right now: "That just happens sometimes" (when an accident occurs), "Thank you" (he is SO good about saying this for everything!), he calls his hair gel, "jelly". Okay, so there are so many more things, but I can't think of a single one right now. It will come to me, and I'll add later. :)
* He seems really excited about going to preschool, and he was SO happy to pick out a backpack and lunch box. He got Toy Store 3-themed items, and he has carried his lunch box around and filled it with his cars for several days.
* He likes treasure boxes, cars, trains, trucks, Toy Story stuff, his new Buzz Lightyear doll, and the old SpongeBob Squarepants stuffed toy that Jace gave Avery so many years ago. He sleeps with that in his bed. Buddy.
* He will eat just about anything if he is hungry. He is never afraid of trying new foods, and while we were in Galveston, he ate raw oysters at dinner, and hard-boiled eggs at breakfast. He is less picky than I am! If he's not hungry, he may totally ignore his meal so that he can play. He tells us he is "too busy" to eat sometimes.
He still gives great, arms-around-neck-tight-kinds-of-hugs, he gives sweet, tender, intentional kisses. He tells us he loves us. He still likes me to hold him a lot while we're out and about, and he still lets me rock him from time to time, usually at nap. He copies everything that Russ does - he wants to be a "big boy" in every way. He is easy, mellow, and kind. He is also almost 3, so when he gets mad, he looks down, cuts his eyes at us, and crosses his arms. He tries to hit me when he's very angry with me. We're working on this. He is not good at staying in time out. He can scream as loudly and shrilly as Avery can. He's a boy, so he's rough and tumble. He loves band-aids, and his daily vitamin.
I love, love my boy. I never knew how much I would be blessed by having both a boy and a girl. It's so amazing to watch them grow up and to see their differences and similarities. While there are many, many days when I think I cannot do this whole "parenting" thing right (and today has been one of them!), I know deep down that these little ones were meant to be mine, and that my life has been richly blessed and changed by them forever. They teach me about patience, kindness and perseverance, about finding happiness in the little moments. They teach me more about myself.
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