Forgive me while I go all Spirit-of-Elijah on you.
So I've got that going on.
I've also been keeping journals for my babies. I write in them every Sunday. I guess they're technically "baby books," though I don't personally consider them such. I do keep a few scraps in there (ultrasound pictures, photobooth strips, the picture Elliot drew for me the day Corryn was born), but mostly it's just me rambling about things they did that week that made me laugh and occasionally gushing about how beautiful and wonderful they are. I intend to keep writing in them until my kids move out of the house, then giving them the journals to keep. One of Andy's teachers did that, and I liked the idea.
Here's the entry for Elliot this week:
2-13-11
Just one more month until I have a two-year-old! You've been having lots of "terrible two" moments, but you're still generally very sweet. We had a couple of tough battles over sleep the past two weeks - there was a spray-bottle of water and some yelling involved (not my proudest moment as a parent). But things are getting much better, and you're even napping again.
Your current obsessions:
You ask me to play "Star Wars Song! March!" all the time. So Imperial March is put on repeat on my computer. You've been playing with Daddy's old Star Wars toys (R2-D2..."Artoo!"...is your absolute favorite), and you call your lightsaber your "naughty."
- Robots. Still.
- Buzz Lightyear
- Batman
- Spiderman
- Your friend Mael
- Choo-choo trains
- Cookies
- STAR WARS
When you ask for certain things, we have the understanding that I will do a google-image search of that thing for you. You like to look at the pictures. We commonly do this for:
We've been working on phonics a lot, too, and this morning you asked me what sound a seven makes.
- All of your obsessions listed above
- Happy faces/sad faces
- Airplanes/helicopters
- Car crashes
- "Hot" (fire)
- Darth Vader/Yoda
- Milk
- Water
So what I'm trying to say is that the sum of all of this, the whole Gestaltian mess of it, is filled with love. Me, you, our parents, their parents, our kids, and their kids. And loving is hard work.
4 reason(s) to click here:
I have a piece of our family history that I've been avoiding (read: a phone call I've been dreading to make) for about six months now. I think I should get on that before the boy comes.
Also: your baby journals may be the best idea ever invented.
Car crashes!?
so here's the thing....i'm pretty sure elliot and i have the same current obsessions. except for his friend Mael, who i haven't met, but i have a pretty good feeling i would love too.
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