For the Sake of a Mommy's Memory

Just making a pop-in appearance because I have a few minutes to myself while my super thoughtful, wonderful, hard-working husband is grocery shopping (!!!) with my wild toddler (!!!!!!!!!!).

*Sigh*

He's the best.

Anyway, I've had so many thoughts recently of things Josiah says or does that I want to write down so I can remember.

Lately, Josiah's response any time Matt or I ask him, "Why?" is "Why." Often with a big, goofy grin on his face.

For example...

Josiah: "Omon (come on), Mommy, get up."
Mommy: "Okay, why?"
Josiah: "Why."

Or...

Daddy: "Josiah, WHY did you do that?"
Josiah: "Why."

So frustrating. For all of us. But so darn cute...and kinda funny. 

Something else that I'm having a hard time not reinforcing is how he says, "In there." It sounds more like, "In nare."

And when someone is leaving he says, "See you laduh, A-doo-gaduh."  I keep trying to get a video of him saying it so I can document his lips. So cute. But he always turns away. Little Booger. 

It's just so much fun to watch him grow and learn and figure out how to articulate what he wants or what he means. We often can't understand what he's saying, but he's REALLY good (too good) at repeating himself over and over and over until one of us figures it out. Usually Mommy.

The funniest thing is that he repeats just about everything Mommy says. Now, I don't have a dirty mouth and I don't really say things that shouldn't be repeated, but ever so often I get frustrated with something enough where I'll say a loud, firm, "Dang it!" And of course...Josiah quickly (and just as loudly) echos. Sometimes several times. In a store. Daddy doesn't think it's very funny.

The sweetest thing lately is that for the last two Sundays, Matt and I will still be napping in our bed (Sunday afternoon naps are essential in our household...whenever possible) and Josiah will wake up and come find us. He'll crawl into bed with us and ask to look at pictures on Mommy's phone of his Tia (my sister, Allison). She is his favorite person in the world and he misses her pretty bad these days since she's at camp for the summer. Because I currently don't have any on my phone of her, we just look through her Instagram and he sees her, himself and a few of her friends that he knows. It's just really sweet, because he cuddles with me with his head on my shoulder for at least half an hour while we look at pictures.

He's really into swimming right now.

Is learning possessive. "Josiah's bed." "Josiah's chair." "Mommy's water." "Daddy's phone." "Mommy and Daddy's bed."

Is learning to fall asleep by himself in his own bed. (Yes, I know he's 2. It's complicated.)

He's becoming VERY independent. Wants to do everything "by self." Or "Josiah do it."

He's gotten really, really bossy. With us and with everyone. BUT...he's also already learned great manners and mostly uses them unprompted. Please, thank you, yes ma'am, yes sir, etc.

Still very interested in learning people's names and practicing. We go through every picture of people in our home.

He actually gets it that our friend, Nicole, ("Cole") has "Baby Evie" in her belly and pulled his shirt up to look for a baby in his belly. And when I ask him if he wants Mommy to have a baby in her belly, he promptly and very emphatically says, "No, thanks."We get the same response when we ask him if he wants a brother or a sister. Sometimes, the answer is, "No way!" Ha!
(For the record...I do not have a baby in belly. But we do hope to someday in the future shatter his dreams of being an only child.)

Of course...there's SO MUCH MORE!! Two is such a fun, learning age. There's something new everyday. And there really is nothing like getting a front-row seat to watch someone grow and learn the way a toddler does. He astounds me.

And of course...what kind of post would this be without painfully adorable pictures of the subject.