Life Lately: Spring

It's finally spring and we've been so busy with quite a lot. We've had the big birthday No. 2, which getting ready for was quite the feat. We've discovered that Kendrick loves cake (in addition to pizza, of course!) "More cake, please!" On his actual birthday day, we had a small birthday celebration at dinner time with Auntie Anum visiting. She brought so many fun presents and the "big slinky" was a huge favorite. He could drop that slinky from the stairs again and again. He had a big birthday party with many of his friends the following weekend. He still talks about Mr. Ron's visit to our house for the party and says "Meesa Ron!" every time he picks up one of the many balloons lying around the house.

This isn't quite a full post, but I wanted to share some photos of some at-home and playground time over the weekend. I also wanted to document some adorable things that Kendrick now says so that we don't totally let these beautiful moments flitter away in our memories! 

Playground time! Steering-wheel, see-saw, and "Frank" climbing!

"Mo corn, please!" On our way walking to pick up dinner- my little koala!

"Easter bunny coming!'- he learned this phrase from friends at school Here he is with the bunny at school.
Terrified at first. Cautiously hugging, at best.

Some beautiful things that our baby says now:

• No, no, Papa (to just about anything C wants to do to him)
• Why? (with a sweet, curious inflection at the end)
• Okay! (after we say "okay" at the end of a sentence, like "Let's go put on your shoes, okay?")
• pick. nose! (then laughs as he sticks a finger towards our noses)
• Tom. tow-truck. yah! (along with Gary garbage truck and Frank firetruck. yah.)
• Go there, go there! (especially when he's being carried and wants to direct you to where he wants to be taken)
• mine! (for many things that are actually "his". But embarrassingly, at the park today when another baby wanted to also use the slide! He just pointed at her from afar as she was approaching and said "no! mine!")
• TV Tom! (when he wants to watch his show)
• Funny! (sadly when we get hurt- pretend or real. Also when he makes a joke
• Big kids (he used this today when he was referring to a more complex part of a climber that was truly for bigger kids- out of his league and ability for now!)
• Hehrow? (this is how he says "hello" when pretend answering the phone)

[Additions to these cute little segments since I just re-read the last posting from January: Kendrick now says "bus song!" when he wants to sing The Wheels on the Bus, though demands the singing of this song so much less than he previously did. He no longer as that funny accent when saying "mouse" and "goat" (sad!)]

A Happy No-Year!

Another year is upon us and I can't believe this year, in 2017, and our baby is going to be 2! I guess that's how we count years now- just by how big our babies are getting, I suppose. I've documented time and time before, that I hate New Year's resolutions, since they're just silly and one can only be set up for disappointment by setting such lofty and all-encompassing goals. I like to make resolutions, but I call them my "new day" resolutions. We can only do our best day by day, am I right? "One foot in front of the other", as Chris likes to say. 

Happy No-Year is from an old "Friends" episode and I'm calling it a no-year since it felt like it flew and was gone before we knew it. It was also a sad year for us in more ways than one- personally, and in the grand-scheme as we all well know. Though,  not everything is lost, as there were some nice personal moments that will definitely make 2016 very special for us. 

I realized that our baby is growing way too fast and that if I don't start documenting his unique little being into writing, I might loose these essences and 20, no 30 years from now, it will all be distant fog. So, I will try- I will try so hard, to document these beautiful little pearls into our memories and so that we can cherish our thoughts forever. 

For Christmas this year, since Chris has to work, we all opened our books on Christmas Eve (the 2nd annual book swap!). Kendrick opened all his gifts on Christmas Eve as well, and went to bed a happy boy. For New Year's Kendrick went to a Noon Ball Drop where so many balloons fell from the ceiling at the strike of noon on New Year's Eve! 

So intrigued! 

He loved playing with the balloons, and went around the whole room, carefully picking them up by their little knots. 

Balloons everywhere! Happy New Year!

At home, Chris and I sat in our pjs on the couch and enjoyed the countdown on television, though I joke that he fell asleep at 11:58pm... But of course he denies this! I couldn't have asked for a better New Year's Eve!

checking out his Christmas fire truck

At the time that I am writing this Kendrick is 20.5 months. He loves trucks ("a sha!"), cars (which he says with a Bostonian accent- you know, without the "r" at the end), and "a bus". He will say "bus" when he wants for us to sing "The Wheels On The Bus," which is his favorite song- he then wants to put a "cow" on the bus and says "toaun!" when we sing "all, through the...."  We joke that he has a funny accent saying certain words like when he says "goat" (goaht), "milk" (mok- and he even says ah moka moka moka when he's really desperate for some milk), "mouse" (moase). Of course he loves to say "no", but he constantly surprises us every day with new works that he either imitates us saying ("stop it!" "don't"), or situations in which he knows how to use them. He said "bless you!" the other day after I sneezed. He still loves acting silly especially when he knows he's doing something "bad". He says "NO!" if I ask him if he's pooped (and he definitely has) as if it's the most ridiculous question in the world. He also whispers "no" with an almost imperceivable shake of the head when I ask him if he sees the sun in the middle of the night (my ploy in explaining to him why he should also be sleeping). He hates keeping his socks on after he gets home for the day and demands "off" while pulling at the toes. We think he's going to have a thing for shoes. He's not even 2 and wants to choose his own shoes for the day. Of course, we still melt when he says "mama" or "papa" with the most gorgeous smile on his face. 

Here's to another year of memories.