dear adam,
our baby is due to arrive in just a couple weeks, so this is our last little bit of time that it's just us, before we have a newbie around here and you're officially a "big drudder," which you're definitely looking forward to. you read books about being a big brother and what our baby will be like. you know that our baby will not "walk or talk or eat pizza or apples or ice cream." you tell me that you are gonna kiss our baby on it's eye and help mommy and daddy get the baby a diaper (then you're quick to remind me that "i not wear diapers mommy! only baby wear diapers, not me, not daddy, not mommy!). i have had some random, painful contractions lately and if i groan or wince in pain you say - your big belly hurting you, mommy? too funny.
you're a pro on the potty these days. i've been experimenting lately with letting you go without a pull up at nap and you're doing great. you wake up wet (in your pull up) in the mornings, but getting through nap dry makes me very happy and i'll take it for now!
you had a few days at our new house recently where you told me you wanted to "go home" and didn't seem to understand that our new house IS our home. i had to explain to you that where ever we live is our home, that daddy's job will tell us to move again someday and when that happens, where ever we go will be our home too. we will have lots and lots of homes and right now, this house is our home. now, when we pull in the driveway at the new house, you say - mommy, we are at the new house, it is our HOME! you've also mentioned your daycare teacher a couple times and your friends from school. you haven't been there in two weeks, but your bringing them up has made me consider taking you over to visit sometime soon. we have had a lot of change going on around here!
all of the sudden over the past few weeks, you're obsessed with thomas the tank engine and know more about the engines than i do! today we went to greenlight studio to play and i picked up a red train and you told me it was James. i was shocked to turn the train over and see "James" written on the bottom! i read you your big thomas book every day, so how i have not listened to myself i do not know. but apparently you are listening quite well!
you say and do very funny things lately. you recently tried to color a white crayon on white paper and when it didn't show up you told me that - this one is broken, mommy. it needs batteries. i gonna ask my dad to fix it! hilarious. you refer to your room here at the new house as your "big boy bedroom." our steps here are hardwood and i know it's only a matter of time before you tumble down the slippery steps in your socks. i remind you EVERY time to be careful. so much so that you also warn ME - be careful on the steps, mommy! and when you're going down in bare feet, you say - my feet are not slippery mommy. just my socks and my jammies are veeeeeery slipperrrrrry!
each night, now that you have a "big boy bed" (our old guest bed), your dad and i can just lie down in bed with you to read books and sing songs. i love love love this time together with you. we lay face to face and take turns singing songs. when i read you books you cuddle right up, holding onto my arm. you like to take turns singing the same song and love learning new songs. our newest is B-I-N-G-O, and i also taught you there was a mommy who had a little boy and adam was his name-o, A-D-A-M. you're really into letters and writing your name, so this is fun to sing with you. recently you asked me to sing you the curious george song and i had no idea what you were talking about and you were pretty sad and frustrated. for days you asked for this song and i had no idea why b/c i had never heard it or sang it. finally, one night, you said - daddy sing the curious george song! ah ha. i asked your dad and he said he made up a song and it changes every time he sings it. guess that one will be between you and dad only! after we sing and i'm telling you goodnight, you like to tell me that in the morning you're going to call out "mommy!" and then i am going to come to the door and open it. i agree and you seem happy to know and agree on the plan. wonder where you get that from????
adam, you are such a good, good boy. you are sensitive and caring and compassionate and smart. i love watching your brain work, i love it when you get excited about a cute baby or a funny joke (you LOVE the knock knock boo hoo, don't cry baby!). i love listening on the monitor to you read and sing in your room after we leave. you are such a lively, happy little person and i know you'll be an excellent, caring big brother and helper to mom and dad. i love you very much!
May 16, 2011
May 2, 2011
we enrolled adam in a co-op preschool for the fall. unlike daycare "school", this school is more school-like, complete with lessons, field trips, a teacher ... ok, and tons of play time - these kids are 3-5 after all. we went to an open house and a classroom visit and love it so much, so we're very excited. and, since it's a co-op, the parents run the school and act as the board, and also volunteer in the classroom, so we'll get tons of interaction in this new little world of adam's.
tonight we went to the first new parents' meeting and the entire time i was thinking - this is crazy! i am sitting here listening to talk about a lesson on the heart and field trips and special "stars of the day" and my baby will be part of all this in a millisecond. the speed that time flies makes me so, so sad.
around that time, the teacher told us if we spend the entire summer saying tearfully to our kids - i just can't believe you're old enough to go to this school...! then the separation in the fall might be hard for the kids. ok, keep sad mommy feelings to self, got it.
but seriously. how did this happen? in the fall he'll be 3!!!! THREE!?! wah. tooooo fast. i feel like i'll blink and he'll be 13 and then 33. sigh.
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lately, adam has been saying "i love YOU more!" and likes to argue it back and forth, which is beyond adorable to me.
he's writing his name, knows it's spelled A-D-A-M, can count to 10 holding up fingers, can put on his own pants and underwear and coat (shirts are a little traumatic and usually end in a hug after adam panics when he can't get it down over his head and can't get his arms out.... i have to stifle my giggles...). he's pretty good at drawing stick people and often tells me they are mommy, daddy, adam and baby. he knows his parents are "mommy and daddy, not adam" and that his family is "mommy, daddy, adam and baby." he shakes hands and says "nice to meet you."
this weekend we moved into our new house. a couple times adam has asked me if/when we're going "home" and i am trying to gently explain that this IS our home now. last time we moved he was too young to comprehend what was going on, or at least too young to express his feelings or desires in words. but this time, i wonder how he feels. i think he likes it here - he's played nonstop in the abundance of space we have compared to our old place - but i wonder if he thinks we're just on a big vacation? he is now sleeping in his "big boy bed", which is a full size mattress, freeing up the crib-turned-toddler-bed that he WAS sleeping in to be given to the new baby soon.
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speaking of new baby, i had my 36 weeks check up today. baby is low low low and i am just 1 cm. i gained another 2 lbs, for a total of 12 or 14, i can't remember. the baby's heart beat was 120 and sounded lovely! i had to take adam with me today, and while the dr "checked" me, she had him look for lady bugs in my ears. clever way to keep from scarring my son for life!, since he wasn't interested at all in the books and toys i brought to distract him. i'm now going once a week... and cannot BELIEVE that within a month we'll have another newborn baby around. CRAZY.
tonight we went to the first new parents' meeting and the entire time i was thinking - this is crazy! i am sitting here listening to talk about a lesson on the heart and field trips and special "stars of the day" and my baby will be part of all this in a millisecond. the speed that time flies makes me so, so sad.
around that time, the teacher told us if we spend the entire summer saying tearfully to our kids - i just can't believe you're old enough to go to this school...! then the separation in the fall might be hard for the kids. ok, keep sad mommy feelings to self, got it.
but seriously. how did this happen? in the fall he'll be 3!!!! THREE!?! wah. tooooo fast. i feel like i'll blink and he'll be 13 and then 33. sigh.
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lately, adam has been saying "i love YOU more!" and likes to argue it back and forth, which is beyond adorable to me.
he's writing his name, knows it's spelled A-D-A-M, can count to 10 holding up fingers, can put on his own pants and underwear and coat (shirts are a little traumatic and usually end in a hug after adam panics when he can't get it down over his head and can't get his arms out.... i have to stifle my giggles...). he's pretty good at drawing stick people and often tells me they are mommy, daddy, adam and baby. he knows his parents are "mommy and daddy, not adam" and that his family is "mommy, daddy, adam and baby." he shakes hands and says "nice to meet you."
this weekend we moved into our new house. a couple times adam has asked me if/when we're going "home" and i am trying to gently explain that this IS our home now. last time we moved he was too young to comprehend what was going on, or at least too young to express his feelings or desires in words. but this time, i wonder how he feels. i think he likes it here - he's played nonstop in the abundance of space we have compared to our old place - but i wonder if he thinks we're just on a big vacation? he is now sleeping in his "big boy bed", which is a full size mattress, freeing up the crib-turned-toddler-bed that he WAS sleeping in to be given to the new baby soon.
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speaking of new baby, i had my 36 weeks check up today. baby is low low low and i am just 1 cm. i gained another 2 lbs, for a total of 12 or 14, i can't remember. the baby's heart beat was 120 and sounded lovely! i had to take adam with me today, and while the dr "checked" me, she had him look for lady bugs in my ears. clever way to keep from scarring my son for life!, since he wasn't interested at all in the books and toys i brought to distract him. i'm now going once a week... and cannot BELIEVE that within a month we'll have another newborn baby around. CRAZY.
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