Words, Words & More Words

Since Colin is getting close to 2 years (I cannot believe it) I thought I would post a blog just about his stats (so to speak).

• On October 21st, Colin will be 23 months.



• He weighed himself the other day when he discovered the scale in the bathroom. He is such a curious boy, so naturally it is something he needs to "discover". He weighs a little more than 25lbs.



• We need to measure him. I have been looking for one of those decorative hanging measuring things and have not been able to find one. I probably just need to look harder, I have not put a lot of effort into it.



• He has a huge appetite and has tried most foods. We have yet to give him peanuts, well I take that back, I think he did have a little taste of one. We wanted to make sure he wouldn't have a reaction, but it is not something he is having on a regular basis. He is at the stage of wanting to eat whatever mommy and daddy are eating, so that is actually nice. I thought he was going to be more like me and not be a big fan of meat, but he seems to be changing and eating it more (but he still loves his fruits and veggies).



• He is saying quite a few words: bottle, ball, car, buddy, spoon, cat, dog (sometimes), big jet (planes), bye, hi, bananas, cheese, please (sometimes), roar, duck, quack, Pooh (for any Winnie-the-Pooh character). Some phrases he says are: here we go, what's that?, and this weekend he started saying "Ma, blah blah blah". It sounds like he is asking me a question. It is so cute, but he did say it literally all day. When I was cooking dinner, while we were driving to the store, while Will was giving him a bath and I was finishing cooking (he was saying it loud enough I could hear) and it was the first thing he said to me this morning when I woke him up. He is also trying to say bug, butterfly, oink-oink and has been mimicking some words that daddy has let slip here and there that we do not necessarily want Lil C saying. Thankfully he only said them right after Will did and they do not seem to be sticking in his vocabulary.



• Colin loves music and loves to dance. He loves 311, which has Will so happy! That is the CD I put on in the car if Colin is getting cranky. He gets excited pretty much instantly and his little legs start kicking and he even tries bopping his head. One of his favorite shows is The Backyardigans. It is actually one that Will and I do not mind watching. Each episode has a specific music theme, like country (not our favorite episode), 30's small band, rumba, etc. The characters sing songs and dance to those styles. Colin watches so intently and tries to mimic some of the moves. It is so cute! He actually is doing pretty good on one song that is on the college fight songs episode (yay) but he will try to sing the song and do the dance. It is the cutest thing!



• He also LOVES to read!!!! I guess that was pretty likely given the reading habits of his mom and dad :) He actually reads us stories during family bed time. His favorite is a dinosaur book.



• His bunny is still around. He is now calling him buddy, which is very cute because that is a nickname Will has for Colin. He actually has quite a few nicknames: Lil C, baby Colin, little guy, buddy, etc. Sadly, I quit calling him Baby Colin when my mom said that he is getting to big for that. So sad. Speaking of names, we think Colin is trying to say his name also!



• He started a new daycare, which we love. He is around kids of all ages and is just blossoming since he has started. His first friends, besides his cousins. It is so much fun seeing him interact with the kids. It does make me feel a bit older though. All the kids call me Colin's Mommy, which makes sense, but it is different when you hear it. I found myself thinking the other day how crazy it is that I am already at the mommy stage in life. It's wonderful and I would not change it for anything, but still mind blowing!

So, I was lazy and did the bullets. Hey, it changes things up a bit and makes me worry less about my sentences and organization. Well, hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! I'll write more this week, Will and I are going to a concert tonight (Marc Broussard) so I will share about that later!!