22 months

Three days ago Gavin turned 22 months old.  I can’t believe he is just two months away from turning two in October.  Do I say that every month? ha!

 

This little red rocking chair was given to Bradley from my mom and Gavin loves it.  He chooses this one over other “little people” chairs we have.  He brings it in the house from the back porch and slides it all over the place to take a rest and climb on it. 

  

Some highlights for this month are Gavin’s manners.  Everyone tells us he is very polite and we think so.  He says his please and thank you’s sometimes without us asking which I think is brilliant for this crazy kid.  I am sure he would rather be thinking of what to jump off of next but instead he minds his manners. 

 

We also have caught him smacking his own hand when he does something bad and he says the word “spank” now since he is all to familiar with them unfortunately.  I wish I could say otherwise but when you have two other children to look after, he has to learn the rules quick and things have to be fair. 

  

His very newest thing is he says “ugh-ugh” in place of his “no” or as a substitute for saying that and it means the same thing.  He does the “no” head motion along with it.  The funny part is that he doesn’t really mean NO.  You could be asking him if he wants a cookie or ice cream and we know the answer is YES but he just may like to tease us more. 

He has been wanting to learn songs more and sings “twinkle twinkly little star” and the theme song to Superman! We say, “Gavin, what does Superman say?” and he replies “dun nuh nuh nuh nuh” with much enthusiasm.  I know I totally butchered spelling that out but you know what I mean ;) It could even be Batman’s theme song but there are many superhero’s flying around my house on a daily basis I get them mixed up. 

Some things we need to work on are him throwing food if he’s not wanting to eat it.  He knows how to say  “all done” or “I want down” but he throws his food before that.  I am at the point now where with him throwing food and Bradley complaining about food that I waste so much of it.  I don’t even worry about set meal times anymore.  I just wait until they are starving! It sounds bad but they are more apt to eat then. 

Another thing we have to work on soon is that DAMN “faci.” Yep, he still has it and now it is always referred to with me cursing damn in front of it! It is so much of a crutch and there are no positives about it except it gets him to fall asleep.  See the crutch and see the pacifier dilemma moms go through! Maybe it will finally not have a place in our life once he is ready for a big boy bed and that can be the trade off.  A big boy bed is something that needs to happen soon too. 

This turning two thing is going to be fun! Stick around for the Gavin ride.  I feel like I am just a passenger on his crazy train most days.  Or,  I am the frantic owner of a china store and he is a bull that comes barreling through breaking everything!

Did I mention how much we love you Gavin?!

Well, WE DO ( no matter what) !! That love will never change from 22 months to 22 years old and forever after that.