Toddler...we have officially switched over to this title :) I think the 'books' start the toddler phase at 13 months, but this is the first month where I have felt that we are in full-fledge toddler mode around this house. Every day I am caught off guard at just how much Watson is learning and picking up on. There are times when it is sad to me to see the baby phase fading away with him, but it is also so exciting and fun to venture into the journey of toddler-hood with our sweet boy!
We finally began the process of transforming the guest room in to baby girl's nursery and changing Watson's room around to a big-boy room. I call it his big boy room because it no longer has the nursery furniture and rocker, but big-boy furniture and a recliner. He is..though...still in a crib, so I guess it's not technically a "big-boy room" yet :) We did go ahead and put a twin bed in the room for guests and for W as he gets older. I will post some pictures of the rooms as they come together - right now they are far from ready, though! He has done pretty well transitioning..we have been so proud of him! He is having some issues getting to sleep lately - I feel like we are having to do the CIO phase all over again...anyone else go through this around this age?! I have heard it is pretty common around 18-20 months to go through a "sleep regression." Once he is finally asleep he does fine (most nights...), but we are reallllly hoping to be out of this phase sooner rather than later :) It was actually so bad that I was convinced that he had an ear infection or something that was hurting him - took him to the dr and he checked out perfectly - bad news for W because that means I didn't feel AS bad about letting him cry it out :) He does wake up really early these days...like 5AM...are our days of sleeping until 8 or 8:30 over?! I was really hoping those days would continue when baby girl is born... Surely...surely...this is just a phase!
He is loving playing with all of the baby toys that we are pulling out...oh what an awakening he is in for in just a couple of months!
We have been keeping busy lately...it's amazing how quickly our days fill up with activities! Between my Mom Time Bible Study at the church, MDO, and Music Class, we really only have two days each week that aren't already full...and we generally have no problem finding plenty to do on those days as well...especially getting the upstairs transformed!
The weather has been pretty wet and cold lately so our time outside has been extremely limited. I hate this for W because as I've said before...there is no where he would rather be. We are both looking forward to Spring and some warmer, sunnier weather!
Graham has been traveling the majority of the past two months, so we have missed having Daddy around A LOT! Luckily that will end at the end of this month so we can return to a somewhat normal feeling as a family.
'Spidey' is our best friend these days.
Sweet boy loves being held lately - and gets extremely emotional when someone leaves him...especially his Mana, Poppa, or "Melly".
W thinks it's hilarious to stay in the bed while I make it up in the mornings...usually I will get it all made up with him sitting right here...then he stands up and pushes all the pillows over and cracks up :)
Brushing teeth is still a favorite activity around our house.
He is not talking as much as I would have expected by this age, but I am seeing a lot of progress with his language each day so I am extremely thankful for that! He still says "Daaa-deeee" and "Maaaa-meeee" all the time...as well as "uh-oh", "shoes", "outside", "funny", "silly", "bye-bye," all done," "all gone," "more," "upstairs," "Poppa," "no," "mine" and some other phrases that we can understand but may be confusing for others :) "Where did it go?" being one of them...right now it just sounds more like "as;dlkfasdf go?" but he puts his little arms up like he's asking a question and uses it appropriately :) He understands everything and has no problem following directions so his receptive language is right on track. I was beginning to be concerned about his expressive language, but have been encouraged over the past week or so with how quickly he is picking up on more words and repeating everything.
Painting..he prefers using his fingers over this brush, but he did great with it!
Long story...but he loves his bicycle helmet. Graham..being the 'Prepper' that he is..bought us all helmets for tornadoes. I laughed, but we actually pulled it out for Watson this month just in case...he was a fan :)
To say that Watson is a mama's boy is quite the understatement. He very clearly loves his daddy dearly, but he prefers mommy...especially when anything is wrong or for bedtime.
In deep thought...in his Christmas PJ's...in February... :)
We love this sweet boy with all of our hearts and cannot wait to see him as a big brother! To think that I only have 10 more weeks to go is just crazy...we are so ready to meet our sweet baby girl! Oh how I pray and trust that the Lord is preparing us to be a family of four. It is completely overwhelming to think that the Lord has entrusted two precious lives to us...we pray that they will never fail to see HIS love and HIS character in us as husband and wife, mommy and daddy, and as individuals.
