There is alot I never knew about raising kids and one unexpected thing I've discovered lately is that I never knew that a 2 year old could have such a big vocabulary and imagination to go along with it. I attribute alot of this to Eddie's best buddy being our next door neighbor girl who happens to be 8! We are so blessed to have such wonderful neighbors. Eddie wakes up and goes to bed talking about Saryn and they get to play together nearly everyday. It's almost as if he has a big sister.
I wanted to share a few of the cute things that Eddie has said/done over the past week.
1. We see a trail of ants in our garage which lead to a rather large, dead grasshopper. Eddie proceeds to crouch down, gasping for air and in the next breath saying "OH NO MOMMY, careful, it's dangerous"! I can't capture just how cute this was by putting words on paper (or the computer) or reiterating the story, just one of those times I wished I had my camera.
2. Driving over to Eddie's grandma's house Eddie talks the entire way, narrating everything he sees. On this particular day he starts saying "we've got a nodder", a favorite quote from his favorite movie, Cars. I proceeded to ask Eddie if he could tell me what that meant and he proceeded to say, Mac is sleeping. I was totally shocked that he knew what this meant since no one had ever explained it to him.
3. Since the time change, by the time John arrives home from work it's nearly dark which means Eddie gets to play outside with Daddy after dark...a new phenomenon to him. Tonight he spotted a star and was very excited and began saying how he wanted to reach the star. He took off running to the garage and wanted his Daddy to hand him the rope. John gave him a short rope and Eddie ran back to the spot where he spotted the star and began trying to throw the rope up to the sky. A twist on trying to rope the moon.
I just love being Eddie & Will's Mommy and what that brings day to day. Even on the particular challenging days I'm forever grateful and love my job.
A report on Will, he's doing great, sleeping great, growing great. He's a real flirt. I remember Eddie doing the same thing Will's doing as far as just waiting on someone to look his way so he can smile, laugh and coo at them. He's very happy when he's eating, having his diaper changed and about 45 minutes after eating and then he's ready to sleep again! I am blessed that I get to catch a few zzzz's nearly everyday while Eddie & Will nap in the afternoon.
The pictures I'll share this time include a sign the neighbors made for us this past summer. We woke up to this in our side yard waiting for us...so sweet!
If you can't read it, it reads "you gise are the bestes nabers we cold ever have in the world. have a grate summer eddie's family".
