There are so many changes coming soon. Little Buddy will start going to school two days a week starting in January, on Monday and Wednesday. He loves school now and is excited about it, but I am desperately going to miss our Mondays together. Daddy helps me rationalize that by having two days a week to do homework, I will be able to go to bed early and be more rested to play with my little guy on the other days. Plus, he reminds me, Little Buddy is ready and eager for this. Ok, he may be ready for it, but what about Momma?!
But Daddy is right, as long as Little Buddy is doing well with it, it should be good for all of us. Next semester is my last semester of classes, so I really need to work hard to finish up and prepare for proposal defense and comps in the summer. It's going to be a busy time for me, so having Little Buddy in school two days a week should help me not be as distracted by school deadlines when I am with him.
We are also getting ready to convert Little Buddy's bed into a toddler bed (although I think he could happily stay in his crib forever) and working a bit on potty training. He's shown a little more interest in the potty, although I don't think he is totally aware of his body yet. But if he wants to try, we are more than willing to encourage his interest!
It's also been amazing to watch him the past month as his verbal skills have just exploded. He's picking up at least 10 new words each day, combining them, and starting to make real sentences. I can't believe how grown up he has become in the past few months. Overall, he has his recitation of his ABCs down pat, recognizes all of his letters, can count up to 14 on his own (up to 25 on some days), can identify most colors (pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, white, and sometimes beige and gray), is doing really well on his shapes (circle, oval, triangle, rectangle, heart, star, diamond, and square are usually identified), loves to sing a variety of songs, and just loves "runnin'" around. Even in pictures he looks wise beyond his years. Take today, as I was trying to catch a picture of him and Daddy reading a story before nap. The little monkey caught me trying to take a picture and, instead of focusing on reading, had to ham it up a little bit. How is this is little boy only 2? And how is my baby already 2?
"Hehehe, whatcha doing Momma?"
Such a ham giving his "cheese" face!
Now, back to snuggles and stories.
It was a fun day. Little Buddy did very well in church, as he was quite concerned with praying and singing (and dancing!) to the songs. He yelled, "Bye-bye, Joe!" to our priest (Fr. Joe) all the way to the car once Mass was over. He was a great sport while we did some shopping at Kohls and took a great nap. And he also cheered for me when I left to go on my run (which is awesome because one of the reasons I try to stay active is to inspire him to be active. I would love for us to register for runs together some day). The best part of today, though, was when we were asking him who his friends were and he told us that Momma and Daddy were his friends.
Oh Little Buddy, I pray that you always consider us your friends. We have to be your parents first, but we want to be your friends too. Always. We love you so much and are so blessed to have you as our son.
So tomorrow, this blog comes to an end. I am not even sure what I will write, but I know it will touch on what a privilege it is to be Little Buddy's Momma and what I hope my blogging for 366 days has accomplished. Thank you all for accompanying me on this journey.
Good night,
LBM
Little Buddy's Momma
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