Dogs toenails clicking against the wall; dogs tail thumping on the floor; Jason sitting up in bed; Water running in the shower; Whimpers on the monitor; Click to turn on the video; Click to turn off the monitor; Dogs yawning; Claws scratching across the floor; Baby gate opening; Pounding of 8 paws running down the stairs; White noise; “Hi Mommy!”; No more white noise; Click, Click to turn off the monitors; “Mi-Mouse, Bla-blie”; White noise; “Li-Li, it-ime to get-up!”; No more white noise; Groans; “Did I sleep good?”; Light switches turning on; Dead bolt turning; Door opening; Claws on the patio; Water filling dog bowl; Dog food filling metal bowls; Fridge opening; Microwave beeping; Cabinets opening; Milk pouring; Water splashing over hands; “Good morning, Daddy!”; “I’m having a little trouble waking up.”; Knock knock jokes; Laughter; Newspaper rustling; Back door opening; Dogs slurping water/crunching food; “All done”; “Get down”; “Morning Honey”; Smooch; Hangers sliding; Dresser drawers opening; Flat iron snapping; Woosh of makeup brushes; “Can I wear a dress today?”; Toilet flushing; water running; “Can you help me brush my teeth?”; “Crocs on?”; Dog crate zipping; Dog crate locking; Van doors sliding open; Car seat buckles; “Bye. Have a good day. I love you”; Heels clicking on the sidewalk; tap, tap, tap on keyboard; click of mouse; “Can you take a look at this for me?”; “Are you ready to walk?”; “How was your morning?”; Talk about kids, vacations, plans; Birds chirping; Moms and kids squealing at the playground; Microwave beeping; Office door closing; Lean Cuisine tray thuds in the trash can; Office door opening; Click, click, click, tap, tap, tap; “Ready to go?”; “Mommy, mommy, mommy!”; Van doors sliding; Car seat buckles; “Can we watch something when we get home?”; Dog crates opening; Back door opens; The Little Mermaid song; Oven heating; Pans clanging; Cabinets opening; Water washing hands; “Let’s eat!”; Talk about the day; “Did I eat good?”; Four tiny feet running in circles; Laughter; Music; Water filling the tub; Splash; Laughter; The Wiggles; Zip of footy pajamas; Hairdryer; “Night, night Daddy”; White noise; Click, click to turn on monitors; Bedtime stories; Beatles Lullaby music; Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Hmm-hm-hmmm, Rock-a-bye Baby; “Good night. Sleep tight. I love you.”; Door closing; Door opening; Tinkerbell story; “Good night. I love you.”; “Love you too, Mommy.”; Beatles Lullaby music; Two music boxes; Door closes; Feet pounding the treadmill; Ugh; Heart beat thumping; TV; Shower; “Night babe. I love you.”; Smooch; HGTV.
Monthly Archive for April, 2009
So, Cameron has had somewhat of a language explosion lately. He’s been talking a lot for quite some time now but he’s really started putting together thoughts and expressing himself rather than just naming objects or repeating what we say. I’m so impressed that he seems to recognize his emotions already and is using words to tell us how he feels about things. Boy does this kid have some strong emotions though! He’s very opinionated lately and has no problem telling us when he doesn’t like something. Usually he doesn’t like Jason which is just loads of fun for everyone. OK…he actually DOES like Jason but pretty much only as a play thing and only in small doses. Sometimes when Jason looks at him, Cameron actually ducks his head into my shoulder and says ‘No’ in the most pitiful little voice. True story. I know he’ll come around but right now it’s mostly all Mommy all the time. I don’t usually mind this unless I need to, like, pee or eat or something. Don’t worry though…I get my fair share of attitude from Cameron too. Because he wants to be with me all the time I have more opportunity to anger him which results in me being on the receiving end of his temper. It’s super when your almost 19 month old looks at you with a fierce red face and shoves his hand forward while saying, “Go Away, Mommy!” Yeah…that’s great fun. I’m not really sure how to handle this with him. I want to encourage him to use words like this because it’s so much better than hitting or pinching or biting but to say that to ME? I’m just going with it for now since I think he’s really too young to understand the difference between telling me to go away and telling his friends or the dogs to go away. Also, those are just the words he knows now to let us know that he doesn’t like something. He’ll learn other ways of expressing himself as he gets older. For now, I just tell him that I can’t go away because I need to change his diaper/wipe his nose/etc. Unless I’m really irritated and tired of being screamed at…then I do walk away. That just makes him more upset though and then he follows me. Ah…toddlers are FUN!
Seriously though, I can’t complain too much. For the most part Cam is pretty even keel and he recovers from any fit throwing episodes pretty quickly. I think he had his longest tantrum to date this morning and it was only 20 minutes. It was a door slamming, toy and shoe throwing, wailing, foot stomping 20 minutes but still only 20 minutes. Not too bad.
I’m home with Cameron today because he is feeling a little sickly. We don’t get a ton of one on one time so it’s funny to eat an entire meal with him alone. Here are some of the things he’s said to me in the last 15 minutes.
Mo ruit (more fruit)
Mo Dih Dick (more fish stick)
Where ra-roo? (Where is the cracker?)
Un dih dick! (Under the fish stick!)
Mo ruit
Ra-roo where are you?
Un dih dick!
Where dih dick? (Where is the fish stick?)
Heh, heh! In mouf! (Heh, heh! In my mouth!)
Knock, knock (here we go again with the knock, knock jokes…)
*snort snort* PIG! (I think you can figure that one out)
*BURP*
Mo-meese (excuse me)
All done!
1. Mahna, Mahna: Every Muppet-esque creature. Based on the Mahna, Mahna video that he wants to watch all. the. time.
2. Ball: Any round object including the moon and the planets on the picture in his room.
3. Dreams Come True: Cinderella’s castle and/or Disney World
4. I’m pretty sure he thinks that ‘Go’ is the number that comes after 3.
5. Toot, Toot Cars!: When he wants to hear the Wiggles Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car song while getting his pajamas on at night.
BONUS: Cam figured out to jump this week! He can’t do it every time he tries but he definitely has the technique figured out!
1. College students must run about 10 degrees warmer than everyone else. It’s 55 degrees today and I can’t even begin to count the number of girls I saw wearing short shorts and flip flops. C’mon ladies…it’s not THAT warm yet.
2. GAH! I’m OLD! I’m probably closer in age to the parents of college students than I am to the college students themselves. Let’s see…college student is 18 years old. The could have a 43 year old parent if the parent was 25 when the kid was born. I’m 31 so that means that I’m 12 years younger than the parent and 13 years older than the student. GASP!
3. It’s hard for a 31 year old mother of two to feel HAWT when surrounded by 20 year old co-eds.
4. I sometimes envy the carefree, responsibility free life many college students have. They can play frisbee in the field on a sunny spring day or, better yet, camp out on their porch and have a few beers with various friends who pass by or pick up and take a road trip on a moment’s notice…but then I think about how great it feels when my little big girl asks me to read her bedtime stories and how much I love the way my baby toddler twirls the hair at the base of my neck around with his fingers while I sing him songs each night and I’m brought back to my real life where I have loads of responsibility and can’t take a trip without lots of careful planning and I know that I wouldn’t change it for anything.
1. Little-Little: Itty-bitty pancakes that are the result of tiny drips of pancake batter landing on the griddle.
2. Posey: A ‘taggies’ blanket that she found in her room a few months ago. She never played with it when she was an infant but now she loves it and sleeps with it every night.
3. Old McDonald’s & The Dinger Restaurant: McDonald’s and Taco Bell (because of the bell logo and bells make a ‘ding’ sound)
4. Drinks in the Shower: She likes to fill her mouth up with water and then spit it out in funny ways.
5. Crunchies: Croutons
