dear stella,
as i lay here in bed with little bear on in the back ground and you feeding your babies raisin bran crunch, something quite fantastic has dawned on me: you are 26 months old today and i am 26 weeks pregnant this week! ok. so it's not a mind blowing revelation, but is it kind of neat, no?
so this whole crazy number coincidence got me thinking about you, my now 26 month old, and how far you have come since you were a week babe. which does make me sad but we will not dwell on that part.
you are growing like a weed in both mind and body these days. every day we are taken aback by the things you surprisingly know, say, and understand. just this morning you told me "good job, mama!" after i told you i finished my breakfast. it's like you jumped through a magic hoop and turned twenty one or something. minus the need to binge drink, of course.
sadly but truthfully, we tend to forget some of the beautiful memories that spring forth from the rays of sunshine you bring throughout the day. so i've written some here! they are sealed tight in our online time capsule, waiting for you to come take a peak and giggle.
- each morning when you wake up you need milk. you call it "nilk". and when you are done with that, you want breaky with mama. you love oatmeal which you call "meal-meal."
- coloring on your easel is one of your favorite past times. you enjoy using a wide variety of colors and then lining them up in a beautiful rainbow row. this artistic activity can keep you occupied for well over a half an hour.
- your favorite animals are lions and bears. you call lions "lynons" and bears "bear hugs." your dada taught you what a bear hug is and now you demand them several times throughout the day and most definitely at bedtime. we adore it.
- bath time is known as "bubbles" around these parts.
- chica chica boom boom & itsy bitsy spider are your favorite books right now. we read about three or four books to you before bedtime. you like sitting on our laps and flipping the pages with us. sometimes i make a little book fort for us in the corner of your room and we read the afternoon away.
- trader joes has you very smitten because of their free stickers. you play with them the whole way home and request them as soon as we pull into the parking lot.
- you could eat pasta all day every day. you love it. and pizza, too. well aren't you are little carboholic!
- you talk with a lisp. i can't handle the cuteness of it and ask you to repeat words with "s" sounds ALL DAY LONG.
- you tell us "god bess" and "in circles" each night before bed.
- recently, you have been calling your dada "andur" for andrew and "mada" for amanda. we obviously prefer you calling us mama and dada, but hearing you say our names is pretty darling.
- everytime we pass the park you inquire about the duckies. are they "sheepin" you wonder? you promptly follow up your inquiries with a "wack wack." your duckie impression is somewhat hilarious.
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- every time i say "ouch!" you ask me "toe?!?" most often, i have indeed stubbed my toe.
- you know the past and present of the verb "to get." we love it when you use it in the correct context. get it. got it. good. :)
- using the keys to unlock the front door is among the thousands of grown-up things you want to do yourself. now if we could just get the whole going potty on the toilet thing down...
- we've had to tape your bedroom light switch to off because you are a night owl and could stay up playing in your room with the light on all night if we let you.
- you say "shit" instead of "sit" so when you ask mama to sit in public people often raise a brow or two.
- your favorite restaurant is chipotle. but how could it not be given the fact that it's our second home.
as you can see, stella bear, you are barrels of fun to be around! 26 months suits you.
love, your mama
It's only fitting that she is your "stella bear". It brings back memories of your childhood and manda bear, amongst other pet names we had for you. So fun reading this!
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