Life of a 19-21 month old boy

Its funny how I actually wrote most of this blog. I kept my laptop open and when Dax would do or say anything throughout the day that was blog worthy for his memory album I would just type it down really quick. Problem is that it makes for a very long blog since he’s so stinking busy and hilarious(and I am super behind on this sorta thing). This will be my new way of getting this fun and new stuff down that my kids are currently doing.

 

So here is what this crazy kid is up to!

Vocabulary is still a little slow if you have to take into consideration understanding him, but sheesh he has his own language! He talks, jabbers and chats to everyone and anything ALL DAY LONG! From the cute girl at the store, to his dinosaurs in his room and especially Sam.  Dax will go on and on like he knows exactly what he’s talking about, because he does right?

On a good day he will try and say about 75% of the words that I ask him to say, but not always successful. On a bad day he is stubborn and will only smile and jabber on about something that he wants to talk about.

Some of his new words we actually understand are:

Bubbles –bubas

Milk- gulk

Cheese he says perfectly

Walk- wawa

Grammy- gram

Grandpa-gupa

Don’t touch! He unfortunately says perfectly (not awesome)

I sit

I do or I did

Hello and Hey with added person “hey mum” or hey nana”

Flower- Flawee

Butterly- baflafla

Circle- curl curl

Line- yine

Jump-ump!

Mac’n cheese- Ma cheese

Slide- side

Swing- sing

Gummy- Goomy

Playing in the water is a must. He likes to blow bubbles, dunk his head under and put his ear in to listen to it.

 Funny story. On Father’s day Dax was going down the slide into the pool and I asked him to hold his head under water. He then thought for a second, went over to the slide and “held” his head with his hands and went down the slide. He continued to hold his head while going down the slide the rest of the day. We all laughed so hard our stomachs hurt.

Interactions with Grayson are soooo much better. He’s actually acknowledging him.

Grayson is such a trooper

He tickles his toes

Helps me get him in his car seat by buckling the chest clip, I finish buckling him in and then Dax tucks his blanket and gives him his binky.

Loves to give him lots of air kisses still.

Helps me wipe his bum during diaper changes

Likes to hold him only this does not happen very often.

Grayson will kick his hanging toys on his play mat and it makes Dax laugh uncontrollably, which then makes Grayson very happy and gives us little giggles. (That was the first time Gray giggled. It was so cute!)

 

If possible he likes to lay down with Gray

Grayson LOVES this when Dax helps buckle him in.

 Dax loves participating with tummy time for Gray and yes, Dax still fits in the bumbo.

He’ll eat almost anything as long as he can dip it, which he calls “dip dip!” Although he recently has decided he is not going to eat a lot any more. He is just my little birdie eater.

Helps me put most of the light groceries on the conveyer belt at the store, then helps me bring the items in from the car and always puts them in front of fridge. This takes a lot of time but he loves it!

Folds his arms at the table before we eat and will repeat Amen after we say it except he says “Ahhhhhem”

He’s is tall and skinny with crazy red hair and bright blue eyes!

Swings on the big boy swings. He fell out once but got right back in and has been a pro since.

He loves to do everything at the kitchen table now. Color, eat, watch Baby Einstein etc...

Always getting dirty and making a mess in the dirt or flour or toothpaste or anything he can get his hands on.

Nickname is Snugs since loves to snuggle(unlike my other son)

Likes to go up and down our stairs without holding my hands now. This drives me crazy!

His favorite movie is still Tangled and when we try and put something else on he brings us the remote indicating that he wants to put Tangled back on.

Favorite cartoon is Super Why. He will listen to the characters sound out the letters in the word that they’re spelling and he'll actually sound it out after them. I love watching him do this.

Being a good sleeper by 1 napping once a day about 2hrs long and he sleeps at night from about 8pm-7am. I cant complain too much I guess. Although when we brought Grayson home from the hospital Dax was sleeping until 9!!! That only lasted about 2 wks but oh what I wouldn't do to get it back.

He takes his trucks and uses our bodies or furniture as his racetrack making vroom noises. Sometimes Sam even becomes the victim.

He is pretty fearless and always has a minimum of 5 scrapes, bumps or bruises on his legs at all times.

His teeth have all come in FINALLY ! Dax was a great while cutting all his teeth but my goodness those last 4 lateral incisors were a doozy!

Loves to wrestle and ruff house with his dad.  Also, if Mckay has a day off, that morning they go to the bakery to pick out a yummy donut or pastry to eat and bring one home for me. I'm looking forward to this happening more ofter when McKay's residency ends.

“Towel Hugs” we call them. A towel hug is when Dax gets out of the bath, he helps us wrap him up in the towel, then he gets one on one time with us by snuggling on our shoulder all wrapped up and warm. That my friends, is a towel hug!

Talking on the phone with family members is a daily occurrence. The conversations most of the time last much longer than I expect. He sure has a lot to say.   

Off to church!

Loves to color. (He use to not like it much) He just learned how to draw circles and a straight line. The circles are pretty sad, but you can totally see his efforts.

Nice farmers tan dude!

Dax likes to help me with my everyday chores like sweeping and following me with a rag wiping anything that I'm cleaning. Dax also likes helping me cook or bake especially when I make cookies. He helps by mixing and adding the ingredients for me (it takes a long time but its fun) and it’s a great excuse for me to bake some goodies when I have a hankering for something sweet!

Baking cookies or playing with his dump truck? Life's decisions for a toddler.

We are introducing the potty and he has done surprisingly well. He pees in the potty before his bath, in the morning after he wakes up and whenever he acts interested.  Quickly follows a fun potty dance with high-pitched cheers of ‘You did it!” and clapping.  Honestly, I am just not ready to put in the work with Grayson being so little and summertime means being out and about a lot more. I’m thinking when winter arrives we’ll actually buckle down and train him completely.

As fun as Dax is I dare say he is equally hard. He tests me everyday by doing things he knows he is not suppose to do. He is very familiar with that 2^nd stair in our kitchen since it has recently become “time out”. I have to say though, he understands its purpose and he will sit there until we tell him his time is up.  When he gets in trouble he smiles at me and this either breaks my heart or it makes me even more frustrated. 

He plays really hard and sleeps really hard and even though he is not my baby anymore I still catch myself wanting to hold and rock him at night before he goes down. Of course he is more that happy to be snuggled and rocked.
We are so grateful to have this crazy little ray of sunshine in our life and we are trying to soak up every moment we have with him since he is changing so much every minute.