If children growing up is supposed to be a good thing than why is it so hard as a parent?? Geez... I want him to grow, develop, etc. but he changes so rapidly lately, I soon realize something he was doing just a week ago, he is no longer doing. I don't know in the moment it's the last but still. Or even better... he learns new things DAILY, faster than I can teach or keep up. Its so rewarding to see him growing and changing but also so very bittersweet. Our role as his parents is changing everyday and he looks more like a little boy - like a real little boy, not a baby in a big boy outfit. (Why am I crying why typing this already... pull it together!) I think honestly, my love for him just continues to grow deeper and stronger and while I am excited and embracing who he is now, we've been a part of his little life from the very, very start. We see every change, and as someone who doesn't embrace change very well... this makes parenting a little difficult. Seeing the little person he is becoming makes that part a little easier.
In his two years as being a part of our family, Paxton continues to bring so much joy, peace, cohesion, humor and love. His compassionate young soul is so sweet and his simple humor can change anyone's bad day into a good one. His smile lights up a room and his belly laugh is contagious. His "no fear" attitude sometimes gets him into trouble, but he is pretty analytical and often times makes a good decision. He loves to be tickled and tickle others and really, really loves to be a helper (which I hope will come in handy in 15 weeks when his sister arrives). He is a man of few words... he struggles a bit with articulating certain words but excels in communicating with us despite his ability to use "real" words all the time. :) He knows what he is saying, we just can't fully understand everything. The teacher in me is trying not to worry... "all kids develop at a different rate". I know this, but also know his little life would be so much easier if we could understand everything he wanted to say :). I marvel daily at how smart he is. He pretends and uses his imagination, he finds creative ways to play independently and with others, he has awesome hand eye coordination and fine motor skills and his ability to infer and be compassionate towards others amazes me daily. His memory is crazy good... he did NOT get that from me, ha.
He absolutely loves carbs and dairy (he can thank his mom and dad for that) and has quite the sweet tooth. I am going to pretend my craving of donuts this pregnancy has had nothing to do with that ;). He will play with anything but prefers cars or sports. We play cars at least 2-4 hours a day and spend at least an hour playing golf, baseball or basketball (not a big fan of kicking yet) and his favorite, chase! One of his most favorite things to do right now is anything related to water. The puddle jumper is THE greatest invention of all time. Splash pads, sprinkers, kiddie pools, big pools, jumping in the water, he loves it all! He loves to imitate - cooking, cleaning, sounds, lawn mower, etc. One of his new words lately is "Nooooo" (dragged out like that) No means "okay" "yes" "sure" "no""I want that" "I don't want that" - it is his typical response lately :). He says "mom" at least 500 times a day, I am NOT exaggerating. He calls everyone mom... the dog, strangers, his grandparents, his dad... everyone. We are working on this :) I actually think its kind of cute. Funny story - we were at Chick fil a and he was playing (aka following him around) with a 4 year old. Pax kept calling him mom and after about 15 minutes the kid turned around and screamed "STOP calling me MOM!". Pax started crying, it hurt my heart for him but hopefully he will learn soon. What should I have him say to get peoples attention? "Hey" is rude... ya know? Help a mom out with this one. He is constantly asking me "what's that", showing me something he can do, imitating something or just getting my attention. He doesn't want us to just answer either, he wants us to look :) Above being ALL boy he is so very sweet. I want to make sure I capture how sweet he actually is. He is gentle and kind, loves his dogs and kitty cat and loves on us every single day. He LOVES his daddy and Opa (pa pa). He loves lots of people but as of today, he REALLY loves them. He is sweet to other kids, likes to help with anything and has a very gentle spirit. Because of this, I know he will be such a good big brother. I absolutely cannot wait to see him love on his sister.
Speaking of his sister, at this point in my pregnancy I have a 24 month old child and I am 24 weeks pregnant, kind of funny :) We go on August 9th for all the 28 week pregnancy fun (4 d ultrasound, glucose test and rhogam shot). Brinlee girl is doing great - growing lots and kicking me constantly - I love it!
I have lots of pictures to share.... Some are from a little photo shoot at JC Penny (literally captured these in 15 min, paid $10 from a Groupon -totally worth it! Go me!), many are from his 2nd birthday party at The Little Gym here in The Woodlands, and some are just some random pictures from this past month.
If you have a little one, soak them in. I blinked and he turned 2. I blinked and see less and less "baby" and more and more little boy. I blinked and I am two years older, haha. No really, our lives will never be the same because of the beautiful son we have - we enjoyed celebrating his birthday and all that represents our Pax!
Um, eyelashes and sweetness
My "baby"
Notice the concentration :)
My heart is smiling
Shout out to Special JEMs by Beth for his precious birthday shirt. Highly recommend her!
Red sweaty face!
His new big boy table and chairs from Pammie and Opa!
Shout out to Elizabeth at ShuggaMama's SweetCakes & Shindigs for Paxton's cake. I explained what I envisioned and she created it perfectly and delivered! Highly recommend!
Pax and his sweet friend Lucy
We practiced blowing all week long, he tried very hard :)
Pure 2 year old joy!
Thank you so much to everyone who helped to make Paxton's birthday so very special :) We love you all!
Until next time... lots of love!
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