Talking Toddler

Wah! I´m starting to consider Sam as a toddler!
Probably because he toddles around so much
and is very independent. I definitely don´t view
him as a baby anymore, so toddler it is!



Right before starting this post he walked up to
me and handed me a coaster; this is a typical
daily activity for us. He´s really into bringing me
random gifts and I think it´s great that he´s sharing
with me even though he doesn´t know that he´s
sharing. I said ¨thank you¨ after taking the coaster
from him and he babbled ¨thank you¨ back, lol.

Which led me to post a list of words he´s saying. It´s
more of a log for me than for anyone reading this.
These are words he says or at least words that only
I can understand.

• Da Da
• Momma
• Baby (sounds like ¨bbi¨)
  
• MiMi (my mom)
  
• Hi
  
• Bye Bye
• No (probably his fave)
  
• Night Night (silent t´s)
  
• Blanket (¨blkt¨)
• Thank You (sounds like fast babble)
• Hold This (fast babble)
  
• Here You Go (fast babble)
• Shoes (Shhhs)
• Ball
  
• Cheese (Chz)
• Water
  
• Hot (Hhhhhh - this also involves a hand motion, lol)
• Bite
• Sings along with an alphabet toy he has.
  

That´s all I can think of at the moment. After typing
it all out that´s pretty impressive, to me anyways.

Yesterday me and Stephen were having a conversation
and I guess it involved quite a bit of hand gestures and
arm waving because Sam walked over to us and joined
right in, waving his arms and babbling away.
He´s been mimicking us a lot too which can be fun and not
so fun. A kid can definitely bring out your flaws into the light.

On another note:
I´ll be 30 weeks pregnant tomorrow! Woo!
I´ve been preparing for the birth, mentally and physically
and nesting like crazy. I found a dresser and a side table
for super cheap from a flea market that I´m going to sand
and paint. And hopefully my house and projects will start
coming together the way I want. And if not whatever.

This baby has been very active, more than Sam. His little
feet are typically snuggled right in my ribs. He lets me
know if I´m bent over on him even a tiny bit. He´s like me,
he likes his space, lol.

Still no name. We thought we might have had one, but we
tried it out for a few days and it was just not clicking.

We´ll be moving Sam into the bigger room and keeping his
room as the nursery for now. That´ll be nice because we
won´t have to move any big furniture from room to room;
which would involve taking apart the crib and putting it
back together.
Pretty soon we´ll be transitioning Sam from the crib to a
bed. I guess we´ll see how that goes, lol.