i told xavier the other day that he is not allowed to be as naughty as he is and have the dimples he has.
he is talking so much now! he counts to 14, he kind of knows his abc's, he LOVES to sing.
songs xav likes to sing:
-pokemon theme song
-wild kratts theme song
-hark the herald angels sing
he also likes to grab a light saber or throw on owen's indiana jones gear and hum the respective theme songs. "bum ba bum bum! bum ba buummm..."
he wants to be independent. he wants to put on his own coat and shoes (even though he doesn't know how) and he wants to undress himself (which he can do). you've never seen anyone so excited about changing. i've disappointed him a few times when we've gone to change his diaper and he thought he would get to change his clothes. speaking of diapers...this one might be out of them before the next baby is born. i might actually have a few months of no diapers. i can't imagine it.
one of my favorite things about xavier is that he likes to pretend. it's fun to watch him play with little toys and stuffed animals and know that his imagination is working. another thing i love about him is that he still cuddles with me. thumb in mouth, head on my shoulder. love it.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
x. av. i. er.
my naughty little two year old. he brought in his second year with great flair by being super naughty at sunday Mass. eric had taken him out of the church that day and had reported later that xavier was in rare form. oh, xav. i could blame the teething, but you've been teething for a while. if only those last two teeth on the bottom would grow in! i will say this: my arms are much stronger having had to reign in xavier during daily Mass.
xavier is talking much more now. he likes to say, "what hahppen???" with great concern whenever something sounds like it went wrong. my favorite words that he says:
chocolate ("chock-ate")
turtle (extra emphasis on the "t's")
penguin ("pin-gin")
love you ("yah-you")
tito ryan ("ryan!")
he likes to make himself into a xavier sandwich. some of the best parts of my day are when xavier pulls me and eric in with both of his little arms so that we will kiss both his cheeks at the same time. "hug!" he'll say sometimes. he also sometimes gives kisses that last a little too long and he likes to pinch my cheeks until i make a funny raspberry sound. he likes to count my eyebrows.
actually, that's his new thing. counting. if there is more than one, then it should be counted. the problem is that he can only count to two. so all you hear is, "one....two....one....two....one...two!" he would rather you count whatever is in the book than read the actual story to you. i do like how much he likes books. and i like to cuddle with him while i read him a book. he is a good baby to cuddle with. he's thinning out, but he still has is chubby cheeks that are good for squishing.
we're trying to teach him his colors. at first, all colors were blue. green is now the new blue. tito ryan has tried to teach him his colors, too. that was super fun and not frustrating at all for tito ryan. ;)
i really really love this little guy. even if he does scream at me from 6 inches away. he can almost always be comforted by his blanket. "bankie!" here's your blanket. "milk!" here's your milk. "bear!" here's your teddy bear. blanket and bear in one hand. milk gets tucked under the other. thumb goes in mouth and this kid is ready to snuggle up on your shoulder or take a nap.
my naughty little two year old. he brought in his second year with great flair by being super naughty at sunday Mass. eric had taken him out of the church that day and had reported later that xavier was in rare form. oh, xav. i could blame the teething, but you've been teething for a while. if only those last two teeth on the bottom would grow in! i will say this: my arms are much stronger having had to reign in xavier during daily Mass.
xavier is talking much more now. he likes to say, "what hahppen???" with great concern whenever something sounds like it went wrong. my favorite words that he says:
chocolate ("chock-ate")
turtle (extra emphasis on the "t's")
penguin ("pin-gin")
love you ("yah-you")
tito ryan ("ryan!")
he likes to make himself into a xavier sandwich. some of the best parts of my day are when xavier pulls me and eric in with both of his little arms so that we will kiss both his cheeks at the same time. "hug!" he'll say sometimes. he also sometimes gives kisses that last a little too long and he likes to pinch my cheeks until i make a funny raspberry sound. he likes to count my eyebrows.
actually, that's his new thing. counting. if there is more than one, then it should be counted. the problem is that he can only count to two. so all you hear is, "one....two....one....two....one...two!" he would rather you count whatever is in the book than read the actual story to you. i do like how much he likes books. and i like to cuddle with him while i read him a book. he is a good baby to cuddle with. he's thinning out, but he still has is chubby cheeks that are good for squishing.
we're trying to teach him his colors. at first, all colors were blue. green is now the new blue. tito ryan has tried to teach him his colors, too. that was super fun and not frustrating at all for tito ryan. ;)
i really really love this little guy. even if he does scream at me from 6 inches away. he can almost always be comforted by his blanket. "bankie!" here's your blanket. "milk!" here's your milk. "bear!" here's your teddy bear. blanket and bear in one hand. milk gets tucked under the other. thumb goes in mouth and this kid is ready to snuggle up on your shoulder or take a nap.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
when you say, "smile, xavier!" he does this:
zay zay says:
"be back, 'kay?" [while holding up his index finger and thumb]
"c'mon!" [gestures with his hand for you to come with him]
"eyes" [and points to his eyes. this is in response to the question, "xav, where's your nose?" other answers to this question are "belly" and "head."]
"squirrel!" [one of his favorite things to do is to look out our back window and find squirrels in the park.]
"where'd go??" [both palms up at his shoulders, confused look on his face. he could be asking about anything.]
****
this child yells and screams like no other child i have had. i could be sitting right next to him and hi would scream "MOM!" over and over...and over and over...sometimes smacking my face to get my attention. he will also scream if you come near his blanket. his favorite blanket is this large down teal throw. even if you are just touching a corner of it, he will not have it. you canNOT touch xavier's blanket. period. he also needs his personal space. just ask sam. he can tell you about it.
on top of being so noisy, xavier is also VERY strong. it's nearly impossible for me to hold him still in church these days. he'll wrestle and wriggle and push until you almost drop him. (it's just better to feed him all the fruit snacks he wants so he'll stay quiet.) i've watched this kid push isaiah around the living room in a laundry basket. he's so strong!
i've been singing songs to him lately. he chimes in on "i know" and "twinkle twinkle little star." one of our favorite things to do together these days is to draw on paper i've taped onto the wall in dining room. he always demands that i draw a "ba-ball" - which could be a football, basketball or baseball. i just draw all the sports balls i know how to make and he seems satisfied. i draw a picture of him and he waves at it, "HI!!" i also draw pictures of nursery rhymes and kids songs. he was a big fan of the "itsy bitsy spider." whenever i'd try to sing it with him, he'd run to the wall in the dining room so we could sing it by the drawing. i love it when he holds his little arms above his head to be the sun. his arms barely reach over the top of his head! it's so cute! and he claps with great enthusiasm when the song is over.
zay zay says:
"be back, 'kay?" [while holding up his index finger and thumb]
"c'mon!" [gestures with his hand for you to come with him]
"eyes" [and points to his eyes. this is in response to the question, "xav, where's your nose?" other answers to this question are "belly" and "head."]
"squirrel!" [one of his favorite things to do is to look out our back window and find squirrels in the park.]
"where'd go??" [both palms up at his shoulders, confused look on his face. he could be asking about anything.]
****
this child yells and screams like no other child i have had. i could be sitting right next to him and hi would scream "MOM!" over and over...and over and over...sometimes smacking my face to get my attention. he will also scream if you come near his blanket. his favorite blanket is this large down teal throw. even if you are just touching a corner of it, he will not have it. you canNOT touch xavier's blanket. period. he also needs his personal space. just ask sam. he can tell you about it.
on top of being so noisy, xavier is also VERY strong. it's nearly impossible for me to hold him still in church these days. he'll wrestle and wriggle and push until you almost drop him. (it's just better to feed him all the fruit snacks he wants so he'll stay quiet.) i've watched this kid push isaiah around the living room in a laundry basket. he's so strong!
i've been singing songs to him lately. he chimes in on "i know" and "twinkle twinkle little star." one of our favorite things to do together these days is to draw on paper i've taped onto the wall in dining room. he always demands that i draw a "ba-ball" - which could be a football, basketball or baseball. i just draw all the sports balls i know how to make and he seems satisfied. i draw a picture of him and he waves at it, "HI!!" i also draw pictures of nursery rhymes and kids songs. he was a big fan of the "itsy bitsy spider." whenever i'd try to sing it with him, he'd run to the wall in the dining room so we could sing it by the drawing. i love it when he holds his little arms above his head to be the sun. his arms barely reach over the top of his head! it's so cute! and he claps with great enthusiasm when the song is over.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
chubbs. chubba. chubba wubba. zay-zay. xavier.
his little life is just zooming by. he's 18 months old now, and he is my 3rd heaviest baby. right now, i mean. he officially weights 1 pound more than owie. 71st percentile in weight. 50th in height. where did this kid come from??? it has to be all the milk he drinks. there are days where he eats practically nothing but chugs 5 cups of milk. we've been told to cut back.
he walks up the stairs now without holding on to anything. he jumps. sometimes off of things like the fireplace or the couch. he runs. he crawls after you and growls like a tiger. oh no! it's a baby tiger! run from the baby xavier tiger!!!
the great thing about him having 3 older brothers is that they are all eager to announce everything that he does - especially if it's a new thing. "mama, did you know that xavier can walk up the stairs all by himself without holding on?!!" the announcements that they make through bouts of laughter aren't always great to hear. "zay-zay's all wet!!!! hahahahahaha!" why is xav all wet?? "he put his arm in the toilet! hahahahahaha!"
xavier is starting to talk more. the most solid words he has been saying (that come to mind at 12:30 a.m.) have been: mom, bye, eyes (while poking you or himself right in the eye), dad, book, there. recently, he has been saying more:
moh = more
kack = cracker
buh-i-eaah = buzz lightyear
if you can't understand him, he's more than happy to grab you by the hand and drag you to what he wants. when you finally point to it, he will violently make the sign for "more" and then clap when he sees that you get it.
i cannot even handle how chubby his cheeks are and how great they are for planting kisses. he still makes kissy faces until you come give him a kiss. he also gives the BEST hugs. the kind that are strong and where he pats your back as he hugs you. man, i love this kid.
his little life is just zooming by. he's 18 months old now, and he is my 3rd heaviest baby. right now, i mean. he officially weights 1 pound more than owie. 71st percentile in weight. 50th in height. where did this kid come from??? it has to be all the milk he drinks. there are days where he eats practically nothing but chugs 5 cups of milk. we've been told to cut back.
he walks up the stairs now without holding on to anything. he jumps. sometimes off of things like the fireplace or the couch. he runs. he crawls after you and growls like a tiger. oh no! it's a baby tiger! run from the baby xavier tiger!!!
the great thing about him having 3 older brothers is that they are all eager to announce everything that he does - especially if it's a new thing. "mama, did you know that xavier can walk up the stairs all by himself without holding on?!!" the announcements that they make through bouts of laughter aren't always great to hear. "zay-zay's all wet!!!! hahahahahaha!" why is xav all wet?? "he put his arm in the toilet! hahahahahaha!"
xavier is starting to talk more. the most solid words he has been saying (that come to mind at 12:30 a.m.) have been: mom, bye, eyes (while poking you or himself right in the eye), dad, book, there. recently, he has been saying more:
moh = more
kack = cracker
buh-i-eaah = buzz lightyear
if you can't understand him, he's more than happy to grab you by the hand and drag you to what he wants. when you finally point to it, he will violently make the sign for "more" and then clap when he sees that you get it.
i cannot even handle how chubby his cheeks are and how great they are for planting kisses. he still makes kissy faces until you come give him a kiss. he also gives the BEST hugs. the kind that are strong and where he pats your back as he hugs you. man, i love this kid.
Friday, July 30, 2010
right at this time one year ago, i was getting in the car to head for the hospital. xavier was supposed to be induced on august 1st, but here we were on july 31, and he was coming without regard for the soccer age cutoff date.
with some assistance from our doc, xavier made it into the world at 6:55 a.m.
i can't believe my baby is one.
he's my little chubba wubba with a round face and dimples in his cheeks. he sometimes sounds like a gorilla ("oooohhh!") and often just stands around calling my name. he toddles around with his arms bent, hands by his ears as if in a hold up. he's been walking for a month now and he learned pretty much on his own, with no prompting from mama or daddy. he can climb almost anything, which can be scary because sometimes i find him standing on top of a table looking so proud of himself. deep down i'm proud of him, too, but my first reaction is to panic that he'll fall and break his neck. he signs for more food and prefers the take and toss sippy cups to the fancy nuby one i bought to transition him from his bottle. he loves to dance and will bop to any tune and any beat, especially the ones that his kuyas make up. his toy of choice is this blue stacking cup and a big glowstick that he uses to stir whatever he imagines is in his blue cup. or he'll choose whatever toy kuya owen is playing with.
xavier, daddy and i love you so much. i am so grateful that i have been there all day, every day to see you grow and change and bring joy to our lives. your kuyas love you so much, too - and they look out for you. i look forward to the goodness you have yet to bring to the world...in the mean time, stay my little chubba wubba for as long as you like. i like eating your round cheeks! happy birthday, xavier!
with some assistance from our doc, xavier made it into the world at 6:55 a.m.
i can't believe my baby is one.
he's my little chubba wubba with a round face and dimples in his cheeks. he sometimes sounds like a gorilla ("oooohhh!") and often just stands around calling my name. he toddles around with his arms bent, hands by his ears as if in a hold up. he's been walking for a month now and he learned pretty much on his own, with no prompting from mama or daddy. he can climb almost anything, which can be scary because sometimes i find him standing on top of a table looking so proud of himself. deep down i'm proud of him, too, but my first reaction is to panic that he'll fall and break his neck. he signs for more food and prefers the take and toss sippy cups to the fancy nuby one i bought to transition him from his bottle. he loves to dance and will bop to any tune and any beat, especially the ones that his kuyas make up. his toy of choice is this blue stacking cup and a big glowstick that he uses to stir whatever he imagines is in his blue cup. or he'll choose whatever toy kuya owen is playing with.
xavier, daddy and i love you so much. i am so grateful that i have been there all day, every day to see you grow and change and bring joy to our lives. your kuyas love you so much, too - and they look out for you. i look forward to the goodness you have yet to bring to the world...in the mean time, stay my little chubba wubba for as long as you like. i like eating your round cheeks! happy birthday, xavier!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
oh my sweet chubba wubba! last time i weighed him he was 21 pounds on our scale. just 3 pounds shy of kuya owen.
xavier climbs the stairs. and will often let go of the furniture to stand on his own for about 5 seconds at a time. he's EVERYWHERE. and he's heavy...so when i'm trying to keep him on the bed or the couch, i have to heave him back to a safe position so he won't fall off. he's not always happy about that.
xavier waves "hi." he kind of waves at himself and then says "haahh." isaiah says that xavier says hi like a cowboy. hehe. in addition to "hahhh" xavier has been babbling all kinds of sounds. he's going to be talking and walking in no time.
xavier loves dancing to the music. well his dancing is more like bopping...but he loves it. it doesn't matter if it's a song on the radio or one that daddy's band is playing or a silly song that mama made up...he bops. slow, fast...it doesn't matter.
xavier startles easily. it's probably a result of him being at home all the time...he doesn't get the variables he would have gotten if he were with tita jen. when all the guys stood up cheering when the usa tied it up with england in their first game of the world cup, he (along with two other babies) was startled into tears. poor baby!
my favorite thing right now is when i come into the room and xavier gives me his big grin and you can see the dimples in his chubby cheeks. oh how good it is to be home with him!!!
xavier climbs the stairs. and will often let go of the furniture to stand on his own for about 5 seconds at a time. he's EVERYWHERE. and he's heavy...so when i'm trying to keep him on the bed or the couch, i have to heave him back to a safe position so he won't fall off. he's not always happy about that.
xavier waves "hi." he kind of waves at himself and then says "haahh." isaiah says that xavier says hi like a cowboy. hehe. in addition to "hahhh" xavier has been babbling all kinds of sounds. he's going to be talking and walking in no time.
xavier loves dancing to the music. well his dancing is more like bopping...but he loves it. it doesn't matter if it's a song on the radio or one that daddy's band is playing or a silly song that mama made up...he bops. slow, fast...it doesn't matter.
xavier startles easily. it's probably a result of him being at home all the time...he doesn't get the variables he would have gotten if he were with tita jen. when all the guys stood up cheering when the usa tied it up with england in their first game of the world cup, he (along with two other babies) was startled into tears. poor baby!
my favorite thing right now is when i come into the room and xavier gives me his big grin and you can see the dimples in his chubby cheeks. oh how good it is to be home with him!!!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
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