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.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
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.
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