A New Car?

Remember this picture?

Well, if you know me or been in my car recently

you know that it looks like bomb went off

Kinda like the PUFF explosion

but x's 20

with Thomas trains, books, crayons, cars, pool toys, socks, shoes, sippy cups,

and all sorts of food that B and N have thrown at each other

and got in the cracks

I'm not proud, I'm even grossed out at myself

and my lack of CARE for my beautiful car

I am even more terribly embarrassed because yesterday I had my car cleaned

and then I went to pick up Nicky (and Brandon) from school

Nicky climbed in

and he looked around the car - a couple times

he paused

looked at me very confused 

and said:

"Mommy, is this a new car?"

{Let me stop here...now maybe this is normal, maybe not. But he's TWO.  TWO!?! He surprises me everyday with his perception and mature thinking. You AMAZE me Nicholas! and I want to capture it all. Ok, Moving On}

I said:

"No Nicky, its not"

"Mommy, it smells yuck." 

{strong cleaners were used!}

nice.

But at least its clean.

For now...

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27 months and counting

What our 2 year old says on a typical night at our house

I'm Nicholas Abeling Alexander
What do you have, Mommy?
Stop Mommy, I am talking to Daddy

Stop Mommy, I'm cleaning
Walk away Mommy
No Thank You Mommy
Daddy get Nicky, You get Brandon 
Daddy, please lay down with me

Stop crying Brandon, shhhhhhhhhh!

I have to go poo poo...

(followed by) 

Look, I went poo Daddy! I get a Poo Candy!
That sucks
That's yuck
That's funny
What's that?

Uno, dos, quattro, thank you.

{Ok the only said that once, but I still find it so funny}

 

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2 Year Wellness Check - Nicholas Abeling

Yesterday Nicholas had his 2 year check up and during the check up, we heard things like "persistent", "strong",  "demanding", and "gifted". We know most of this, but it was nice to get reassurance from the pediatrician and to realize we are not crazy, terrible parents, out of our minds, etc. We were also told to HOLD OFF the toddler bed due to his unpredictable sleeping habits*. 

(*meaning, he won't go to sleep without screaming bloody murder,  unless we lay on the floor until he falls asleep. Last night I actually climbed in his crib and sang the "B" song and the new "Chuga Chuga Choo" song. Once he is alseep, he sleeps. Phew.)

Here are his current stats:

• 31 pounds! (OH MY *big* boy!) - 85th percentile
• 36 inches tall (although I think she measured wrong, so I will recheck this, and confirm) - 60th percentile
• Body Mass Index  (whaaaat?) - 85th percentile

They don't measure the head anymore, but he still has a tinier head than Brandon. Or Brandon has a big head.
He got one vaccine, which resulted in a low grade fever today and him being sent home. (Thank you to our wonderful babysitter Lori, who picked him up from school today while we are at work! xo)

Our Dr. defined gifted as being able to use 3-4 word sentences, understand context and respond, articulate clear words, say his ABC's, count to 20, identify colors, say Buon Giorno (jk, i added that), use the potty  and TELL us that he has to go. He made up his first story yesterday (more on that later), and his imagination has kicked in. He is a comedian. He learns and says new words every day. He is pretty athletic and his calfs are developing into true Abeling/Fleming calves. He can catch a ball *sometimes* and has a pretty good arm. He loves to run and kick a soccer ball and is still obsessed with anything with Wheels

He really is pretty smart, I'm not kidding. I don't know what this means yet - we will be talking to the Pediatrician about what to do in the future to help challenge our little man retain and grow his knowledge as he gets closer to school age.

Until then, Nicholas, Mommy and Daddy are SO sososososososo proud of you, no matter what you do - GOOD or BAD. You (and Brandon) are the reason I became a Mommy.

{Enjoy 24 months of Nicholas...}

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