Growing Up

I am becoming all grown up.  I have a little sister now.  I call her "baby" or sometimes "Sase".  I am really good at giving her hugs and kisses.  When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I do is ask Mom where baby is.  I just know that she likes the same things I do.  I try to give her a ball or one of my crackers or some water from my cup, but Mom always stops me.  I don't think Mom knows what baby likes as much as me.

I am also getting really good at eating all by myself.  I can use a spoon to eat mashed potatoes, yogurt, cottage cheese, oatmeal and pudding really well.  Sometimes I try to grab Mom's fork to help me eat other things like hot dogs, too.  When I drop something, I just pick it up and put it back on my spoon or eat it right out of my fingers.  I am also really good with a cup, even if has no straw or lid.  Mom only lets me drink from a cup when I am in the kitchen, though.

Sometimes I like to climb.  When we go to the playground, I like to climb the ladders.  We don't have ladders at home, so I have to find other things to climb.  When I woke up one morning and Mom wasn't home, I decided to practice climbing in my room.  I pulled the drawers open in my dresser and climbed on those.  Then a scary thing happened - my dresser tipped over.  I called out for help and Daddy came and rescued me.  I haven't tried to do that again since.  It sure was scary.

Grandparents Houses

I love going to both my grandparents' houses. At one house, there is this really awesome tractor. Grandpa says that it's Grandma's, but I know that he really built for me. I always find it and climb in and drive it, and I never see Grandma drive it. The wheel turns and it rocks. It's so cool. I also climb up the ladder to go down the slide, and I swing on the swing at Grandpa's house.

I really love balls and I love to throw balls into baskets. When we go to other grandpa's house, sometimes I get to go outside and Dad helps me with the really big basket.

Because I am so good with the big basket at Grandpa's house, Mom and Dad got me a little basket of my own. I practice so much. Grandpa says that I am going to grow up to be a basketball player. Sometimes I practice slam-dunking the ball and sometimes I make sure I am standing on the rug a few feet away and throw the ball into the basket. That one's harder, but I am getting really good at it. The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning or after a nap is look for my ball. Grandpa says I need a lot of practice if I am going to play in the NBA.

I am so good at helping Mom around the house. When she gives me things to put in the trash, I know exactly where they go. Sometimes she gives me other things to put in the sink and I know where those ones go, too. I also like to help her put the laundry in the washer, but I can't reach it very well and Mom sometimes has to help me. I am also really good at telling Mom when I need things. When I have a poopy bum, I go to Mom, point to my diaper and say "tash". Then she knows she needs to change my bum and she lets me put the poopy diaper in the trash. That's my favorite part. When I need other things, I grab Mom's finger and try to pull her to what I need. Sometimes I need juice out of the fridge or to go outside to play. I tell her when I want some food by making the sign for food. When she tells me to get my shoes so we can go outside I know right where my shoes are and I pick them up and bring them to Mom. I am really good at talking with Mom right now.

Mom, Dad, and I go on a walk every day. Mom is really slow to walk with right now, though. I don't know why. I just like to go outside so much. On really fun days Mom takes me outside with my little blue car and rides the car with me. It's hard to fit on the car with Mom, because she has a really big tummy right now, but she drives the car outside better than I do. I like to ride the car in the house, too, when Mom doesn't ride it outside with me.

I now sleep in a different room, but it's okay. I can still look out the window when I want to. I just stand up on my bed when I want to look out.