Current Obsessions: Clocks, Baby Marshall, pots and pans, The Price is Right, PBS show Arthur, Snoopy, M&Ms, The Office, coloring, chapstick, anything with buttons (remotes, microwave, DVD player, car dashboard) elevators and escalators, any motion-sensitive doors esp at Target, cats,
Major Events: Birth of baby brother, turning two!
Dear Remi,
Today you turn two years old! What turmoil we have created for you these past couple months! The most significant chink in your chain has been the addition of one Marshall H Sano...He has brought you a lot of joy but a lot of heartache too. I can't pick you up while recovering from a c-section, and this has brought both of us to tears on multiple occasions. However, the arrival of Marshall means the arrival of many visitors, first Grandma Sano, who spoiled you beyond your wildest dreams, taking you to the park almost daily, letting you play outside in the wild backyard, blowing bubbles, hiding Easter eggs, making cookies and playing pretend. Even though you haven't seen her since September, you really hit it off almost instantly. She took such good care of you while I was in the hospital, I never needed to worry whether or not you were okay. We were so sad to see her go after what seemed like such a short trip.
After Grandma left Aunt Katie rolled into town! I have never seen you have SO much fun with anyone besides Dada. You were quite nearly in hysterics every time you played with her. Your bond with her is special, and she spoiled you with peanut butter covered pretzels, some cool new kicks and a Betta fish we named Tim.
You've grown very particular these days. Blankets have to be just right in your crib, music must be played before nap and bedtime, you don't like different foods to touch on your dinner plate, and you live and die by your daily routine. It makes life nice and predictable for all of us! You wake up by seven every morning, two hour naptime around one o'clock, and off to bed at seven thirty.
You are trying so hard to communicate with us verbally. We know you understand 95% of what we say to you so we are just waiting for words to come spilling from your lips. So far your vocabulary consists of mostly "Dada, Mama, Clock, Yum, Yes, Pup-pup" You are working hard on "More, Grandma, Katie, Help, Meow, Please" I can't forget to mention that you randomly yell "T!" in a sweet high voice, something you learned to mimic from Wheel of Fortune. You finally started calling me "Mama." For months I was "Dada" followed by "Baba" which then morphed into "Da-BA!" We call to each other in the morning. When you wake up you say "Mama?" or "Dada?" depending on who you want and we echo back with "Remi?" until we make it to your bedroom. Perfect way to start the morning!
You've learned the meaning of defiance and what an effective tool it is to have at your disposal. You started hitting when upset (something that is starting to subside, thank heaven!) you take to throwing yourself on the floor to escape our evil clutches, and you scream in protest a little too often. You also just realized that you are not confined to your crib by an invisible force field, and it only took falling out of your crib once during afternoon naptime to understand that force fields are there for a reason :) It gave me the scare of my life so I'm glad that we are in agreement that the crib is a lovely place to be.
The outdoors are full of wonder for you. Looking for squirrels, airplanes, and birds is a necessity when outside and you must have super sonic hearing because you can detect a airplane flying overhead long before anyone else. It was a bit frustrating at first because I didn't know why you were shrieking and pointing the the sky.
Remi, we love you so! Even though I feel tremendous guilt over not being able to give you my undivided attention with a new baby at home, you have mostly been patient with me, and you've earned a lot of points in my book. The love we feel for you grows ten-fold everyday. I think and talk about you long after you go down to sleep every night.
You are such a joy and I can't wait for the next adventure!
Love,
Mama
The proudest Big Brother Ever!
New train set from Ikea
Turning two is awesome!
Katie always keeps you in stitches:
Birthday breakfast of homemade waffles!
Coolest kicks in the world compliments of Aunt Katie:
2 comments:
I am ready for you guys to move back. Make it so.
Oh how this grandma loves these growing up newsletters! It shares so many of the wonderful little things that make Remi such a precious son! One day he, too, will appreciate hearing about his antics but most of all will realize that he was (and is) a cherished child. Give him a giant squeeze for me. I miss you all so much. It helps "ease my pain" when you post new pics. I will keep working towards skype so we can see each other too. Love you tons and tons, GMa Sano
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