and then he was a kid

i am not really sure what happened in the last couple months. i remember looking at finn at his first birthday and thinking, 'well, he still acts like a baby. maybe he'll never grow up.' somehow though, this baby became a boy. a living, breathing, fighting, screaming, dressing up in goofiness, climbing over everything, smashing cars together, gaining weight exponentially, farting and laughing, rub his nose and wipe it on his clothes BOY.

he really is totally on point with everything. i get these monthly emails that tell me what my child should and might be doing. i admit that most of the time i want to jump through the computer screen and find whoever sent these. this is ridiculous. they preach that every child is different, so don't worry moms if your child is behind. what?! how can my child be behind if every child is different and i shouldn't worry? stop labeling kids behind then telling us to stop worrying. luckily though, i don't have to worry in most areas. i read the emails, which say, 'your child might start this soon' and the next day he starts. he's on track in every area except speech. this boy makes so much noise, but almost none of it is understandable. at this point, his vocabulary includes: dada, mama (rarely), doggy, puppy, kitty, bye-bye, fishies and lots that he repeats but doesn't remember. his signs for more like it is nobody's business though. he'll start clapping violently if we don't acknowledge that he wants more. he points to his eyes, nose, mouth, ears. he says the sounds for cow and sheep.

but yeah, it's kind of awesome now. i love that i can say things and he understands. it is amazing the stuff he learns from just watching us, like how he took brody's dish to the closet and dumped a handful of food into it yesterday. pretty awesome. non-awesome things include that he gets frustrated if i don't understand him and smacks me in the face. or that he thought he was big enough to go down the stairs by himself and barrel rolled all the way to the bottom. or that he can turn on the waterworks almost instantly because he knows i'll cave (i'm working on myself, i promise). or how he now will finish his breakfast, get down, then want to sit on a normal chair to finish my breakfast. i'm starting to get it though. this is the stage i was waiting for. this is where motherhood starts to get really exciting.