Julian turned 2 today! Hard to imagine the condition we all were in two years ago this moment. Our new, still-red wee baby was either feeling he way around a chest in route to a nipple or sleeping, wrapped up like a caterpillar in spring. Ian, Julian and I were alone in the hospital room, watching Patrick Swayze in Red Dawn (I'd never seen it before.), remarkably unfazed by what we'd been through the previous 48 hours.
Fast forward two years. He's still sucking his thumb. We're still wiping his butt after mega poop blowouts. He still finds comfort in the arms of his parents.
But now he's a healthy 2-year-old who loves to run in circles and climb up stairs and crawl on top of bar stools. He'll have what you're having, even if it's a spicy hot habanero brownie from Butters Brownies. He wants to know what you're doing. He copies you, even when you wish he wouldn't. (The F-word has entered his lexicon, but it's just so darn cute when he uses it in context...)
His silliness helps us through the long winter nights at home, when we can't cook without our "counter bird" sitting besides us and bath time turns to bubbly turtle time. He urges us out of bed every morning "Come on, mommy. Chonies, here." He uses words like "chonie" (underpants) and jokes (Knock, knock. Who's there? Chicken pumpkin pizza!) that he gets at school. His amigos are becoming an important part of his life. He tells us when Judy smashes her finger or when they have beans or apples for lunch.
I wonder if parents ever get used to watching their children grow up before their very eyes.
2 comments:
Cute, cute pictures, thanks for taking the time to share. Parents need to be reminded often that these stages pass by too quickly. It seems like forever at the time though. I am grateful for my grandson who connects me to those long ago times when my girls were so sweet and innocent.
m'kay, stop darnit, you're making me want one!
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