Peter & the New Baby

My favorite things that Peter is doing lately (@21 months)...

*Pretending to read... "Yiggle, yiggle, Dickle, dickle" and sticks his tongue in and out as he does it!
*He also loves to say "yeah, no, mama, & dada". Those are probably his favorite words (not all together). When he says "Yeah", he sorta squints his eyes and smiles, then says "YEAH!" with a lot of concentration & happiness. He likes to say Dada and Mama in sequence- Mike thinks its b/c he likes it when we are together.
*Another favorite word is bus- "bu" but you know he means bus b/c he then moves his two pointer fingers back and forth- meaning that the wheels go round and round. He can spot a bus anywhere, from far away.
*There is a fire and rescue station near our house so we hear a lot of sirens. He has started saying "oooo" when he hears them. He squints tenses his eyebrows to really concentrate as he says it.
*He hears dogs barking in the neighborhood and says dog- then goes "ro,ro,ro" as his barking sound.
*He has obviously gotten much better at imitating sounds--- probably didn't start this til about 20 mo. So its fun to try to get him to say sounds. Mostly, he still makes b, d, and m sounds.

He's a sweet, fun, happy, smiley, silly, little boy! We love him to pieces!


We are preparing for the new baby...

We've prepared Peter's new room- painted it brown, Mom and Dad bought the quilt for his bed and the rug. (THANK YOU!) Mom is having a chair recovered to put in his room ("b/c he loves having books read to him"). This morning I painted the inside of his closet with the left over lime green paint from the kitchen- it looks fun and fresh. I've moved all but the hanging clothes over and pulled out the itty bitty newborn onesies. Often, as Peter sits in my lap or I hug him, I can hardly imagine that I am going to have twice that sweetness soon and love another sweet baby that much. :) It makes me excited!
I am also trying to rest as I realize how much I won't rest after the baby comes. :)
I am very blessed to have a sweet husband, our second child arriving soon, and to have so much help and love from our parents!