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26 Months

You are so independent these days. All I hear is "I do it! NO! I do it! "

I love how you say excuse me "scuz me"

I came in to get you from your nap today and you told me you were "playing basketball with the [stuffed] animals"

You were all frowny so I asked you what was wrong and you said "I just want Mimi and Grandad Jack to come to my house." Poor guy, I felt bad for you. So we called them on the phone but they weren't home so you left them an interesting message. I tried to take the phone form you and you got so upset so I just gave it back and you said "Sorry Mimi, mama take the phone." Old man!

Today you were looking for your "fire hose" (the vacuum hose) and couldn't find it. So you yelled, "oh no dada take it to school with him. I better call him!" So you called him on your play phone and checked to see if he had it with him.

You miss your dada so much. Today when we were leaving the house you said "I just need my dada to come to my house." Yep, dad's not home much these days. But the end is in sight and that will all change soon! Yay!

We went to a May Day celebration at a local park and you and your friend Clio made butterfly wings. I was so bummed I didn't have my camera - you guys looked far too cute running around with your big blue wings on your back.

You're killing me buddy. Just killing me. Your tantrums were out of control and for no obvious reason the other night at our potluck at Vivi's. I honestly just wanted to cry. And then same story at the Farmer's market. I know you are just testing boundaries, exploring your independence "I don't want my stroller I just want to walk!!" But you are driving me insane. I hope this passes quickly. Doesn't help I have zero patience right now. I hope things get better once the baby is here and I am not so physically worn out and incapacitated. Wishful thinking right?

I tried to put your baseball hat on you yesterday morning and you said "I no wear hat! It not cool for me!" Um, ok, you are only 2 buddy!

You've had a low grade fever and I've been giving you tylenol. After I give it to you, you say "Mmmmm, I love red medicine. It nummy good for me. Thanks mom." Then as I was shutting your door for your nap we always say "I love you" and this time you responded "I love you mom, I love medicine too."

You are my affectionate little guy lately. I definitely get lots of hugs, kisses and snuggles. Sometimes too much! But I love it, I am glad you are the peachy happy kid you are, it make sup for the oh so very rough times we occasionally encounter - like when you are thwarting me over every little thing!

I always play a game with you where I "eat you up for dinner" and pretend bite/eat your face and neck because you taste so good. Well today when I went to pick you up at preschool the teacher told me you were biting another kid's shirt (thankfully not the kid's skin!) and when she told you no biting, you told her with your teeth bared and the shirt still in your mouth "I eating!" I have created a monster! I guess you were showing him some affection :)

Can't wait until your dad is done with school. We both miss him. Today you asked if "dada can come my house." Um, this IS your dada's house too :(

Poor sick baby. You had been fighting something all week but it really hit you hard Friday night. You were just burning up and the tylenol wasn't helping the fever at all. So Saturday afternoon we went to the convenient care center and 4 hours later found out that you had an ear infection. I am so glad we went because when we got there your fever was 104.9. Highest it's ever been. You were so lethargic and out of it, you literally slept the whole time we were there, 6 hours total Saturday afternoon. Poor guy! But as soon as you got your drugs you were back to your normal chatty self.

You call Mother's day "Mama's day" and you told me I would get cake and presents and cards. Sweet boy. And you were very excited to give Mimi her flowers. You were just so chatty all day long - the doctor said a high febrile sickness is important sometime between 2-3 years old to stimulate the brain so hopefully we are all set for awhile!

You are in an intense mama phase right now - and while it's nice to be loved, I have to say, you are driving me slightly batty. Today you cried for 20 minutes and literally had to be pried off my neck when I left the house to go to the OB. It was awful! I felt so bad - and I was leaving you with your dad! But you didn't want anything to do with him and have no problem telling him that " I don't want you, I want my mama." The worst is when you call him Michael, it just seems so cold :( Hopefully this phase will pass quickly before baby brother comes.

We listen to the They Might Be Giants kids CD in the car and my favorite is when this song comes on about clapping hands, stomping feet, jumping in the air. You do all the motions and when "Jump in the air" comes on, you wave your arms high in he air and look so funny, just like a teen dancer, even funnier b/c you are strapped in your carseat. Sometimes you get confused and when you are "stomping your feet" you stop and say, "no, that's how I kick a ball!"

We were playing "worker men" the other day and in the middle of it you cam up and hugged me and said "I love you worker man mama!" Ah :)

If I hear you say "I don't want to" one more time I think I may scream.

Last night you told me this was the "best chocolate milk I ever had" - where you learned that concept is beyond me.

You match now. Don't know if you learned it at school or through TV but it is pretty cool. We were reading a Bob the Builder book and you helped up your toy Scoop to Scoop in the book and yelled "I match them! I match!"

I'm getting all sad and nostalgic now that your baby brother is almost here. I'm trying to spend more quality time one on one with you, and you just seem so needy lately. It's a tough time for all of us. My world and your world are about to change dramatically in the next few days/weeks. I hope we can handle this! I'm also freaking out about leaving you while I'm in the hospital. I'll never have left you for so long, especially because it will literally be hours and hours until I even have an update on you or get to see you. So freaked out.

Oh Acca. Today was probably the singularly worst day we have ever had in the 2 years of your life. Thankfully your dad was home as well so somehow we managed to all survive. First you woke up at 6:30 saying "I don't want to sleep, I want to wake up." Great. Then you were crabby, wouldn't eat breakfast, wouldn't get dressed for school, wouldn't leave the house, etc. You don't want to do anything! Similar pattern after lunch and naptime is a nightmare. You won't stay in your room, you won't stay in time out. Sometimes I think I will lose my mind. Then you get all snuggly, and it is so sweet I can't stand it. This is a very trying time buddy, I really hope we can survive. If only it weren't corresponding to the arrival of your baby brother we might be OK, but I don't know what we'll do if you act like this and I have to deal with a newborn. I need strength.

You are more obsessed with "bob" construction trucks than ever before. Diggers for the sandbox, digger books, bob the builder toys and books, playing workermen all the time! Such a boy!

At the park you were playing in the sandbox and a little grill came over to play. You looked at her and said "Hi, I Acca." So sweet!

You are a frugal little guy, though I don't think you know it yet. Whenever we got to AC Moore you ask me if I have coupons (since I never buy anything there without one). And today we went to the science museum and I had a free pass so I gave it to you to hold. You saw your friend Carolina and ran to her yelling "Carobina, I have coupons for science!" Too cute.

I think you have a reaction to amoxicillin. Not while taking it, but after you finish the dose. The same thing happened after your last ear infection. Weird bugbite/hive like welts on your body. I gave you some Benadryl and they went right away and your mood has improved dramatically. Thankfully.

When I sneeze you say "Bless you Lisa" - weird kid.

You call chocolate milk "black milk" and chocolate cake "black cake".

So you are no longer an only child Acca-boo! Baby brother Owen has finally arrived. You did so good while I was in the hospital, I worried so much for not. I was so worried you'd have an "I want my mama fit" in the middle of the night. Especially since Owen made his arrival on the one night that Mimi and Grandad couldn't come up! But you did great at Linnie's house and I am so proud of you!

When you came to the hospital to meet Owen you ran to me and gave me the biggest hug. I missed you sweet boy! You weren't all that interested in Owen and didn't really want to look at him or hold him. Fine, we didn't push it. You loved the firefighter figure and firetruck book Owen had got you though! And then when you gave him the present you got for him - a stuffed elephant, you did warm up a bit to him. Basically you were just excited to see your mama and your mimi who was there by then too!

Mimi spoiled you terribly. Bought you a container of Coccoa Puff cereal at the hospital and you loved them. Kept calling them your "coconuts" cracked me up.

You seem so old to me now, you are even more verbal than before I went into the hospital. I feel like there is no baby left in you at all, you are all kid. Well until you snuggle me and say "can you hold me mama" - and then I remember that you will always, always be my baby.

I miss you. I feel like I haven't seen you this week at all. Your Mimi is taking great care of you, dressing you, feeding you, playing with you, reading to you - my job! I feel like our relationship has changed buddy and will never ever be the same again. It used to be you and me doing everything together. Now, others are helping you while I recover and am nursing Owen. You still call for me in he night and occasionally run to me for hugs and love, but I feel distant from you for some reason. I hope this is temporary and passes. You seem a bit mad at me and I don't know what to do. The first day home form the hospital something set you off and you ran into your room and slammed the door and yelled "goodbye, I don't want you! don't come in my room" I couldn't believe it and I wanted to cry. Finally you stopped tantruming and let me hold you while you cried. It's tough to be you buddy, just know how much I love you.