THREE sweet sweet really fast years

Eli,  holy smokes dude you are THREE!!! Right before my eyes you have become an absolute angel, like something I never knew I needed but received. I always wished for girl babies, thinking it would fill the void of my mothers loss, rekindle a relationship I longed for that was missing since your grandmother passed TEN years ago this Christmas Eve. But I couldn't be more wrong. I NEEDED a little man in my life, change, growth, love that I had never experienced. And I can tell you that you came and have me that. You have loved me HARD, made me feel whole when parts of me were missing. I thank you for being that rowdy, crazy, rambunctious little boy I never thought I would have. This last year you have gotten staples from Deborah pushing you off the block wall and dermabond to your right eyebrow ( I honestly can't remember from what). You CONSTANTLY having me questioning my nursing abilities, always thinking I need to RUSH you to the ER for head injuries. But I guess that's part of being a BOY, because your big sister has NEVER given me the worry you do. You LOVE monster trucks, motorcycles, any marvel character (particularly iron man Batman and spiderman) . Your favorite thing to say is, " you know that?" When you feel like you are not being heard you will grab my face and turn it to look you in the eyes while you speak. You love KISSES, Disneyland ( your favorite ride is star tours)  you are dressing up as darth vadar for Halloween and your 3rd birthday party will be CARS themed with a snow cone truck instead of cake and ice cream. You enjoy school, have started a sport all class after school on Wednesday with sister.  You love riding your bike, riding your jeep in the backyard, spraying the hose, going in the spa at night, watching cars DVD and turtles episodes. I have loved every minute of watching you grow and love this world you are living in!!! HAPPY 3 ELI Alexander  

 

  

1st day of pre-k

My sweet little man, you started pre-k. And at the young age of 2, you were begging. Every day we dropped Deborah off and picked her up you wanted to stay. You sat at her table and ate lunch with her, pretending to be one of the big kids. So your father and I decided to look into a montessori school, so you and Deborah could be in the same class and the same school. I dropped you off and had SO many doubts. I called the school and they said you were crying, asking for your mommy. I must have called daddy 10 times that day, asking if we had made the right decision putting you in school instead of letting you stay at home. But you are sooo wise beyond your years. You are too smart to sit at home and play baby with me and Iris. And you know what, we were right. Montessori says you ROCK!!! That you are so determined and focused on learning. That you don't even need direction, you just do it on your own. I see such great things in your future Eli. I just know you are destined for greatness. Sky is the limit little man . 

STAPLES

IOh sweet boy, your sister pushed you into the bed of rocks and you got yourself some staples this week. You got up and said "mommy, owie" blood all over, I panicked and called your dad. Put you in the shower with me to visualize how big the wound was and mom and dad decided you could just use some staples

from home instead of an ER visit. 

So two staples it was ( you could have used 3 and moms aim was kind of off on the second) . A Popsicle later and you forgot all about it. Every time someone asks to see your owie you say "DJ push me, I got owie" . You're the sweetest boy ever at 2.5 yrs old. You love talking, ask almost everyday to go to the park or Disneyland. You were tall enough yesterday to ride on soaring over California with daddy and sister while mom and iris stayed back. 

You love riding your bike, playing with turtles and Spider-Man, jumping on the trampoline, going in the spa at night, dressing yourself, riding keeps in the backyard and eating lots of Popsicles . You are an absolute joy and I love every minute of you. 

28 months

You are 28 months and the smartest toddler I know. You LOVE to learn. You can identify letters and count to 3 on your hand. You are in the process of potty training with very few potty accidents but quite a bit of poop accidents. You are OBSESSED with toy cars, monster trucks, ninja turtles, darth vadar & MILK. Any kind of milk, chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, regular, you LOVE it all. You and Deb play soooo good together, often in the backyard on your jeeps or in the trampoline. You guys love being outside, looking for Rollie pollies, watering the plants, painting, playing with rakes and brooms, picking up patches poop. You name it, if it's outdoors you are all over it. You also love swords, play guns, balls, anything that can be used as a weapon🤔🤔🤔. This last week you became a BIG brother to baby Iris and you are a little confused and taken aback by her presence. You love shoving the pacifier in her mouth and taking the swaddles off her while she's sleeping. You hate that she takes away your mommy time. These infant weeks are hard on you but I just know you will make the best brother ever . Can't wait to watch you grow more

My love xoxoxo

22 sweet sweet months

The You are am the cutest boy in the WHOLE world. BUT, you remain to be the worlds worst sleeper ever. We began to sleep train you after a few camping trips this summer. You starting crying it out for almost an hour and a half for two straight nights. Some nights you still cry for close to 30 minutes and it's gut wrenching for mommy, but boy you REALLY need to start sleeping through the night. I bring you in my room when I feel extra sad and emotional but then you think it's awake time at 0500 and you won't go back down to sleep. You don't show any signs for toilet training just yet. You pull your diaper off after you pee but when you are on the potty you just flush the toilet a thousand times and play with the toilet paper. You hate changing your clothes. You still hate getting into your car seat. You are beginning to string three words together. You can say "I want that" "this way" "no no DJ" "go patches" "milk" "outside" "pool" and many other words. You have the coolest haircut in all of the lbs. you weigh 33 pounds and are 36" tall. You absolutely adore your sister. We drop her off for school and you run back in her classroom to get her because you want her with you. You guys are always holding hands and playing together. You always steal her toys, she's not too happy about that. Your hair is blonde, eyes are hazel green, size 5 diapers and size 2-3T clothes. 

17 sweet sweet months

you are the BEST. I will say it time and time again, you are SO ahead of your time. You try solo hard to keep up with your sister. Your face lightens up when she enters the room. You wake up from sleep the SECOND you hear her voice. You want WHATEVER she has. You love trying on her dress up shoes (hahahha). You pull of your diapers yourself, you LOVE playing with the hose outside and watering down patches till she's waterlogged. You have quite the vocabulary, you can say: mommy, daddy, dog, iscle (popsicle) , no, pool, ball, car, more. you follow directions solo well. I call you a brainiac, I PROMISE you are destined for greatness in this world.

15 sweet sweet months

You're becoming such a big boy. Full of smiles and babbling up a storm. You are getting quite the vocabulary. You can say daddy, mommy, dog, ball, (attempt) balloon, night night, hi, and bye. 

You have such a temper on you. Throwing MAJOR fits when things don't go your way. You HATE getting in your car seat, diaper changes, cleaning your face, getting things taken away from you. 

You LOVE suckers, patches, sister, playing ball, holding one end of a jump rope and running through the house with sister, riding the jeep in the backyard with debs, Popsicles, fruit snacks, yogurt, milk, mommy milk, cuddles, NOT sleeping through the night, screaming bloody murder at 02:30 EVERY SINGLE NIGHT for mommy, standing on the block wall in the backyard, going down slides, going up stairs, building blocks, reding books, the song slippery fish & twinkle twinkle little star. 

These past few moths have flown by and your achievements have grown so much. I love watching you grow and love your world. Can't wait to see what's in store for you