- Today at lunch Jaxon asked to hold the A&W bottle that was on our table. He picked it up, said "Whoa, heavy.." then started pointing at the logo and said "A...6...W." I love that he thought the ampersand was a 6. Anyway, knowing the letters proved to me that the "learning time" we have everyday is paying off. Good boy.
- Jax counts to 10, but only when he feels like it. His favorite numbers are six and "semnen". He jumps when he says those.
- Last Friday I put little notecards under the protective plastic on his highchair with all the basic colors. (You can see them underneath the pumpkin 2 posts down.) After lunch he wanted to stay in his highchair for over two hours because he wanted to keep saying the colors over and over. Hewas so excited about it. Now he'll point to brown and say "Is this pink??? Noooooooo.." He thinks he's so funny. One of his favorite things to do is point to people and tell you what color their shirt is.
- He reminds us to read "Jesus book" when he's laying in bed at night.
- He is very attached to things. When he wakes up in the morning, he picks up both of his pillows, all 3 blankies, his binky (and an extra if there's one on the dresser beside him), and walks into our room. If he can't fit everything into his arms he'll come in and tell us to hurry and go get his other blankie or pillow. He is all about comfort.
- He is particularly obsessed with his shoes. This is something that has been the case since he was about 10 months old. He'd wake up in the morning and ask for his shoes first thing. I think he inherited this from his dad. Most of his shoes were purchased before he was born*, and he still has a bunch to grow into. I got all his shoes out today so I could organize them into size then pack away the ones he doesn't fit anymore. We have some good memories with these shoes.
*Don't worry- now that we have two kids and we're poor we don't buy shoes like we used to. Soak it up, bud. These are probably the last of your fancy feet days. He'll probably be desperately trying to fit into these when he's a teenager.- Jaxon is shy around people at first, but grows to love you quickly. He remembers names and will talk about people months after seeing them.
- He is a massive clean freak. Oops. This one is my fault. He asks me to wash his hands multiple times at every meal. He also asks me to wash his face if he gets any speck of food on there at all. I'm trying to convince him that it's okay for him to get dirty when he eats, but I think it's already engrained too far. He shouts "Oh no! What happened?!" When he sees a crumb on his hand or shirt. I had to take the picture (2 posts ago) of him with marker all over his hands because that was the first time he believed me when I said it was okay to get dirty. He whined at first, but after a while he embraced it and finally started coloring without worrying about his hands.
- We were leaving the house last week and he said he had to "clean up blocks!" first. Crazy. Yes, for me this is great, but sometimes I wish he wouldn't worry about it.
- At the park he stops at the top of the slide and cleans off all the woodchips. He won't go down the slide until they are all cleaned up. It is hilarious but also makes me feel bad.. but as long as he's happily cleaning and not stressing I guess that's okay. On the way home yesterday he saw a rock in the grass and said "Put rock in da garnen." and walked over and put it in the garden where it belonged. He saw a bunch of other ones in the grass as we went along and he made sure to put those in, too. He told dada all about it later that night when I mentioned we went to the park... "Put rocks in garden." He is all about having things in their place. Again, gets this from me. Sorry buddy.
- Jaxon still hates falling asleep without running his fingers through my hair. For some reason this is his ultimate comfort. Has been ever since he was a few months old. When I hold him he always puts his arm back around my neck and plays with my hair. It's now a comfort thing for me, too. I absolutely love it. The other day at nap time he asked if Haven could lay down by him, so I put her on his pillow and he caressed her hair until they both fell asleep.
- He loves to give hugs and kisses. When I was pregnant and sick he would always come up to me when I was laying down and give me a big kiss, then lay his cheek on mine. Oh man, this is one of my favorite things. He's such a gentle little guy. He does this to baby Haven, now. He loves to kiss her when she's sleeping.
- He also likes to tell her all about his favorite things when she's sleeping. He'll go up to her swing and grab her hand and yell "Baby- blocks! Basketball! Baseball! Elmo! Ernie and Bert!" Thankfully she can be a deep sleeper.
- He slaps my bum. Gets this from his dad.
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