Please slow down.
Sincerely,
A Momma
Atticus, my little bud, is thriving at this age of TWO. It's amazing to see how much he is learning and growing every single day. Maybe I'm biased, but to be fair there are countless times people are telling me he is so advanced for his age. He's talking in full sentences, telling me that he loves me so much, saying excuse me, asking if Zach and I are okay if we get hurt, he is curious and loving, and pretty patient for a little boy. Atticus is such a funny boy as well, he always has been but now he has taken off with his personality and it's just amazing.
Some things he has done recently that have made us laugh or smile or cry...I was singing "you are my sunshine" to him during nap time on a loop, and randomly he starts singing it with me almost word for word. He loves to rub my face and arms and cuddle me. Since he was a newborn he has always rubbed the back of my arm, it's been a comfort for him since. It would bother me when I nursed him because he'd pick at a mole I have on my arm and try to rip it off...but now it's cute haha. He will tell me randomly, "I love you so much" or when I tell him he says, "I love you too mommy." Often times he says, "oh come on!" when he doesn't get his way or he will joyfully say, "come on mommy!" But when we put his shoes on he says it in a growling type voice, "come on shoes!" I laugh every time. He will reenact the Trolls True Color part of the movie in real life. He full on will sit on the floor and tell me to sit with him, then sings to me, grabs my hands and tells me to stand then dances with me. When he first did that I was dying laughing, then cried because it was the sweetest thing ever. Right now he is obsessed with Zach's car and will tell me, "one sec mommy I want to see Dada's car." then stare at the window asking for us to honk the horn. And one more thing he is saying a lot but we try to make him stop saying is, "what the heck?" I laugh but really he needs to stop haha. I love anything he does though.
There are so many things I want to remember about my growing boy, it's hard to remember everything obviously, but I'm just so happy I can be in these sweet moments with him. Atticus is in a toddler bed now, as of two weeks ago. It's been hard but we try to make it fun for him. We have started reading the book Pajama Time, and he loves it...not reading it really but singing it. Atticus tells Zach, "Dada drop the beat!" then he beat boxes and I rap the book. It keeps him smiling while sitting in his new bed, and eventually we get him to sleep. It's a new favorite tradition of mine.
Other then that, he still is so silly and loving and always wants to be outside playing. I love my boy more then life itself. Here are some of his 26 month photos.
