2 Mommies and 2 Boys

I’ve been on conference calls for days. Today is day 3 of my 7 hours per day engineering/property calls. It’s totally brutal.

Things are going well for us. The little bean is still kicking my ass a little, but I’m trying not to complain.

While I get my act together to do some most posting soon, here are a few Shmoo-isms:

1. He was missing his Lightning McQueen and I said to Lo under my breath that it was probably in his room. He disappeared and I heard him dragging something. He pulled his stool to the wall at the bottom of the stairs, climbed up and turned on the light switch to the overhead light and proceeded upstairs to his room. He was a man on a mission. When he got to his room, he said “light, please” asking me to turn on his room light, then stood in the middle of the room and yelled “KEEEN! KEEEEN!” expecting Lightning McQueen to appear.

2. His occasional loviness cracks me up. When he picks up his vitamins (with Nemo), or a DVD or something else with a picture he likes, he turns his head to the side, brings the item to his cheek and makes this little happy noise – giving love.

3. He usually says “no” to any question. Last night, I asked him what he did during the day. He said “no” to every question. When I got to his doctor appointment, he said “no” but then proceeded to lift his shirt and announce “no hurt.”

4. Lo asked him yesterday if he had a big belly and he tipped his head to the side, grabbed his belly and said, “no, leetle beewy”.

5. It’s funny watching him play with other kids his age. He gets very excited to see his friends. But he’s definitely more “full speed ahead” than some of his buddies. He’ll jump right into an activity (such as the water table we bought him that was worth every penny) and his friends just watch the overactive Shmoo for a while to figure out if they want to join in. Then, he’ll come over and physically direct his little friend to join him, lead them to the activity, hand them a cup, etc. It’s priceless.

6. He reminds us that it’s time to brush his teeth by jumping up and down and saying “burr teeef” while emulating tooth brushing!

7. This kid runs wicked fast. A few people have said to me recently that they have never seen a 2 yr old move as fast as him. I know….try letting him out of his stroller at a store…he’s damn fast. I have watched other kids his age run and they are more….lackadaisical…not that I’m comparing my kid to another kid, but the difference is unbelievable. He runs like a raw athlete. It didn’t occur to me how quick he was until we were outside the other night and he was in his crocs. All of a sudden, he decided to chase down his little playmates about 70 yard away. All of the parents standing and talking just stopped and watched him. The guys all said “holy shit…that kid can book it…did you see that???” They all then spent the next 10 minutes talking about how they had never seen a kid run like that. I’m excited that he might be athletic but a little worried my fat ass will not be able to catch him when he gets loose…