The Anchorage area is slated to receive anywhere between 8 to 12 inches over the weekend. And then it'll get cold, below zero, by the early part of next week. I'm happy D will be home this weekend - no snow shoveling for me.
- Terrible twos are staring early! Honestly, everything challenging always starts early with our kid. Talk about meltdowns...Boyd really has those all figured out. Get upset about a trivial thing? Check. Cue the tears? Check. Stomp those feet? Check. Act like the world is ending? CHECK!
- Second molars on the bottom are beginning to show. These usually arrive between around 23 months but Boyd is continuing to get his teeth ahead of schedule. Bottom left tooth is almost completely in, no sign of the bottom right as of yet.That leads us to...
- Sleep disruptions at night and refusing naps during the day. All of last week was...fun (and I say that with the heaviest of sarcasm). How on earth did I function during his first year when I slept less than 6 hours and still worked a full-time job?
- Obsessed with books, especially at night. He'll bring us book after book after book (I suspect he knows that this will put off bedtime for a few minutes more). But he definitely has opinions on which book he prefers for us to read to him. I love seeing him stand at his bookcase, seriously pondering the stacks of books, pulling one out and looking over the front and back cover to determine if it'll make the cut. He's a real connoisseur.
- Still a very mechanical baby and tends to lean more towards fine motor skills as opposed to gross motor. This week he spent about 20 minutes "helping" D put together a toy, and would push D's hands away to get more solo construction time. I love when we find something to keep his busy mind and hands occupied.
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| Boyd insisted on carrying this little stool in and out of Risha's dressing room last week. |
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| Boyd and Simon, Risha's new cat. Well, I think she's getting rid of it, so her temporary feline house guest. |
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| Cheese! We visited Santa again at my workplace. Boyd was not as impressed with the big guy in red this year. |
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| Half of Boyd's meltdowns occur after we deny his request to wash hands (which he motions by rubbing his hands together) or play in the sink. |
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| A Sunday drive-induced nap. Last Saturday he refused his nap and the next day looked to be going down the same path. I popped him in the car and 30 minutes later achieved sleepiness! |
