Summer has come and is almost gone and it has been quite the lazy summer at that. Isn’t that how it should be though? I don’t think I have ever been more relaxed that I have this summer. I mean, last summer I was still one big ball of stress trying to find a job and dealing with daily mind-numbing migraines. This summer, however, is easy breezy. Thank God! Phew!
Magnus and I had the pleasure of spending almost three weeks with my brother and his family in Texas. Thanks again to Jay, Carmen, Chloe & Ava for having us. It was a complete pleasure! Magnus really enjoyed his cousins. It’s so sad that he can’t be around them more. I could focus on how he was a terror on the plane and obviously does not like being confined to tight spaces (who does?) but I would definitely do it over and over again just to spend some time with you guys! Each time we get the three cousins together, it’s always a struggle to get the perfect shot of all of them looking @ the camera and smiling, but I finally did it. You could certainly see the difference that time makes. The first pic was taken our second day there. The second pic was taken when we there for over two weeks already. Success never tasted (or looked) so sweet!
Magnus is such a big boy now. To be fair, he was always a BIG boy but he is growing up so fast. Every day I get to see how amazing he truly is. He’s a lil’ stinker as well! Whenever he knows that he did something wrong and I ask him to pick it up, apologize, etc and I ask him if he wants “time out”, what does he do? He turns on the cute factor and covers his eyes with both hands, then moves one finger (just one) so he can check if I’m looking at him and then when I tell him “stop trying to be cute” he opens his hands and shrieks “PEEK-A-BUUG”. Cute, right? Ugh. But I, of course, cannot show him how tickled I am by he’s conniving ways so I just pretend to be mad and then he hugs me and says something that sorta sounds like “sorry”.Having conversations with him is now possible (if you speak baby language). Most of the time, you can clearly understand what he’s saying. “Juuuu, I want juuuuice”…or better yet he goes to the fridge and attempts to open it. One time I put milk in a cup that I usually put juice in and he takes it and smiles and says “mmm juice” but then when he takes a sip, he looks confused but then smiles and says “mmm mik”…no “l” sounds yet.
I wonder when potty-training should start because he’s been very good about telling me when he needs a diaper…in a gross way though. If it’s just a wet diaper, he’ll point to his crotch. If it’s a poopy diaper, he’ll ummm…rub his crotch…quite vigorously in fact. Boys will be boys, right?
Since I’ve been letting him watch TV, his favorite shows are Blue’s Clues and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. He loooves all things Mickey or “key key” as he would say. And with Blues Clues or “coo coos”, he actually plays along with the characters on TV. I know the American Academy of Pediatrics doesn’t recommend television for the 2 and under crowd, but Magnus sure is learning a lot from his shows. Besides, he’ll be two in two months. Speaking of which…
Max’s youngest brother, Ben, is getting married in Chicago four days after Magnus’ birthday. Of course we are going but with Max’s schedule, it’s near impossible for him to take two weekends off in a row because we could either celebrate the weekend before the wedding or the weekend after. I’d like to have his birthday in NJ since that’s where most of our friends and family are but…I don’t know if Max can make it and he should be there. Magnus only turns 2 once and I’m a huge birthday person. I like to treat birthdays like holidays so I definitely want to have some sort of party for him. The timing is just difficult. I’ll figure something out though. I’m open to any suggestions as well!
So that's all folks...until next time!
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