Today we are thankful for the coolest Uncle on the planet. He has so much stylo - always showing you the coolest hats and kicks. He plays with you nonstop when you're together and he just loves you to pieces. I know you two will continue being the best of friends as the years go by. Today we are thankful for the fun spot in our family: Uncle Cam.
There are many things I love about you being in school at this young age. You're caring, generous, self-aware and most importantly your social nature is fed each and every day - you love school, and we love seeing you so happy. The one thing I don't love about school: exposure to all those icky germs. Good news is that you seem to have the immune system of an ox - you've only been majorly sick once and you skate on by when the others get crazy sick. However, you haven't dodged the bullet for this one. Ya wouldn't know it by your dancing and singing tonight, but you've got pink eyes. Yes, plural. It doesn't phase you in the slightest but darn it, as your mommy it's tough to see.
So, today we are thankful for your immune system, positive spirit and patience and understanding while mommy and daddy cram eye drops in those sweet baby brown eyes of yours.
Today, we are thankful for monster trucks! Just shy of 2 years old, you are obsessed with everything trucks. You tell us all day every day how BIG the trucks are, you like GWEEN twucks, you count the trucks on the road when we're driving to school. And I'm not talking about a cartoon truck show obsession, I'm talking about a real-life the bigger the better truck obsession. Your daddy could not be more proud.
Toys and trains. I know, it sounds shallow to be thankful for toys, but let me explain...
To see you with an opinion and a preference is one of the coolest things ever - you have a point of view, you're an individual. It makes me so proud. Your most recent toy (and tv show) preferences are Trains (Thomas the Train), Trucks (anything monster trucks or Bob the Builder), and Airplanes. Beyond these, from the time you were born, mommy showered you with stuffed animals, not sure why, it just felt right and I was too pregnant to not buy every cute stuffed animal on the shelf.
But here's where it really gets cool - after an overnighter with your Grandma, you came home Sunday morning with a bitty bear that was new to our home. It looked and felt crazy familiar - I knew in my gut that I had seen this bear before. As it turns out, this bitty bear was your mommy's when she was your age. Without coaxing, this bear has quickly become your favorite "baby" of your entire 1000-army-strong baby battalion. This absolutely melts.my.heart! To look over at you on the couch, cuddling with that bear that I so clearly remember holding close when I was your age, it brings nostalgic tears to my eyes.
So, today I am thankful for the toys that mean more than we remember, or in some cases realize.
Bears and Trains and Trucks and babies rule.
Every day you grow a little bigger - you're talking a ton and you come up with the funniest of words. In this growth spurt, you most certainly outgrew your crib a while ago and have been crawling out of it in the morning for months, without ever a bump or scratch. It was high time we graduated to your first big boy bed. Holy moly, kiddo. Slow down! You of course took to it like a champ, at first so excited, you jumped right in shouting "big boy bed!" Bedtime itself wasn't your brightest hour, but you settled in nicely after we showered you with your babies and after that - not a peep, didn't even get out of bed once! So, we are today super thankul for your patient and accommodating spirit - you are growing at a normal pace and are giving us new parents all the signs we need to know you're ready. Here's to a continued full nights sleep for everyone (you've been letting us sleep through the night since you were 6 weeks old - really, buddy, you are just the best).
Quiet Sunday mornings are bliss. I am so thankful that I can take this day to relax, unwind and play with the best little guy ever. Today I gave thanks for downtime and Sunday morning cartoons with this stud.
Family is a wonderful gift - you have the coolest grandparents around who take such amazing care of you. We are so very blessed and thankful for your Brama and Papa. Angels, these two.
We have loads of laughs around here. From racing through the house to playing train or splashing in the tub. Having a little babe running around reminds us to have fun and enjoy the little things - today we were all thankful for laughter, especially your cute little gut laugh.
Today we are thankful for books!
You wake up most days and come strolling into our room and ask to "read books". We are so happy you love books so very much.
Here is you and daddy this morning, in bed. Just precious.
The best part about business travel is coming home to this little Spider-Man. Today, we were thankful for short and quick trips, an amazing travel dept at WK, and coming home to this sweet family.
Today we are thankful for music and all that it brings to our life. You dance, you sing, and you keep a pretty darn good beat! Every few weeks you'll join your daddy at his Tuesday band practice, and you LOVE to hear the tunes, even though they're quite loud.
You will be raised around all different types of music - we can't wait to see which instruments you pickup.
Today, we thank that sweet Mother Nature. She's blessed us with a beautiful warm fall day and the colors in the Northwest this time of year more than make up for the 9 months of rain. Today your daddy rakes our entire yard and climbed up on the roof and blew those darn leaves right off, officially making him our hero. As you repeated "Daddy on da roof of da house wake weaves", he worked his butt off cleaning our home out from under the mounds of beautiful leaves. Today we are thankful for nature, and also for scuba, who works so very hard to keep our playground clean. Thanks, papabear.
We have so much to be thankful for this year, I loved the idea of recording our thanks every day of November.
Naturally already behind, but here's to getting caught up...
Day 1 - We are so very thankful for the Internet and technology that allows us to record all of these special tiny memories. Might seem insignificant, but without it, we wouldn't have our precious photos, videos and this blog. So, thanks Al Gore for the internet.
Day 2 - Thanks for special time for just mommy and daddy. Life gets busy and it's good to remind ourselves why we decided to spend this life together - because we have so much fun! On this day, we skipped work and went on a day date that involved wine tasting, a fab dinner at Nick's Italian Cafe, and fancy martinis at Voodoo. We were once again reminded how much we like each other, and how much we adore you and our sweet little family.
Day 3 - Go Ducks! Our awesome U of O Ducks are having such a great season, and boy do I love the Fall for college football, green and yellow, chili in the crockpot and cuddles around the fire as we root on our ducks. You are crazy cute in your new ducks get up, and you clear as day pronounce "GO DUCKS!". Everything you do is adorable, but hearing you root on my alma mater (maybe your future school) just fills me up with pride and joy.
