Dear Nolan ~ 20 Months

Dear Nolan,

I blinked and you turned into a little boy. The sweetest, most lovable, curious little boy.

In this past month you had a love-hate relationship with bath time. Your latest happenings include a 3 week period of deciding to hate the bathtub. That is right, you went from having a love of playing in the tub to the point where you would still be sitting, playing in the bath and we would have to drain the water to get you out. So of course, I turned to ‘google’ (I seriously need to stop googling everything.) and discovered that it is normal. According to my “research” some children your age go through a period of hating baths because you become more aware of the bathtub drain and you feel as though you might get sucked down it. Since we used to drain the tub awhile you were still sitting in it I immediately diagnosed this as the cause. So, after 3 long weeks of you even hearing the word bath and running away, ~~crying~~ screaming bloody murder and having to quick wash and out we have hopefully reached the breaking point.

We took you to the swimming pool the other day (with your buddy, Colby!) and we really didn’t expect much since the whole bath time debacle has been going on, but you surprised us. You loved the swimming pool! That night, bath time was upon us and so I put my feet on the edge of the tub (just like at the pool) and you played! Now, we are back at the point of having to pry you and your pruned fingers and toes out of the bathtub again. Of course, we do NOT drain the bathtub until you are out though. Your daddy thinks I am ridiculous, but I am sticking to my stellar research on this one.

The next topic of discussion, your love for ~~cheeses~~ all things dairy, also known as constipation to the max. Dear child, I know you are a picky eater. I get it because I am too (Crap! Is this is my fault?), but you have to eat a wider variety. No, scratch that…you have to eat food. I started making you popsicles which you seem to like. I fill them with fruits and veggies and offer them to you daily. Your daddy and I have a few other ideas of how we are going to mix some veggies into your diet, but being that you are far too aware of what is going on I don’t even know if this will work.

Your favorite things to play are anything with a ball, “cooking” (playing with your kitchen), coloring, reading books, cars/trains and doing puzzles. You have started to sing songs! You attempt the ‘ABC’s’, ‘twinkle, twinkle little star’, ‘rain, rain go away’, ‘happy birthday’ and ‘zip a dee doo dah’. Hearing you sing may be the cutest thing ever. You do not like to dance. You would rather jump around and play than dance. When we are at My Gym and it’s the dancing portion during the warm up we normally have to carry you because you refuse to walk and dance. You like dancing in our arms though.

One of my favorite things, you copy us so when we say stuff like “good night, stinker” or “I love you honey bunny” you will normally call us a stinker and honey bunny too! It is adorable.

Lastly, I love how proud of yourself you get. When you do something like cleaning up or even scoring a basket in your basketball hoop you shout, “I did it!” You also like to have us "watch this, mommy!" when you get ready to do something.
You are at the point where we can have conversations with you and it is so much fun. When I leave work I call both you and daddy and I love getting to talk to you about your day. Normally you tell me that you colored with Emma. Surprisingly, on days with Aunt Ginnie you have magically colored with Emma too! You are a goofball and I love you to pieces.

Keep learning, laughing and growing my sweet, lovable, curious little boy.

Love,

Mommy

xoxo

This past month in photos:
Port Discovery fun with your buddy, Colby!