Pretend

Felix has started to play pretend, and it's quite cute! There's a step about a third of the way down to the basement where he can reach through the balusters and touch the basement ceiling. He's started pretending to take a handful of the ceiling and eat it. I asked him what it tasted like the first time he did this (on Monday, I think). "Banana bread," he said. He has since also said pizza, and asks to "eat banana bread ceiling" when we're carrying him up- and downstairs.

Also, I'm slightly less concerned about becoming a mother for the second time. On Saturday, I had the opportunity to watch a friend's 4.5 month old as well as Felix all by myself for a few hours. Considering that you get to know what your own baby's cues and not knowing this baby's, I think I did pretty well. I had one little stretch where both were crying, and I calmly handled that situation. Felix was also very good. He liked to be a helper (though he did attempt to hand her the rattle via the back of her head) and hug the baby. Give him another year and he'll be a great big brother when the time comes. :o)

Felix: 2 yrs

Self-Destruction

Felix is hell-bent on self-destruction lately. He fell off the seat of a picnic table onto his back on Saturday. Sunday, he fell off a chair in the kitchen while holding a veggie peeler and cut the back of his left hand. Yesterday, we noticed a quarter-sized bump on his forehead. Thankfully, nothing's ended up being serious, but he's in a bit of a black-and-blue phase. He's figuring out what his body can and shouldn't do, and hopefully he'll grow out of it before we end up at Urgent Care. I hope so, anyway. In the meantime, we're going to have lots of band-aids, ice packs, hugs and kisses on hand. :o)
 
Edited to add that he fell halfway down the stairs this evening. We'll see what bruises pop up in the morning. Good grief. 

We went to the spray park this evening. Unfortunately, it cooled off and left Felix a shivering little man in less than 5 minutes.

Felix: 2 yrs

Two years ago tomorrow...

...our little man was born! I can't believe it's been two years now. Felix continue to amaze us and try our patience, as any little toddler should.

Felix has developed some serious selective hearing (or just wants to figure out how far he can push things when you say no), become very sensitive (bursting into pouting lips and tears when you don't allow something), and become a bit of a naughty boy. We're hoping turning 2 allows him to do a bit more at daycare and have a bit more going on in his day there. In any case, it's just a phase...

We had Felix's birthday party on July 9th with aunts, grandparents and great-grandparents present. Felix had a great time with all the attention. He didn't do so well with the presents, though. He was torn between seeing what was in the unwrapped presents and wanting badly to play with what he just opened. He got lots of sports gear, cars/Cars stuff, and clothing, among some other terrific toys. We got through it and ate cake. It was all good.











Because Nick's going to be gone tomorrow night, we did Felix's birthday picture tonight. Enjoy!

Felix: 2 yrs