It is hard to believe… Colin turned two last weekend…
We had a quiet weekend, just us and a good friend and had a small party… not much… a few balloons, Foods that Colin likes and a cake…
Colin is so different than Xavier… his language skills are so much better at the same age and he is already talking in sentences often. He is completely in the two’s… saying no, making trouble, hitting Xavier over the head with toys and everything else a little brother can do to bug his big brother… (of course, Xavier doesn’t make it easy for him)
Colin loves to sing songs, and loves music and dancing… His favourite songs are the ABC song, Twinkle Twinkle and loves singing “Elmo’s World”… Simon put a bunch of kids songs and theme songs on his Ipod and he has special requests when he is in the car..This of course is the complete opposite of Xavier who used to cry and scream as a baby when you tried to sing to him and still sings a few notes only when he thinks that no one can hear him…
Colin is a little jokester, he loves to make us laugh. He has this face that he does where he scrunches up his nose so much that his eyes are almost closed and smiles showing all of his teeth… the kind of face that you can’t help but laugh, pick him up and kiss him…
About 2 months ago we went shopping and I found a little plush Max and a Ruby from the TV show… He fell in love with them at the store and they have remained his favourites since.. when he is tired he goes into his room, gets them both and comes have Maju to take a nap… at night the same… he must have both…
Some days, often when we are in the car we get back and both of them have soaked ears from where he sucks the tips of their ears…
Colin is also my little cuddle monster. He loves to be in our arms, loves to get worn in the Ergo on Simon’s back, loves to sit down next to me on the couch, under the blankets and watch TV or look at a book.. Again, very different than Xavier.
He also has a great appetite. He eats all day and is always in the fridge looking for food… the first thing that he says in the morning is what he wants to eat… Croissants, Apples, eggs, pancakes, Sushi, Avocados, black olives, Bananas, grapes, pizza, spaghetti, yogourt and Cereal are just a few of his favourites…
I could just go on and on about him…
I can’t believe that my little babe is 2!
Which of course also brings the 2 year anniversary of Tandem Nursing 🙂
Here are a few pics 🙂
Serious Colin
Riding a Sheep
Opening his presents
Looking at one of his new toys
A silly face
Happy birthday Colin! He’s such a sweetie, I love all the pics you have of him 🙂
Do your boys always wear necklaces? Are they of special significance?
~Kristen
http://milk-and-mud.blogspot.com
Yes, happy birthday and happy tandem-nursing anniversary! It’s neat to hear that your second is more verbal than your first was at this age; it kind of affirms my belief in the uniiqueness of each child. My first was very verbal early on; people kept saying, “It’s because she’s your first; first chilldren are ALWAYS more verbal at an earlier age than any who are born later.” I was determined to disprove these statements, but my second is just a totally different child.
Kristen ~
Yes the boys always wear their necklaces and have since they were about 6 months old… and each of them have a stone that comes from my stepdad’s collection that we got when he died a few years ago.
I made their necklaces either when I was pregant or soon after… Colin also wears a hazel wood teething necklace… then the one that I made broke and now he has two hazelwood necklaces on until I fix the other one…
Mammal Mama ~
That is funny… when Xavier was small and wasn’t talking everyone told me that it was because he was a first child… I also pointed out that other firsts were talking plenty and that it was most likely just his personality… I knew when ds#2 was a baby that he would be talking sooner because of his personality but now everyone is saying that it’s just because he is a second child and that he is learning everything from big brother…
People seem so eager to explain away children’s temperamental uniquenesses; I’ve also been told I “created” my first child’s spirited/strong-willed personality through lack of “discipline.”
That is very cool. I first heard about teething necklaces on MDC and I wish I’d heard about them sooner. My middle kiddo Asher had a horrible time with teething and a lot of drooling, etc. He still has a huge need to mouth things and I wondered if a teething necklace might still be a good idea (he’s 3 now). I read about amber ones on MDC, I’ll have to research hazel wood too. Were their necklaces hard to make? Is it a leather/cotton cord or is it elastic? I think they look really cute on your boys!
skrimp ~ Teething necklaces actually don’t in their mouths but the properties are absorbed through the skin. They neutralize the body’s acid. With the hazel wood ones the wood actually turns black after a while and they need to be changed… the amber ones of last longer.
You can read about it where I get mine (my distributer for slings, wraps etc)
http://www.avellana.ca/index2.php
Also, they are not just good for little ones but for us too… I wear one all of the time made with both hazel wood and amber to help with heasrtburn in pregnancy… I really do see a difference when I take it off for a few days…
The ones that I made I use a nylon string made for necklaces… DS#1 has been wearing his for 4 years and we haven’t had a problem yet…