Fun Two Year Old Times

Outside Fun Animal Kingdom and Lake Lily, originally uploaded by bburbank.

We’ve had so much fun lately. You make me laugh constantly these days. I can’t believe I haven’t written since your birthday. There’s no way I can remember all the amazing and hysterical things you’ve done since then, so I’ll just recount a couple of the best. This morning when you woke up we were laying on a pillow on the floor in the playroom and you said, “I want lunch.” I asked you what you wanted for lunch and you said, “I want water.” I asked, “Anything else?” You said, “I want a water and an apple.” I said ok and you started telling a story to yourself that went something like this, “I want water and an apple…mumble mumble mumble…and it was happily ever after. The end.”

You also discovered you can talk in a robot voice and that is really funny. You have learned to jump and you show off that skill often. You’re great at kicking the ball around the backyard and can throw the basketball in the hoop now. You love the movie, Cars, and have collected most of the cars from the movie. You are constantly asking to go to the Disney Store so you can get a new car to add to your collection. You make weird and sometimes gross food combinations that you enjoy a whole lot. We had a great New Years at Sea World with Bubby and you watched the walrus forever and never wanted to leave that walrus tank. You have the best facial expressions, too. Today you were pretending to talk on the phone and you said, “Hello? Who is it? Okay. I want to go to Animal Kingdom.” Then you hung up the phone. You really liked our recent trip to Animal Kingdom and our trip to Green Meadows Petting Zoo.

I am about four months into my second pregnancy and it’s fun to try to explain to you that you are getting a brother or sister. Part of me feels nervous about bringing another child into your life. Nervous that you two won’t become friends. Nervous that my attention will be too divided. Nervous that you might think I love you less or spend less time with you. Nervous that I won’t treat my second with as much personalized attention as you received. So many Mommy anxieties. I suppose they are normal. I see you with other kids….waiting patiently to go down the slide (most of the time), sharing your toys, being very concerned whenever you hear another kid crying, “uh oh, that baby’s sad.” I just know you are going to be such a nurturing, sweet, and loving big brother and a tremendous help to me. I only hope I can be the best possible mom I can be to the two of you.