Yesterday, Wilson only took an hour nap - which is not the norm for him - he is usually a 3-4 hour napper!!!! At first, I was not very happy, but then I let go of what I was doing (ironing, vacumming, laundry) and decided to play with him outside. I honestly cannot remember a time when I played with just Wilson one-on-one, sad huh? Emma Claire often gets one-on-one time to special things like plays, movies, play-dates, etc - being the oldest and the only girl. Henderson has gotten his share of one-on-one time so far, simply b/c he is a baby and there are times when I stay home with him while Will takes the older 2 out. But Wilson? He's falling into that middle child stereotype. I am a middle child - I don't think I was hindered by this at all, but I don't recall much one-on-one time with my parents either.
So, Wilson and I swang (is that how you say that?), hit tee-balls, pulled weeds together, blew bubbles and layed on a blanket in the beautiful sunshine - just the two of us!!!! (Henderson was still napping) It was glorious - he is truly the sweetest, most fun, exciting, say it how it is, little boy I know!!!! Truly, life personified!! Now, he can turn on you in a second and be a viper, but most of the time he is a sweet little guy. His vocabulary has astounded me lately, and it cracks me up the things he says. I've noticed lately that he tends to repeat everything I say to him and I think it's just his way of learning new words.
Wilson is very sensitive to others' needs and affectionate - he is also OBSESSED with the human body - maybe this explains the trouble we had with potty training - he likes anything about the human body - poo-poo included. Really, if you're ever naked around him and will poke and prod EVERY part of you and ask "what's that?" EVERYTIME!!!!! It is quite hilarious. I remember when he was just walking - he was obsessed with bottoms - we would literally stick his finger right in your bottom if he saw it - now I know that may be too much information for some of you, but just picture getting out of the shower and THERE HE IS -- you'd better run fast - and he would chase you - so determined! He even gets after Emma Claire and Henderson when they're bathing!!!! We've gotten on to him about it enough that it's not a huge issue now, but the other night I saw him do it to Henderson in the bath and I began remembering how he used to be!!!! Hopefully these little things about him, will pay off and he'll be a great physician one day!!
Today is Emma Claire's last day at the beach, but I won't see her until lunch tomorrow. They are driving back late tonight and she is going to spend the night at her Nana's house and stay with her while I work in the morning. Yesterday, they met some friends at Bay Point and she had a blast hunting for crabs along the bay - her heaven - anything involving critters!!! Then last night they went to a restaurant where they had kids' karaoke - I heard she was a microphone hog and had fun singing BINGO and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star!!! This afternoon I am keeping Ellen's youngest, Stanton (11 months), along with Wilson and Henderson. I've set up a pack-n-play in Wilson's closet (nice and dark), so I'm hoping they will all nap A.LONG.TIME!!!! - keep me in your prayers!!!!
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Aww...precious little Wilson! You're right about him being obsessed with the body. All he wanted to do to me was pull up my shirt and touch my belly button! :) And every time I would get dressed or put on some make-up, he would look at me and say, "oooohhhhhh pretty" in that CUTE little voice of his! Oh I love him so much!!!
So glad to know that the obsession with body parts is normal for this age! Blake will be sitting in the chair next to me and all of a sudden reach over and poke and say "that's a boobie". Not too funny when he does it in line at the grocery store or Wal-Mart and I've found that when I try to shush him he only gets louder and says things like "why I not touch the boobie". I really don't want to know what strangers think! Also slightly obsessed with where the poop comes from, as in we are in a stall at a restaurant and he is saying very loudly "the poo-poo is coming out my booty hole".
How Fun! Hey, what is your work schedule? I would love to try and get together to play some tennis!
Tagged you with the Kreativ Blogger award today!
I've been looking over all your old posts (from the last week) and your Easter looks like it was just glorious! Happy (belated) Anniversary!
I completely know how you feel about the middle child thing. I remember a few years ago trying to find photos of Jack as a baby. Sadly, almost all of them had Lauren in them. Now, I make sure I take lots without siblings of each one. We also go out of our way to make sure he doesn't feel like the middle kid!
Laughing about the body part obsession. It might be a boy thing. Sounds like if he were to become a doctor now, he's be a proctologist!
Amanda's comment made me cry from laughing so hard. Haven't we all been embarrassed like that somehow. I will admit, I love when it happens to other people - and not me! VERY Hilarious stuff!!!
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