The Allers

Noah has also grown and changed recently.  Everything with him is “why?”  He is genuinely curious about things and why they are the way they are.  The other day he was riding his little tractor and a long piece of grass was stuck to the tire.  He said, “This is stuck to the tire and that makes me angry.”  He picks up on all the things we say.  He got new teachers this summer for MDO and he asked me where his old teachers were.  I told him they were on vacation for the summer.  After his first day of class he asked me when his teachers would be back from their vacation.  He misses Ms. De and Ms. Gazelle a lot.  He’s my little helper around the house.  He wants to help cook, fold clothes, or put clothes away (which usually means he throws them in the floor).  He knows the words to several songs like Back and Forth, The Motions, Jesus loves me, happy birthday, twinkle twinkle little star, etc.  He knows the entire alphabet and can recognize all the letters.  He doesn’t like to swim in the big pool, only the baby pool.  We took him to the lake last week and he freaked out when we put him in the water.  He was holding on to me as tight as he could and wouldn’t let go.  He loves to play on the playground.  We got them tv’s for the car and he thinks that’s the coolest thing ever to watch movies while we drive.  He also likes to go to McDonald’s or Burger King because he wants the toys in the kid’s meals.  We don’t do this too often but every once in awhile we go as a special treat.  The other night I put him to bed and Ryan was gone playing softball so I put both boys in their beds and got in the shower.  When I got out of the shower I heard a noise in the living room.  I went in there and it was dark but I heard the rustling sound again.  Noah was inside their play tunnel laying down.  I told him to come out of there and he asked me, “was I good in bed?” I said no because he wasn’t in his bed then he said “oh yes I was good.”  I was cracking up.  He is so good with Nathan.  They play together and Noah will try to get him to say new words.  If Nathan is crying Noah will say “it’s ok” and give him a hug or a kiss.  I think it’s so sweet when he looks at me and says, “I love you, Mommy”.  It melts my heart.  He also tells me that I’m his boy.  I say, don’t you mean you’re my boy? and he’ll say yes, you’re my boy.  He still sucks on two fingers and now he’ll show them to me and I’ll say, “ewwww, pruney!” and he cracks up.  He loves riding his 4-wheeler and tells me that Beauty is his horse.  I can’t believe that he’s already over 3 years old!  time flies!

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My little baby isn’t so little anymore!  It seems like just the past  few weeks he’s really grown and changed.  He seems more mature, if  that’s possible.  He has added many new words to his growing  vocabulary.  He says balloon, Emmy, Mimi, KK, BooBoo, MaMa, Grampy  (says Beeby), Nonna, bo bo for brother, Hi Mommy, Hi Daddy, Night Night  Mommy, Night Night Daddy, I love you (not quite clear but I can tell what it is), Bye Bye Nonna, Uncle dud, Mubbs, Mack, Laura, Jamie, Zoe,  Lilly, shoe, cheese, popcorn, cupcake, nose, toes, kite, circle, star, moon, hot, up high, ear, hair, and lots of animals names and sounds.   When you ask him what a dog or a pig says he wrinkles up his nose and makes a snorting sound. It’s funny!  Last night he went into his room  and pointed at his crib and said “night night” so I put him in it and he laid down.  He also says paci.  He uses the paci when he takes a nap or sleeps at night but doesn’t get to use it any other time.  He loves shoes.  He will go get our shoes out of our closet and bring them to us to put on.  I bought him a new pair the other day and I tried them on his feet when we got home and he wouldn’t take them off.  He cried when I did and went and got them and brought them back to me to wear again.  He’ll eat fruit but not vegetables.  I guess I need to start pureeing them and hiding them in his food so he’ll get some of the nutritional stuff he needs!  He likes apple juice which he calls something like Appey Ju.  He’ll pick up the pretend phone and say “hello?”  He has really enjoyed swimming in the pool this summer.  He isn’t afraid to get his head or face wet.  If he’s in the baby pool and trips and his head goes under water he just stands right back up and doesn’t freak out.  He is a little stuntman and likes to climb up things.  He also will try to do anything Noah does, which isn’t always a good thing!  They are starting to wrestle more and chase each other around the house.  If he gets mad at Noah he will pull his hair.  We are working on that one.  He loves his teachers at school, Ms. Laura and Ms. Jamie, and he has a crush on Audrey. Overall, still easygoing and happy!  We couldn’t ask for a sweeter baby!

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