Noah just turned 25 months old, and with all the craziness going on, I totally forgot about it until last night! Since Noah's two now, the monthly changes seem to be slowing a bit, but his personality continues to develop and he's starting to say all kinds of funny things. He also is continuing to adjust to being a big brother, and is doing a great job! So this update is just a few fun stories, mostly for our benefit so that we can look back and remember Noah's silliness.
A few weeks ago, we went to a playdate with a bunch of other kids with ages ranging from 1 week old all the way to 4 years old. During lunch, one of the kids was trying to get his mom's attention and kept saying, "Mommy!" Noah thought this was fun, so he also started saying, "Mommy!"...except I was sitting right next to him. He kept on saying, "Mommy!" and would start laughing hysterically afterwards. However, he was sitting next to an older girl who did not think this was so funny. She kept saying, "Stop saying that! Your mommy is right here! Stop goofing off!" And then Noah would just continue laughing and saying, "Mommy! Mommy!" This went on for at least 15 minutes.
Noah has been a great big brother so far and is really doing well for a two year-old. It's been a bit difficult at times putting Sarah down for naps while Noah is running around playing with toys, yelling, and banging things together. All normal behavior for a toddler, but kind of a problem when trying to nap a little baby. So every time it's nap time for Sarah, I have to tell Noah over and over again to be quiet, or ask him to play in his room so that he's a little further away. It can be so frustrating when Sarah's eyes are just about to close, or have just closed, and then Noah comes barreling into the room going, "Hi, Mommy!" So sweet, but so frustrating. This morning though, he saw me holding Sarah and bouncing her and he looked at me and said, "Be quiet...ssshhh..." and even put his finger to his lips. Then he said, "I go room," and went into his room to play while I was putting Sarah down for her nap. I guess he's learning! Moments like these remind me of how much Noah relies on routine. When he takes our phones and pretend he's talking on the phone, he always says, "I hi Grandma," because it's always the grandmas calling! And when he sees one of the grandmas, the first thing he always says is, "Where Grandpa go?" because he's always used to seeing the two together. In Peter's mom's case, James often visits at the same time his parents do, so when Noah sees Peter's mom, he usually says, "Where Grandpa go? Where Uncle James go?" Recently, James surprised Noah with a few new trains so sometimes when he's playing with the new trains, he'll randomly stop and say, "Thank you Uncle James....Uncle James bring surprise."
Noah has also been learning the power of "please." I'm not sure when/where he learned that this was the "magic word" for getting what you want, but he has started using it and it really is almost too cute to resist. One of his favorite things to ask for is to watch Finding Nemo in the car. When we get in the car, he always says, "I watch little bit Nemo Mommy, pweeeeeeeease? Pweeeeeeease?" He also likes to use his power of persuasion for chocolate milk. "I want chocate milk Mommy, pweeeeeease?" Where does he get this stuff from???
These days, Noah has also been obsessed with watching Misty Island Rescue, a Thomas the Train movie. I think he has watched it everyday for the past two weeks. He goes into our room, finds the iPad, opens it up, opens the folder that the Netflix app is in, opens the Netflix app, and says, "iPad not ready" while waiting for the app to load. I know that the ability to use Apple technology is pretty common for kids Noah's age, but I am still stunned by how driven Noah is to watch these movies that he will learn these multi-step tasks to get there. Meanwhile, he can barely use a fork to eat. You would think that food was more important. Anyway, so he watches this movie everyday, re-enacts scenes from the movie with his toys, and is always quoting movie lines! Already! The best part is that he doesn't say all of the words. I don't know if it's a processing thing or what, but when he quotes these movie lines, he only says like every other word. But still, he can quote a lot of the movies that he watches. He also does this with books. We read the same books over and over and over again, to the point where he kind of can read them on his own. When he's playing by himself, sometimes he'll sit there "reading" his books, reciting all the lines to the books from memory.
One of the funniest things that Noah says is, "What you talking bout?!!" Noah often gives a running commentary on what's happening with his toys while he's playing with them. Like, "Thomas go shaky bridge" or "Percy shunting James" or "Gordon thundering down tracks" (please excuse the train lingo). Noah will often repeat these phrases over and over again until I, or someone, responds in some way. When I'm having a conversation with someone, I sometimes just say okay, or sometimes kind of ignore him because really, how do you respond to "Gordon thundering down tracks" anyway? So he'll keep saying whatever he's saying over and over while I'm talking, and when he sees that I'm not responding, he'll yell, "MOMMY! What you talking bout?!?!!" I feel like I should tell him that that's rude, but for now, it's just so hilarious!
Taking care of two kids is tough and exhausting, but these fun moments with Noah make the hard work worth it. In the past year, it was so convenient to just hand Noah off at daycare that I didn't realize what I was missing. We had a lot of funny moments after daycare and on the weekends, but I feel like it's only now that I'm really developing a relationship with Noah, beyond diaper changer, food provider, and general slave to his needs. Now we're like mother and son. Haha!
So sweet...and funny! He's such a ham!
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