Music maestro

"More" a word I hear you say several times a day. But not all your "more's" are the same. There's "mm..more" which is food, "more" playing, and your favourite "MORE" meaning please put on some music or turn it up.

It's funny that your daddy and I are able to decipher which meaning of more your using by the way you say it. 

You are such a lover of music, especially music with lots of bass. Your favourite songs have included "I'm so fancy" "uptown funk" and "albatross". 

You love to dance, your moves range from head banging with big wide eyes and a serious expression, a push up move with head shaking, and hip thrusting especially in the car where your movements are limited.

But you don't love all music, you are quick to say if you don't want a certain song and insist we change it until we find one you like. 

I hope you always have such passion for music as it makes you so happy. Yes we have stopped meltdowns simply by putting on one of your favourite songs. 

I wonder if it will always sooth you so easily.

Trains, planes and automobiles

How can I condense all my memories of you into a few posts, it seems impossible to keep up. Everyday you do something that I wish to remember but I have no time to sit and write it down and once you are asleep I'm not far behind.

You are changing so fast, learning new things every day. Your new favourite thing is to wave at everyone you see, everywhere we go. You do almost anything to get people's attention to wave at them. If they ignore you it's obvious by your expression that you can't understand why they wouldn't wave back, and I can't help but agree with you. 

You also have started gesturing for me to come with you, follow you so you can show me things or simply so I will chase you. I love seeing what you want to show me.

Even though I have tried to keep all your toys very gender neutral you are naturally drawn to trucks, cars, trains and tractors. You greatly show how impressed you are by things by yelling "wow wow wow!!". 

Although it seems easier to play with your toys on the ground, often you ask to be helped up onto the chair so that you can sit and play with them on the big table. 

Your vocabulary has again exploded including new words such as "tractor, bike, book, sleep, door, star, moon, digger, dump truck, bus, baby, cat, mouse". The list goes on and on. 

Amazingly this year seems to be passing even faster than your first, perhaps because you are now almost always on the go. Exploring new things, reading books over and over again, talking about everything you see. 

The moments you are still I cherish as I feel like it's the only time I can really soak you in. Memorizing your little baby face that is gradually becoming more and more like a little boy.