Happy 23 months

A little late...but not forgotten :) Guillermo is almost two. All his little buddies are turning two, so we are attending birthday parties. It's fun to see how much they have all grown since the last round! Guillermo is talking up a storm all of a sudden. He still uses mainly one word options, but is starting to put words together. Yesterday on the swing, he said, "Push, swing, high!". He is in love with all things truck related. He likes to spend most of his time in the garage pretending to work or cleaning up the house. It's so funny how he's such a boy, but also really into things that I do too. At preschool today, he got out the mop and broom upon entering the classroom. Once he had cleaned for a bit, he went and got the play shopping cart, put his favorite doll in it, and proceeded to fill it with food from the play kitchen.

The fair

Forgot camera like a loser!! These are from my phone. That llama thought he was hot stuff!

Back to school

Guillermo started co-op preschool last week. This is year two. He is in the toddler class again, and although I was afraid he'd be the oldest and biggest one there, it didn't happen. There are several kiddos within a few months of each other in the 2 range. There are also a few babies (Guillermo loves babies...he calls all kids babies-even 7 year olds!) who are fun to watch and see interacting. This is a picture of snack time. Guillermo found a little friend who ate his fruit for him. I am betting he will sit by her every week now! He is at the far end of the table watching his teacher take a pic from a different angle.

22 months

Another month old yesterday! These last few months seem to have brought a lot of growth and changes for our little guy. He is such a sweetheart one moment and yelling at the top of his lungs about the strangest of things the next. This is what it means to be two, I suppose. I keep telling him that he's two, and he smiles and looks shy about it. Along with the tantrums has come a deep need to be in mommy's arms 24/7. It's so funny because even though he's so mad he can't think straight, and he's calling for daddy to come save him, in the same moment, he climbs into my arms for love and cuddles. I think it must be hard to be two. He seems to have come to a little standstill in his talking for now. He keeps adding words, but isn't really putting them together yet. Not worrisome because we know that once he can put them together, there will be no stopping the stream of talking! I can't wait, and yet, I'm afraid :)

Anyway, the little video below was taken a week or so ago. This is Guillermo's new favorite activity...along with pushing the lawn mower (not when it's running!) around the yard, drinking hot tea like grandma and eating pickles.

Happy 21 months!

Guillermo turned 21 months today. It has been an eventful day!


First off, summer leads to much naked time at our house (well Guillermo is naked, Bill and I are USUALLY clothed), so this morning during some naked time, Guillermo started to get the "I am about to pee on the floor" glint in his eye. I quickly reminded him that if he needed to pee, he could use his potty. He marched right over to the potty, sat down, directed me to look away, and peed in his potty. When I finally decided to look at him (not wanting to infringe upon his privacy), he was holding his potty pot upright asking "What's this?". I started to race over toward him, but couldn't make it in time to stop the boy from pouring the full potty right down the front of himself. Ah, potty baptism. How's that for a 21 month birthday present!? Luckily, Guillermo had no issues with being covered in his own urine! Mommy, however, was a little grossed out!

Second, all we have been talking about is new babies since both Kristine (right on time) and Lindsey (a little early!) had their new baby girls this week. This is not very exciting talk for Guillermo. In fact, I was commenting on how adorable little Lydia is earlier today, and Guillermo went and fetched the book that his grandpa had made of photos of his first year...he wanted to look through pictures of himself as an adorable newborn, no doubt. So, we paged through the book for a while until he realized that he had successfully stopped all new baby talk and got bored.

Fun at the park

Guillermo and Aiko had fun playing at the park together today. As you can see, Aiko is soon to be a big sister, so these are her last few days of solo time with mom. She is 5 weeks older than Guillermo, but looking at her, you'd never know it. They have such a fun time together. I'm glad they have been able to hang out almost every week since they were 4 months old! We are all excited to see if she's going to have a little brother or sister!

20 months

Hard to believe my little guy is almost 2 already. Time flies! Here is a recent pic thanks to Lindsey Dene (I don't seem to take as many pics these days!).
Guillermo is turning into quite the toddler these days! He likes dancing (spinning being a favorite of late), chatting, cleaning (as always), copying mom and dad (wearing our shoes and clothes is big fun as well as wanting to use big people cups, chairs, etc.), and generally just doing toddler things. One hilarious new word is 'Kukuk' (my maiden name) for 'cracker'. He runs around saying, "Kukuk, kukuk, kukuk...". Guillermo also likes to make motor sounds...he has perfected motorcycles, trucks and the coffee grinder to date. Most often heard at our house, though, is "What's that? What's this? Who's that?". Grandpa Yellow keeps saying that at least he isn't asking, "Why?" yet, but considering how fast things go, I'm sure that is just around the corner.