Micaiah at 2.5 years

Our little buddy boo is 2.5 now. This is such a fun, fun age, and time isn't stopping for me. There are so many things that I want to remember about Micaiah.

First, his basics. He's 35 inches tall and about 29 pounds. He is definitely starting to thin out as he gets taller. Scott and I noted just the other day how his belly is looking less and less round. He sleeps anywhere from 2-3 hours for his nap and about 11 hours at night. He still does roomtime for an hour in the morning, and loves it. He enjoys having that time where he can do things without Caeden bothering his stuff.

He is a monster breakfast eater, a so-so lunch eater, and a bird at dinner. He loves all things bread, fruit, chocolate, and yogurt. He also l-o-v-e-s parmesan noodles. He calls it "mac'n -n- cheese" (which is also what he calls regular macaroni and cheese, which he likes, but not as much as parmesan noodles) One of his food quirks of present is that he will eat raw apples and carrots (with dip!) for a snack, but if it's on his plate for a meal, he gets upset and wants them to be made soft.

He got the game Candyland for Christmas, and although he doesn't totally get the concept of how to fully play the game yet, one of his most favorite things to do is to talk about the gameboard. He loves counting the gummy stars and the gingerbread men. He loves talking about the characters and their candy. And what he really loves to do is to take one of game pieces and have it walk through the game, eating the different candies, high fiving the characters, and talking all along the way.

One time a month or so ago Micaiah heard some birds chirping outside. He said, "They're calling you to come outside!" Totally don't know where he got that; it's so funny what kids come up with. He still mixes up his pronouns, you, I, and me, most of the time. More and more we will hear instances of him using one of them correctly, but more often than not he still switches them up, using "you" to talk about himself. We've just gotten used to it :)

He loves to "work." He likes getting a screwdriver and using it to fix things around the house. He will work on his little car with a screwdriver for the longest time. Something we've really loved watching with him lately is how his imagination is developing. We very often will find him role playing. Recently I overheard him while he was playing in the ottoman in our living room (where we keep living room toys--he likes to empty a few things out and sit inside of it). He began by holding a monkey and then putting him on the other side of the ottoman and said, "Ok, I'll be right back to get you. You stay in your class." A few moments later he grabbed "Laughy Monkey" and said, "See! I told you I would come and get you!"

He absolutely positively adores reading. I think he would sit and listen to books all day long. When we go to get him out of roomtime, we will very often catch him looking at books on his own. He will even "read" them sometimes saying a few words from each page. Although he's pretty shy about doing that on command. Along with reading books, one of his other very favorite things to do is to listen to Scott and I tell stories. Every morning at breakfast when Scott is finished eating, Micaiah will ask for "2 tain tories, 2 Micaiah tories, and 2 De-us tories!" He loves hearing stories about trains, himself, and Jesus. Real or made up, he will sit, listen, and love it.

I love the way he answers questions. He will say "that muh-cause..." Like if I ask why he was crying, he might say, "That muh-cause you wanted Mommy to come get you."

My sister is going to have another baby, and while talking about that one day Micaiah said, "Aunt Kimely going to have a new Judah!" (Judah is Kimberly's little girl she already has)

As evidenced in the picture above of Micaiah in the car going to Mimi and Papa's house, he still loves his G. I'm not sure how we're ever going to part with GG, but I'm choosing to just think about that another day. He is only 2 afterall, right?

We've had some cool conversations with Micaiah in the last few months about God. We've been able to teach him what it means for God to be omnipresent. Micaiah will say, "He EVERYWHERE!" pretty exuberantly.

I think what preceeded the conversation about God's omnipresence was when we were listening to music one day and Micaiah noticed that the song was about God. He said, "That God, like at church!" So we got to talk about how it's all the same God. There is only one God, and he's in our church gathering, at home with us, with Daddy at work, and on and on. He enjoyed thinking of other places where God would be.

The days just keep on passing. Moments turn into hours which turn into days. I do remember this boy being just a round and pudgy little infant.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again...I just don't want to miss even a second! Being a mom has refined me in so, so many ways. And I'm only 2.5 years into it!!! I truly do want to enjoy and delight in each and every mundane...and extraordinary...moment that God gives me with them.