12.01.2012

Sweet Abram

It's high time I posted a few words (update: many words) about Abram lately:

(**I tried to post some pictures but it says I ran out of storage space...not sure what to do about that, but here's my Abram in words)

He Loves:
-Helping me in the kitchen (aka hangs on my pants until I hold him on my hip and let him help pour spices in the bowl...quite the feat)
-Spotting babies in public ("Babeeeyyy!")
-Bubble baths
-Playing with and spotting cars/trucks/motorcycles--anywhere and everywhere
-Singing songs with all the hand actions--he even pipes in when he knows the words! (eensie-weensie spider, wheels on the bus, the Sunbeam song, snowman song, popcorn popping, ABCs)
-Reading books...especially my I Spy book--"I Pie!!"
-Watching himself on video
-Going to my grandparent's house in Napa--he makes himself right at home!
-Brushing/flossing teeth (...not!  But he's getting better about it)
-Getting a hold of something he knows he shouldn't, then saying "Bye!" and taking off around the corner
-Cracking himself up in his crib after he wakes up ("Eh bike!...yeah!  Eh car!...Yeah!"...then laughs...)
-Playing ball
-Playing chase with daddy after work...usually at bedtime when he should be winding down.  :)
-Cleaning up to the clean-up song
-Sitting on his potty ("pah-ee") when I go and "wiping" himself (with his pants still on--we have a potty for him but haven't started training yet)
-Helping fold the laundry (shaking it out, then scrunching it up and handing it to me)
-Doing animal sounds and naming body parts
-Stalling at bedtime (asking for water, then sipping slowly while peering over his sippy at me)
-Nursery at church
-Bringing me my shoes when we're getting ready to go somewhere (so sweet!)
-Giving hugs and kisses

Most-Used Words:
"marrrrr" (more)
"car" (car and Carter (Abram's favorite friend who's 3 and shares his cars :)
"duh" (truck)
"day-doo" (thank-you and here-you-go)
"mee-mee" (excuse me and amen)
"co-eey!" (cozy)
"boo!"  (comes around the corner and tries to scare me)
"mie" (vitamin--he loves his gummy vitamin)
"ba-key" (blankie)
"warry" (water)
"go-gur" (yogurt)
"burrbry" (blueberry)
"ca-car" (cracker)
"owie" (owie--this means he wants a kiss)
"Daddy, wherr-you?" (when we wait for Ben outside of his office after work)
"Bett" and "Marrk" (Brett and Mark, my uncles that live out here)
"eye-bow" (eyebrow...a body part he's been interested in lately...?)
"two, two, GO!" (1-2-3 go)
"wet"  (we've been getting a lot of rain lately)
"dark"
"yum" or "mmm"
"bess" (bless you, after I sneeze)
"Whoa! Eh big!" (when something is big or a lot--like giving him a big bowl of smoothie)

Favorite Snacks (most of the time he is a very good eater!):
bell pepper or carrot strips with hummus
banana with peanut butter
yogurt
frozen blueberries
crackers, of course
sunflower seeds
oranges

All in all, Abram is the sweetest little boy and I feel so blessed to have him.  He is so easy-going, happy, and content.  I love my baby boy.