Phoenix,
You are such a joy. You are calm, loving and best of all, well mannered. You are wild, rambunctious, and a bit testy too. You are the perfect combination of all the BESTS.
You LOVE taking a bath with Sissy, trains, machines, your ipad, music, music and more music. You take your guitar (back scratcher) EVERYWHERE we go. No ands ifs or buts about it.
You know what you want and won't take no for an answer. Thankfully, you aren't very demanding; therefore, Mama and Dada give in to you most of the time. We have also noticed that when you demand something, you play with it for hours, days and weeks at end. So giving in is usually totally worth it.
You like going to story time with Mrs. Kat and Mrs. Nay Nay and you love the McWane Center and the Zoo. You also love going to eat at Tata's house (M&M) to see all of your friends and work the drive thru.
You are always on the look out with your binoculars for deer and your bow and arrow is never far from you. You can't wait for the day Dada takes you hunting. You also love driving around at night with him looking for deer!!!!
You don't throw many fits. Unless you're tired, that is. Lord help us when you've reached your limit. If we don't get you home and to bed immediately, all hell is likely to break loose.
You want macaroni and cheese for just about every meal. You also love green beans. You could live off of chicken but aren't a big fan of red meat. Most of the time, we can get you to try something, but if you've decided prior you don't like it-you usually don't! You also love eggs, cheese and pancakes! Bacon is a hit or miss with you.
You take such great care of your sister. Rescuing her every time she wakes up (you and Rusty, that is). You are always hugging, loving and squeezing her. Making sure she has a toy to play with or a blanket if she's cold. I love when she is crying and you go to her and say, "Its okay Sissy, I here." Or when she's totally throwing a fit and you ask me, "Mama, why Sissy buggin'???" You truly are the BEST big brother in the world. She knows this too, because whenever you are around, she immediately stops crying. She loves to just sit and watch you. She is already learning soo much from you and I couldn't be more proud.
You've 100% mastered the potty (well, we are still working on the aiming aspect) but you prefer to go "hone" to use the bathroom. Wonder where you get that from! You can partially spell your name-you know all the letters involved, just not the correct order yet. You know your age and when your birthday is. You can count to 15 in English and 10 in Spanish. You know your alphabet like a champ. You also use many Spanish phrases. That totally melts my heart. You say agua, gracias, de nada, ayudame, and many more. All in the correct context. You have also started helping Sissy with her signs. I just love watching you sign to her!!!!
The number of songs you know totally blows my mind. You know all the popular nursery rhyme songs, as well as all of Farmer Jason's songs and of course, all of Roger Day's. You picked up quickly on a ton of Christmas songs as well. There are soo many more songs that you know as well.
You pay attention to everything. Sometimes, this is not such a good thing :)! And I know you are really listening when you say, "hear me" or "understand" after being told something.
Your imagination is running wild these days. I love watching you play by yourself. It amazes me where you come up with some of this stuff.
Thankfully, you've been semi-healthy the past 6 months. We've had 2 battles with strep and a few fevers. The last being right around the New Year, with a random fever of 104 for a few days. I love that you can tell me what is hurting you. It makes figuring out your sickness soo much easier.
You are napping roughly 3-4 hours a day. However, you aren't sleeping worth a lick at night. You'll sleep about 4 hours and then get super restless and can't go back to bed. We tried skipping naps and moving naps earlier. Nothing seemed to help. After weeks of this, we finally took you to the doctor. Well, that and you were complaining of your head hurting. That was one of the "strep" visits. She recommended Meletonnin. It works like a champ for you.
If I could freeze time, now would be the time. You are a totally joy and you are constantly making our hearts proud. I love everything about you at this age. EVERYTHING!!!!! You make me look forward to Sissy growing big, just like you. Ha-who am I kidding-we both know that'll never happen!!!!
So, in closing I just want to say Thank You. Thank you for being more than your Dada and I ever dreamt for you. Thank you for showing us mannerisms, imagination, and love like we often times get too busy to see ourselves. Thank you for keeping us grounded and for constantly reminding us what is really important in life. Thank you for making us better people, but more importantly better parents.
You are our world and we love it.
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