{t minus 2 days}

ian is going to be TWO. in TWO days! i can't hardly believe it. i remember waking up next to him on his first birthday and just crying like an idiot. (keep in mind i was uber pregnant as well)...i don't see that happening-now that he knows what is going on, it's just going to be a fun birthday celebration! also, my parents will be coming in tomorrow night, so they'll get to enjoy the birthday festivities as well! (justin's dad is coming saturday and hopefully his mommacita as well-fingers crossed!)

so i just walked into ian's room (b/c i'm a really good mom and doing this while my kids are awake and playing.... :/) and cecilia was taking 5 or so steps (that i saw) across his room. she's certainly figuring it out! i'm happy and sad about this....but mainly it's just exciting. she is now 10 months old and hilarious. she's still a bit of a stinker and gets upset for no reason (most of the time). but now she really tries to talk. when justin or i are on the phone, she'll put her hand up to her ear and smile a huge smile b/c she knows she's done something cute. she's going to be a rough one, too. she loves to head butt and be rough and tough with ian. it's so cute and it makes them both so happy! unfortunately ian doesn't understand when the line has been crossed (what 2 year old does, really?). so it goes from fun and games to cecilia crying hysterically most of the time. i can't get mad at that b/c he's just having fun with his sister! she just decides "hey i'm done" but he doesn't get the memo ;)

ian talks so much. SO. MUCH. perfect sentences, too. the other night-justin made salmon and rice & ian took a bite, looked at him (while pushing his plate away) and said "i don't like that." he's growing too fast-he even has started saying "monkey" (instead of ohoh-ahah) and today he said "elephant" (instead of the elephant sound). ah! stop. growing. little. boy!!!!!  {although i don't hate it b/c he's SO much fun! he's a stinker, too-don't get me wrong, but it's just awesome watching him learn so much!}

 {ian just hit his hand and started crying. i asked him what would make him feel better and he said "eat" i asked him what he wanted to eat and he said "food"....k thanks, bud ;) }

proud mommy moment:
we've been working on potty training more & ian will go after bath. he has a mickey mouse folder and he gets to pick out a sticker when he's done to put in the folder. anyways, he loves it and is VERY proud of his potty folder. justin and i are making a huge deal of this as well, and making sure cecilia knows (or basically-ian knows) that it's IAN'S and not ceci's. she's still quite the paper eater and would destroy it! but the other night ian was sitting on the couch next to me & i picked ceci up to sit in my lap. ian told me he wanted ceci in his lap-so of course, i put her there and he started to show her the stickers from his potty folder (but not just showing them, he was being gentle and talking softly "this is dumbo, mickey mouse, dumbo, blue shishaur") it was pretty much the best thing ever!!!! and then when he was done, he pushed her away. ;)

okay, that's all for now-i'll post more after ian's bday and party!!!!