Reagan - April 2013

One way I keep track of all the exciting things happening with Reagan and Kyleigh is by making notes on my phone.  I've decided to just summarize those notes and I'll put them on the blog each month.

• He wants hugs all the time - both giving and receiving hugs
• Very good at stringing 4-5 words together, but often leaves out the verb!
• Loves to ham it up with people, especially our Wheaton friends
• Pronounces his name as "Rea-Gone"
• Favorite phrases: "I do it," " Beep, beep, paging Reagan"
• Says the same word 3x when trying to say a sentence
• Loves to put his hands in his pockets and say "pocket"
• He's becoming quite the tattletale!  He'll come into the room and let me know what Kyleigh is doing, especially if she's getting into his stuff.
• He locks his door when I'm driving.  I often forget and when I go to open his door and find it locked, he looks up at me with the biggest grin
• When I don't understand what he's saying, I'll say "Show Me" and he just repeats "Show Me" and runs off to show me!
• Favorite Books: "Minnie Mouse Best Friends Forever Song," "Clifford the Fire House Dog," "Clifford's Hiccups," "My Big Truck Book"
• Getting really good at correctly identifying things: sun, trees, etc
• Getting him dressed in the morning is a challenge; he doesn't want to and he kicks/screams when I do it
• First lie 4/12/13 - in the car, I asked if his muffin was all gone.  He looked down at it in his lap and said, "yes"
• Gets obsessed with certain foods (usually breakfast) and has to have them.  Applesauce at snack time, yogurt and muffin at breakfast.
• When people talk to him at the store, he'll point to me and say "My mommy"
• He gets very angry when things get stuck; throws things down or hits and screams
• Really good with most colors, but red is usually pink and blue is usually purple
• Big phrase is "I don't wan to"
• Learning his ABCs and doing well, but not totally threre
• Like to throw Kyleigh's diapers away every morning
• Going through a big "MY" phase....everything is "Mine"
• He'll put himself into timeout even when he doesn't need to be there

130 Words

Disclaimer to this post: I am a little torn about writing this post because I feel like I'm bragging about Reagan.  However, that is not my heart behind this post.  The main reason I have been blogging is to keep a record of this time in my life and how our kids are growing up.  So, with that said, read on if you choose!

I have heard frequently from several people how "verbal" Reagan is for a 2 year old.  I always thought he had a large vocabulary, but thought I was just being presumptuous.  Well, after someone brought it up to me again last night, I thought I'd do a little test.  I had been wanting to do this test for the past month, but never got around to it.  Today was different.

On April 13, 2013, I wrote down every word Reagan spoke since he woke up this morning and went to bed tonight.  Let me tell you, this was an eye opening experience!  It was very time consuming, but well worth it.

Reagan uttered a whopping 130 unique words today!  I could not believe it when I sat down tonight and counted the final number.  The amazing thing is that there were several words Reagan usually says throughout the day that he did not say today.  For example, he only mentioned a few body parts and a few colors.  He also only named a few friends instead of going through his normal list.  He learned one new word today, which was chocolate (he ate a banana chocolate muffin for breakfast this morning). He learns so much and so quickly!

Selfishness

This is going to be a quick post because I'm on a tight schedule today before I leave for WA to visit Aunt Jean.  It's about selfishness...here we go!

I've always heard that becoming a parent brings out your selfish nature.  While I believed this to be true, I hadn't truly experienced this.  Sure, there have been times when I wanted something and couldn't do it because of this kids, but it never really got to me.  That is, until yesterday/this morning.

Kyleigh has had a case of the runs for the past three days.  I finally decided it was time to call the pediatrician to see how I could help this pass.  They gave me instructions and then I asked the nurse if I needed to keep Kyleigh away from other kids.  The unfortunate (but correct) answer was yes.

Enter selfishness.  I was given this news on Thursday afternoon and all I could think about what that I was going to miss my Entrusted class on Friday morning.  I was so upset...really upset...that I had to miss class.  I thought about it the rest of Thursday afternoon and evening and then thought of ways I could still get to class when I awoke on Friday morning.  I had a chip on my shoulder because I needed to stay home and let Kyleigh's system work through this bug.

I'm being really honest here.  It's difficult to face the sin in your own life and it is not very fun either.  I thank God for his forgiveness and that he was not selfish by withholding his grace from me.  Next time I'm confronted with selfishness, I'll need to depend on God's grace to humbly let go of my desires.