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Poll: Favorite thing about this age?
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I know, too many to list, right?
Our IF journey: 1 m/c, 1 IVF with only 3 eggs retrieved yielding Dylan and a lost twin, 1 shocker unmedicated BFP resulting in Jace, 3 more unmedicated pregnancies ending in more losses.
Total score: 6 pregnancies, 5 losses, 2 amazing blessings that I'm thankful for every single day.
Total score: 6 pregnancies, 5 losses, 2 amazing blessings that I'm thankful for every single day.
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Re: Poll: Favorite thing about this age?
The conversations and the general naiveness of being (almost) three.
"mommy - who turned the lights off in the sky?"
Goblin Gallup 5k 10/30/11 - 36:46
Turkey Trot 5k 11/24/11 - 35:14
Festival of Lights 5k 12/31/11 - 33:13
Love the Run You're With 5k 2/13/12 - 31:58
Backyard Burn 5 miler 3/11/12 - 1:08:42
Cherry Blossom 10 Miler 4/1/12 - 1:58:22
Wine Country HF 6/2/12 - TBD
Spartan Race 8/25/12 - TBD
Hands down, the imagination.
I want to freeze my son where he is right now -- old enough to begin to understand and remember a lot about the world, but young enough not to be self-conscious about bringing his imaginary world out into the open.
He has 2 imaginary alter-egos: a good one and a goofy one. The good one is Kusa-9, this super-powerful butterfly hero. My son pretends that I'm a pokemon character named Shinx. Shinx is Kusa-9's younger, less-capable friend, and I've literally spent hours over the past year playing the part of Shinx. I know that soon my son is going to outgrow Kusa-9, which is going to break my heart!
So many!
Her imagination
Her attention span and attention to detail has never been greater
She's the smartest she's ever been, so she assumes other people don't know as much. She often teaches our adult friends how to make letters or draw cats.
Her memory
Her jokes - changing up words from songs and stories and cracking herself up
Her imigination. She will tell stories to my MIL about her and I going shopping at Kmart and we bought 3 pairs of pink pajamas, etc...
She has never been to kmart though so I don't know where she gets this!
Her ability to bounce right back and move on -- from crying to happily talking in mere seconds
Her talking is finally picking up and it's so fun to hear what she'll say next
Hugs and kisses
Our Thanksgiving Day baby 11/22/07
Pregnant with #2 with LPD, uterine polyp/hysteroscopy, DOR (AMH = 0.17), 2 c/ps
Our early Christmas present 12/9/10
3.5 is like, a person. lol aidan has always been "my buddy", but now its like a friend. she chats about the day, asks me how im doing, etc. i just love it.
sawyer, well, she's at the age where pretty much everything she does is funny. lol bc toddlers are awkwardly hilarious.
I love the fact that they're actually interested in other people's lives and their feelings in addition to their own. They will ask the sweetest things: "How was your school, Mom?" or "Are you happy?"
I love that they are total sponges who LOOOVE learning. Dylan asks to do "homework time" at the table. Cherishing that while it lasts!
I love that I DO still get cuddles from time to time but they don't "need me" so much that it exhausts me like a newborn does.
And of course I love that they still marvel at the simple things in life and help me remember to also.
Total score: 6 pregnancies, 5 losses, 2 amazing blessings that I'm thankful for every single day.
This too! During her gym glass Kira makes sure *I* have one of everything she plays with, or she'll grab one of the felt shapes so that I'm sitting on one like all the kids are supposed to -- she doesn't want me to feel left out. (I assume she'd do this for others too!) She always gets very concerned when she sees/hears others crying, and when I finally broke down about a month ago, she looked at me very seriously, said "twy" (i.e. cry...what she said when she hears *anybody* crying), and she got a tissue for me. The school counselor in me is very proud and completely amazed.
Our Thanksgiving Day baby 11/22/07
Pregnant with #2 with LPD, uterine polyp/hysteroscopy, DOR (AMH = 0.17), 2 c/ps
Our early Christmas present 12/9/10
So many it's hard to think of one...but I get a kick out how far his imagination spans!! I sit there and listen to him play and he cracks me up! He is in love with Speedracer at the moment so Speedracer is constantly saving someone from some kind of peril or racing someone else (including the whale in the tub). It is amazing what they think of!
Also..his little personality is becoming amazing. He is just so sweet and caring and when he comes out and says things like "Can we go on a walk, just you and me mommy?" my heart melts!
The learning...when I saw him write his name for the first time, I just about cried.
Also the imaginative play...I love to hear what goes on in his head now. His role playing too and assigning us all roles.
How he's still so loving and caring about his family and dotes on all of us like a little mother hen.
Exploring his world more and his independence. Watching him really jump into the pool on his own to his instructor for the first time...felt like some sort of milestone this week. He's spreading his little wings! (And it's so hard to let him :-)
Big E (6) & Little E (2.5)