1) Singing! I certainly did not inherit that gene from his Momma's side of the family, but this kid loves to sing. Recent favorite have been his ABC's, Twinkle Twinkle and Jingle Bells.
2) "I did it" with an occasional "by self" are recent phrases out of Micah's mouth. It's been fun watching Micah develop a greater independence with a lot of daily activities.
3) Can count until "10"
4) Knows all of his primary colors
5) When asked if he will have a baby sister or baby brother, he always says the latter of what you ask. We will let the suspense and the frequent questioning by Grandma Carol only last another 48 hours!
6) Still loves daycare, although drop offs continue to be difficult on some of the days. His teachers report that he is well integrated into an activity within 2 minutes of our departure, but it sure feels miserable as a parent walking down the hall and hearing your child screaming...
7) Loves Sesame Street - especially Elmo. Kyle and I have to sometimes be sneaky about our computer time, as if Micah recognizes that we are on the computer, he asks for us to put Sesame Street on. I think that we've watched every episode of Sesame Street on YouTube at least 10 times.
8) Likes to pick out his own clothes and namely has "PJ's' or "JP's" as referred to by Kyle. His favorite include a pair of Sesame Street PJ's - surprised?
9) Sleeping most of the nights. If he does wake up, I've made the recent mistake of putting him in bed with us a few times. Hopefully habits aren't established...
10) Favorite toy still is Matchbox cars. Playdoh might be a close second.
11) Move over oatmeal...Cinnamon Chex may have taken over for Micah's favorite breakfast food.
12) Preferred beverages are still milk and water, but loves to drink out of a cup or a straw.
13) Little puppy dog - while Brutus may be on a vacation at my parents during all the chaos of Raadt life, Micah makes up for his begging. If you're eating something that Micah does not have, he will take notice and say "Micah try"
14) Motivated by M&M's - namely, peanut butter ones.
15) Sitting on the potty at daycare, but still does not love to sit on it at home. Last week he did pee while on the potty, but has not since. We are slowly getting there, and we don't want to force the issue at this point.
16) Likes to help with some chores - especially unloading the dishwasher.
17) Tantrums are still a daily occurrence. Micah simply does not like to be told "no", but what nearly two-year old does?! We're learning to deal with them. We have been cracking down hard on the hitting and kicking that usually occurs during tantrums with time outs, time in his room, or if necessary the occasional spanking.
18) Learning a lot of nursery rhymes, as he has suddenly taken an interest in a set of books that Grandma Carol gave him last Christmas. Rock-a-bye baby, Twinkle Twinkle, Miss Muffet, Humpty Dumpty are a few of his favorites.
19) Does not love to put his outside clothes on. It is a fight to put his snow pants and boots on, which is too bad, as he always has a great time playing outside.
20) Little climber - can climb up onto his changing table, the tall bar stools at the island in our kitchen, and any ladder or step-stool that he can get his hands on.
21) Has a full vocabulary and talks in sentences most of the time.
22) Loves looking at pictures of himself. My goal this upcoming maternity leave is to put together some Shutterfly books for Micah.
23) Is such an awesome, wonderful kiddo. I am so thankful that God has placed Micah in our lives. He going to make an amazing big brother!!!
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