Bobby is 2!!!

(I am going to do a separate post about his party - here i just wanted to talk about Bobby being 2)

so 2 years ago being past my due date for the first time...i remember being so nervous about a third child. Bodie was only 20 months...barely started talking and a lot of work...my zoodies were about to get really busy and we were just the two of us still doing our pool business. i did not know how it would all work. i was in "survival mode" for a year straight i think...because i really have a hard time remembering bobby as a baby! the littlest of babies at that! I think that the fact he is a third baby also might account for some of my memory loss. I am grateful for this blog, as it has become his baby book, since i dont think i wrote a single thing down in his baby book, but i did record each month here. I think back and so much has changed - i now have inventory in my shop, we have help with our pool business - and now that everyone is sleeping through the night (for the most part) and in the same room things are much more manageable.

So Bobby - Dear Bobby - or Bob as your brother Bodie sometimes calls you - Sweet Bobby - you are the littlest, but by far the biggest presence in this house. Your energy, your laughs, your NO!!!, your running, your playfulness - you fill up our lives with so much joy! At 2 you are mainly into anything your big brothers are into, which at this particular snapshot in time is skateboards....and scooters. You can ride a Razor scooter, even though they are meant for kids 5 and older. You can ride a skateboard pretty darn well too! You love golfing (duh) and have started doing froggy foot now. You make contact with the ball most times. You love dogs - every time we see a doggie on the street you freak out (which there are a lot of doggies in long beach! so you freak out a lot)

You are speaking more and more every day. It is so amazing to watch your little language explosion! You get very frustrated when someone doesnt understand you, but i like to think i do pretty well. You are happiest when you are outside and running around. You are still my best sleeper - you still sleep with "baby" (your blanket) and "paci" your pacifier. I have thought about taking it away, but i dont think you are quite ready for that battle yet...and not sure i am either...man you are stubborn and strong...i tried to take a squirt bottle from you today and i almost couldnt! you did not like that very much. you did not see why i was taking away your fun of squirting bodie straight in the face...by the way - to get that squirt bottle you got a kitchen chair and pushed it clear across the kitchen and used it as a stool to get the bottle that was on top of a shelf. little stinker!

i love my little stinker though! i love your little personality and i can't wait to see the little man you will become! Happy Birthday Bobby Rhys!

Love,
Mom