Wednesday, February 23, 2011

five-hundred and fifty-seven days: my boy in numbers

Five-hundred and fifty-seven days ago, my son was born.
As of yesterday, he knows 97 words.
2 of those words are as of yet unidentified:  "Uh-my!" and "Ba-keg"
The 5 words he uses the most are:  more, up, all right, okay, and back--as in "put it back" or "go back over there."
He can label 6 of his body parts (7 if you count "diaper").
He sleeps 11 1/4 hours at night, from 8:00 pm to 7:15 am.
1 nap, between 1 and 3 hours long.
We read A Very Hungry Caterpillar 6 times every day.  
We sing The Wheels on the Bus 4 times each afternoon.
He watches 3-ish episodes of kids shows--Dora, Backyardigans, Shaun the Sheep, or Wonderpets.
His number 1 favorite movie is Cinderella (to Kent's chagrin).
He gives Mommy and Daddy 10+ kisses and hugs each day.

pointing to mommy's nose

Within 8 minutes of being at the store, he is out of the cart and "helping" me push it.
He has invented 1 secret family handshake--we have to stack our three middle fingers and touch them to his.
He has an infinite number of friends; he is a crowd favorite at the grocery store.
 6 words I think are the cutest:  banana "manna," "dizzy," oops "boots," drink "uck," outside "ous," and  "Toodles!"
He cries every single time we leave a restaurant.
His 3 favorite animals at the zoo:  komodo dragon, little monkeys, and the gazelle. (gazelle?!)
8 of his favorite foods:  pasta, smoothies, sweet potato fries, pears, chips--always dipped in something, yogurt, pancakes, grilled cheese sandwiches.
Five-hundred and fifty-seven days.  
All three of us can't wait to see what comes next.

5 comments:

heidi said...

could "ba-keg" be naked that's similar to how my kids said it, lol!

Teresa said...

Thats wonderful that you documented some of his first words etc.
Fun post.

Stephanie Woodward said...

Oh Becca, you are adorable. And so is your little boy :)
Love it!!

Lisa Brown said...

What a great post! You are so going to love having this all written down to remember.

scooping it up said...

so sweet. i need to do an update like this on my kiddos, it's been too long. and it all changes so quickly.