Confessional # 6

Liam has grown from a  baby to a toddler and has become more strong willed and stubborn and smart... which also makes him exhausting, trying and A LOT OF FUN!  Here are some confessions about my TODDLER boy!

1.  Liam almost always has a scratch, bruise or bump somewhere on his body of which neither I nor Daniel can tell you the origin. Although it would seem as though we must leave him unattended all day, I promise we don't.  He is such a boy... wild and full of energy and he is constantly slamming himself into things or slamming things into himself.   Sometimes when he is playing in his playpen he reminds me of a caged ape... he just starts throwing toys and shrieking and rolling around and shaking the whole pen.  He is not mad.  He is having great fun.  It is absolutely hysterical.  I assume that many of his bruises come from these types of little "fits."

2.  He is a beggar.  He has become absolutely terrible about trying to take our food and drinks right out of our hands or reaching onto our plates to grab a piece of something.  He also comes up and stares when we are trying to eat.  He particularly begs for ice cream, Cheez-its and anything in a "big person cup" or soda can.  We usually give in and give him a little something.  I know it is a bad habit (and probably is teaching him TERRIBLE manners) but it is also pretty cute. 

3.  He has also started smacking people (sometimes when he is annoyed or not getting his way, but also just because he seems to think it is funny) and Daniel and I have not been able to figure out how to get him to stop.   Another bad habit... oh my...

4. He loves to hear stories... which is great... but he likes to hear the same 2 or 3 stories OVER and OVER (as stated above he is stubborn and when he doesn't care to hear a story because it is not one of his personal favorites he makes it well known) and sometimes I just can't read them AGAIN so we don't read. I know that it is probably not great that I cancel reading time in favor of watching cartoons or letting him tear apart his room but "No, David!", "Bubbles Bubbles" and "Mealtime Fun" are just getting OLD. : (

Such a little busy body...

Too cool for mama...

Scratch on his nose... who knows where it came from? Oh well...

I did not get the ice cream out for this little guy but he managed to weasel some out of me anyway.