does a switch flip with every birthday? because since brooks has turned two, it's like time is moving at triple the speed. he's like a grown up. a little grown up that still wears diapers and calls me mommy.
he's stopped saying "yes" and has moved on to "yay-uh". i know we have southern accents...but his is ridiculous. and also really funny. we're working on "yes ma'am" and "yes sir". "yay-uh" just isn't gonna cut it. he's using his spoon finally, and doing very well at it, always insisting that "brooks do it!" everything, in fact, is "brooks do it!" ok, ok, mr. independent...
he's totally into the trains he got for christmas, and has even been setting up his own track, something he's never done before. i love watching him play, seeing his little face as he concentrates, has successes, gets frustrated, or starts laughing with delight when things go the way he hoped. his battery-powered train runs off the track a lot, prompting a "mommy! thomas stuuuuck". the southern accent strikes again...
tonight, i heard him and his daddy laughing back in our bonus room. i tiptoed back there and caught them playing golf on the wii. brooks doesn't quite know where to look, at the screen or at what he's doing, but he loves doing whatever daddy does. he holds his controller like a champ, and swings away at all the wrong times. those two playing together is precious. such an answer to prayers from long ago. they called out to me eventually, "mommy! bowling!" i picked up a spare before they moved on to tennis, and totally forgot i was there. my boys...
we read some books and snuggled for a bit. i hope i never forget the way his hair smells, how his little hands reach over to mine and pull them around his body. those little hands push me away sometimes, so when they pull me to him...it's magic i never want to take for granted. we are so in love with this boy, with our little family.
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