So proud (and maybe TMI?)

So yesterday Micah had to have his first time-out when he refused to sit on his bottom during dinner. (I lost/misplaced on of the buckles on his high chair when I took them off to clean them so it doesn't buckle anymore) So he ended up in his first time out. He actually stayed there the whole 2 minutes and sat. Then later that same meal he again refused to sit and after I gave him his warning he said "time out?" and pointed to the spot I had sat him in.... which he then ended up in again since he didn't sit down. That seemed to do the trick and he stayed sitting mostly or at least would sit back down when I reminded him to stay sitting.

Fast forward to tonight.... on the way home Abby said she had to potty at which Micah chimed in with "potty." So when we got home I brought his little potty down in to the living room/kitchen and he sat, did a little tiny bit of pee and then wanted a diaper back on.

During dinner he again didn't want to sit so he went into time out (his 3rd ever) The time out spot happened to be near where I had put the potty and a minute into TO* he started pulling at his diaper saying "potty..potty...potty" so I went and took off his (dry) diaper, he sat on the potty and went pee (and this time more than just a drop) I'm just so proud that he seemed to know he had to go and instead of going in his diaper he told me and went on his potty! For having just started dabbling in potty training he's really starting to get it.

*time out

I'm now really tempted to go hard-core potty training very soon! Hard-core meaning lots of time spent bottom-less. I better get serious about trying to find underwear in Micah's size. I'm not sure I can do the roll the waist band trick on underwear to make them fit around his waist like I do his shorts.

23 months

Oh my! One more month until my itty bitty turns 2. Where has the time gone? Seriously? Until a couple weeks ago I could pretend he was still little since he's so tiny but in the past month he's really "turned two" in the way he acts, has preferences about things and is becoming much more independent.

Mastered Skills 

Names simple picture in a book
Uses 50 to 70 words

- He can name many pictures in a book - he loves to point out dogs, cats, cows (moo) and horses (neigh) and can pick out and name many different fruits and veggies naming them himself and can pick out many more if I am simply asking him where something is and he finds it but doesn't have to say the word. 

Pretty sure he has at least that many words in his vocabulary (list below)

Emerging Skills 

Opens doors
Sings simple tunes
Takes more of an interest in playing with other kids

- Micah is not yet opening doors but he can close them. He's not quite tall enough to reach the knob to be able to turn it. He can open it if it isn't closed all the way. 

- He does sing a few Bible class songs but signing is not something we do a whole lot of at home because I'm not that great at signing. He will sing along with Old McDonald "E-i-e-i-o" is his favorite part. 

- He is loving playing with sister lately and will even go along with her pretending games. This afternoon they were in the kitchen and pretending to see fireworks, Micah played right along with her looking at the ceiling, pointing and saying "ooo" to the pretty pretend fireworks. 

Advanced Skills 

Talks about self (likes, dislikes)
Asks "why?"

- He's not yet asking why yet. He is starting to voice his opinion on things he likes and doesn't like more. If I ask him he'll tell me yes or no as to if he likes something, or wants something specific to eat. He's also been going through some separation anxiety with going into Bible class and the gym nursery and will start saying "no" to going but 95% of the time he's okay after a minute. 

 {strawberry picking last week} 

Strawberries are one of his favorite foods right now. He loves to eat them but almost as much as he loves to eat them he loves to help wash them. If he sees me get the (unwashed) strawberries out of the fridge, he'll immediately get a chair and start to push it over to the kitchen sink to wash them. I'll put  my berry bowl next to the sink and the unwashed berries and he'll wash a berry in the water and then put the clean berry in the berry bowl and repeat until they are all done. He is so happy to be helping! 

He will also help unload the dishwasher and hand things to me to put away. He'll either tell me what he's giving me "plate" or "here you go" as he gives it to me and I'll say "thank you."  

He's known the word "thank you" for a while and will use it but today he's been so sweet and would say "thank you" any time I gave him anything. So sweet! 

The little guy thinks he's big stuff! He loves to play on the big kid playgrounds and go down the big slides. It's a lot of work to keep up with him on the playground! 

He's trying so hard to figure out how to jump with both feet. I've seen him get soclose like almost there twice in the past day! I also saw him walk down the stairs by himself without holding a hand today - what a big boy!

Vocabulary list

mama

dada

dog

duck

helicopter/car noises

frog

ball

boo

splash 

hi

dat (that)

bye-bye

Bubba

hot 

oven

uh-oh

night-night

Mine

"down" - touchdown

thank you 

jump

moo (when looking at a cow/or asked what the cow says)

neigh (when looking at a horse/or asked what a horse says)

no-no-no

go 

Abba (what Abby asks him to say)

all done

juice

diaper
peek-a-boo

eww (in reference to Abby asking him if his feet are stinky)  

snack

boom (falling on daddy and says boom when wrestling on the bed)

kitty 

meow

No! (dropped from no-no-no mostly when talking to Honey or Abby about not taking his snack/toy)

there you go (said as one word all together)

snack 

are-you (where are you?) 

Gigi
Bible
cheese
"eus" (Zeus - Uncle Jeremy's dog's name)
book
Honey (our dog's name)
mouth

New additions

please

milk

bike 

bike ride 

Abb-e (Abby)

walk

shoes

eyes

Pop (Pops) 

babies 

outside 

"Melmo" (Elmo) 

help 

"shh"

potty

tee-tee 

more 

boots

I'm sure there are probably more that I am forgetting as well! 

He said his first 3 word "sentence" today! We were in the car after getting home from Bible class and had taken off his shoes (a normal occurrence) but when I went to get him unbuckled he said "walk, shoes, uh-oh!" He knew to walk to the house he needed his shoes which weren't on his feet anymore. Silly boy! 

"walk"

Micah has a new favorite word "walk" This means of course the literal he wants to walk but it can also be taken as "me do it" He demands loves to walk holding Mommy's hand now, climb into the car by himself, run away from mommy and not leave whatever fun thing we were doing, walk downstairs instead of being taken upstairs to nap.

He's quickly become quite the little two year old with a clear idea of exactly what he wants (or doesn't want) to be doing at any particular time. I think I'm going to have my hands full with this busy little guy in the coming months.