A Real Update

So here's the state of toddlerhood...

Xavi's decided to do fewer one word grunts and is starting to speak in complete sentences. A lot of it is spanglish, but I'm hoping he'll figure out how to separate the two languages eventually.

Potty training is not going well - at all. Since he can express a lot more these days we've figured out (not that it should have been difficult to figure out) that he just doesn't want to use the bathroom. He likes to wear underwear on the weekends and recently asked to wear them rather than diapers. When I was putting them on I was telling him he would have to use the potty if he wore underwear. His celebration about wearing underwear quickly ended when I said this and he took them off and said I don't want underwear, I don't want pee pee in the potty...and asked to have the diaper put on him instead!

His friend Sarai is now at daycare with him, but there was still crying at drop off. 8 weeks until baby sister arrives, I'm hoping he'll learn to love it by then!

A lot of physical activity, no surprise there, but recently after yelling ready, set, go or 1, 2, 3 he jumps off furniture. No matter what it is or how high and will also attempt leaps from one piece of furniture to another. We should probably head back to gym class.

Xavi definitely has a will of his own and has started to want to wear the same (favorite) clothes day after day. Today it was a new bears jersey he got for christmas - he wore it yesterday, asked for it instead of PJs after his bath, wore it to bed and wanted to keep it on this morning. Thanks Mari. His father was not happy about that and is looking for a niners jersey as I write.

Here are some pictures from last night:

Here's a fun video - a friend gave me the idea to post this. She had her baby in November and had a similar post on her blog. I never did this with Xavi and it's the part of pregnancy that I have enjoyed most. The cat wouldn't budge for the video and the baby moved more when I ate - hence all the stuff around me. I turned the sound off because Kiko purred the entire time.

More Merry Christmas and...

That's what Xavi said everytime there were more presents for him to open - "More Merry Christmas" and this year there was a lot of Merry Christmas. Sorry, no pictures of opening presents in NY. It was all a blur. I can't say it was because of the flight, because the flight out was fantastic. Everyone (all 4 people on the plane) thought Xavi was a perfect toddler...even when he sang Old MacDonald had a Farm and Jingle Bells at the top of his lungs as we landed. They thought it was cute. Trip back, different story. No nap, 2.5 hour delay ON the plane and landing after his bedtime didn't help. Everything else about the trip was fantastic though. I think there are no pictures of the presents because we were excited to hang out with oma and gramps, meet new people and play in lots of snow. By the way, this is REAL sledding...sort of. More real than what we have in the flat midwest, but not real by adult standards. When Xavi is a little older he can go on the crazy scary hill I was dragged out to when I first came to the adirondacks.

Here is the start of some complaining about going back up the hill or getting his mittens wet from touching the snow...this tirade ended in a song. I thought it was hilarious. Here are the new people we met. Cousin Putu (AKA Elena) from Bali by way of CT these days. This is her first year at Wesleyan and since home is so far away we get her for christmas! Xavi loved her on day one. Until his cousin Connor arrived!
This was buddy the rest of the time. They were partners in crime and had a great time together.
Yes, he is saying cheese.

We had a surprise baby shower during our visit so the baby got lots of presents too. Lots of pink clothes so she won't always be seen in Xavi's blue clothes. 8 weeks and counting until we meet this little girl.

Oh...HAPPY NEW YEAR!