Where's My Baby?

Dear Sawyer,

Cute and funny things you have said recently:

Me: Why did you make a mess?
You: Cuz! (You actually respond to many of my questions with "Cuz!" *sigh*)

You when you're counting something: 1, 2, 4, 7!

You and your siblings were at the dining table and Daddy was upstairs working in his office. When I set his dinner plate down, you yelled out to him, "Aaaaaa-ex! Mama cook!"

We were leaving to go apple picking this past Saturday and everyone was in the car except me. Daddy shut his door and you asked him, "Where Mama?" When he said he didn't know, you told him, "Wait for Mama."

And the winner: You were eating breakfast last week and you looked so big, sitting there in a dining chair instead of the high chair and feeding yourself. I asked, "Where did my baby go?" You looked up from your cereal, smiled, put your hand on your chest and chirped, "Here!"

Love,
Mom

Pet Peeves

Dear Sawyer,

Not that many things bother you, but here are the things that do:

-When GuhGaw and JieJie take your toys

-Wearing socks (you'll let me put them on but you like to take them off whenever you get a chance)

-Sleeping in your own bed (you still end up sleeping in Daddy and my bed every night, sigh)

-When other people have been talking to me for what you deem is too long and I haven't paid enough attention to you--that's when you shout, "Mama! Mama!" and when I turn to you, you blurt out whatever you can think of (one time, it was "Apple!" even though you weren't even eating one) so that you can get a chance to talk to me, too

-And here's the funniest one: When Daddy takes off his glasses. He wears them most of the time but when he does take them off, you do NOT like it and start to stress out a little bit. You tell him, "Glasses! Glasses!" and point to his face, as if he doesn't know where they should go. Seeing him sans glasses does not sit well with you and you don't relax until he puts them back on!

Love,
Mom

Talking the Talk

Dear Sawyer,

I love the 2-year-old talking stage. You are saying so many things and communicating so much but doing it in your sweet little-boy way. Here are some of your common words and phrases right now:

"Off bib" -- you say this when you are done eating and want me to take off your bib
"Dark here" -- when I turn off the light in a room
"Fia" -- aka Sophia the First, which you know is one of JieJie's favorite shows
"To'as" -- aka Thomas the Tank Engine, one of your favorite shows
"Oh yes"
"Oh no"
"Over dare"
"Hi Mama. Hug." -- what you say when you come into a room and want a hug; I definitely love this one!
"How bout dees one?" -- what you ask me when I tell you to pick a snack from the snack drawer
"Read book"
"Other book" -- when we finish one book and you want to read another one
"GuhGaw yi yi" -- that's Chinese for "Older brother is being bad" and unfortunately, you say this one quite a bit!
"F'engine" -- aka fire engine, one of your favorite things
"Straw-bee" -- aka strawberry, another one of your favorite things
"Ceem" -- aka ice cream, also a favorite
"Eh-fant" -- elephant
"Man. Tree. Cut. Truck. Down." -- we watched some landscapers trim the large three-story tree in front of our house the other day and this was how you described what you saw; PoiPoi said you sounded like an adorable robot :-)

Love,
Mom