Current Fave Arie Things
Friday’s pizza retrieval from our most fave, Antico.
I’ve gotten away from writing in the baby journal I made for Arie, as I suspected I might, but I have managed to sporadically jot down some of my current favorite things about him in my notes on my phone. It feels important to me to do this because he is changing all the time…in fact, this practice has helped me to have an even greater awareness of how rapid the change is. I have a hard time remembering all the little details about what was normal for him as little as six months ago, so I take notes.
I’m sharing a short list of those latest things for those of you who like to keep up on this little guy and his many things !
His growing sentences and use of the first person, e.g. “I climb up!” “I make a dinosaur!” “I eat a popsicle!”. He’s also started to say “um” and then pause before answering a question. e.g. “How ya doin’, Arie?” “um…I’m good!”
The way he says “yeeeahhh” to any question you ask him ever (except for ‘Arie do you need a new diaper’…that’s almost always no)
Today he said the word “regular” (to differentiate between the “healthy” “goldfish” crackers I bought for him and the standard goldfish crackers John bought for him) and it made me want to melt of cuteness. I will add that John was in the room lobbying for himself and clearly, he won. Side note: why oh why are those TJ’s crackers available for purchase on Amazon?!
His very deep and very genuine love for dinosaurs and screwdrivers.
The fact that he has a new found love for yogurt and that he first was calling it “sugar” before moving on to calling it “lowgurt".
The way he kind of sort of attempts mask-wearing now.
Speaking of mask-wearing, I love that whenever we are out he insists on briefly pulling mine off my face to confirm that it is, in fact, still me.
My hope in sharing this list with you is that you can experience some of the magic I get to experience every day with him. It is not lost on me that to be in this phase of parenting during this pandemic has the very real upside of wonder, joy, silliness, and levity being infused into every day, because that’s just who he is right now.
If you have kids, have you made a point to document what you can of their days? If so, what motivates you to do so, and how have you done it? I’d love to know!
xo, mal
