Motherhood 23 months on….

So much is changing.  Marley’s comprehension is amazing.  While he’s still not speaking the ‘Queen’s English’, he certainly has a good understanding of it.  The other week I was astonished when I’d asked him ‘Where’s the Mmmmm for Marley?’ referring to his little lap top and he immediately pushed M.  He did the same for J, R, S, A, G and L.  He’s clever!  I was blown away that he was able to identify those letters with little to no coaching from me.  He plays with his lap top in the car and it’s obviously very educational!  Gosh.  Marley’s taken to jumping on our bed as though it’s a trampoline.  A big jump up in the air and legs are thrown forward so that he lands on his bum.  He tried that once on the carpet but didn’t take to it which is a good thing.  The other thing he does is stands up on the bed and does a backwards pin drop type fall landing flat on his back on the lovely soft and bouncy bed...at this stage I’m hoping he doesn’t give that one a try on the carpet. 

It must be almost a month ago that Marley pulled a steaming hot cup of tea onto himself.  It was awful but thankfully he’s healing so well.  While the burns were large blisters of skin immediately, in the end they were superficial burns and are healing quickly. 

Some of the changes…
A couple of times during sleep time he’s started giggling for seemingly no reason, he must’ve been thinking of something funny. 
He gives extremely cheeky looks during dinner, like he’s trying to make us laugh.
He actually took a toy from another child on Tuesday, that’s the first time I’ve ever seen him do that.
He’s a lot more interested in other children than he used to be.
He loves painting, drawing and pasting. 
He’s very very easy to manage and will always settle with a pen and paper.
He knows every scene of his Wiggles dvd’s and has favorite scenes and songs and dvd’s.
He feeds himself totally, he’s done that for a long time but has tended to get lazy at some stage in the meal, now he’s eating whole meals with no encouragement from me.
He LOVES his mum and his dad, loves morning cuddle time and the last couch cuddles before bed.
Has had some successful practice runs on the potty.
He loves to roll everywhere, that’s when he’s not jumping.
He’s constantly hiding and running away from us around the house which always ends in lots of laughter all around.
He loves Sandy our Jack Russell and lets her in and out of the house and tries to ride her like a horse when he thinks no one’s looking.
He can open the car door from the inside of the car.
Loves driving on my lap along the drive way up to aunty Cathie’s bipping the horn all of the way.
Loves it when I play my guitar.
Enjoys dancing SO MUCH!
Positions Tim and my faces so that we’re looking at what he wants us to look at.
Stages us to clap our hands in symphony and resets our hands when we’ve lost interest.

He’s a beautiful beautiful gentle boy with a very cheeky and mischievous streak.  He’s almost 2!!