Motherhood 2 years on!!!

Our baby boy is 2!

He’s a gentle and mischievous boy, he’s quiet and cheeky, active and adventurous.  He gallops, rolls, jumps, forward rolls, climbs and falls to the ground in dramatic crash re-enactments or pin drops backward onto our cushiony bed.  Our bed is one of his favourite places, I often find him snuggled up on/in it during the day.  He loves to tumble and scramble away from us as we go to cuddle him on the bed.  He climbs from his cot to greet us in our bed each morning.  He rests snuggled in my arms quietly until he’s ready to take on the world.  He leaves his mum and dad in a partial slumber and goes to the lounge where he first turns on my computer and then the television. 

He loves books, The Wiggles, Teletubbies and Thomas the tank Engine.  He’s fascinated by heavy machinery, cars and motorbikes and nothing calms him as well as a pen and paper.  I would describe him as extremely musical.  I say this because he a responds so well to music. He dances and manages to anticipate and enact motions and movements of the Wiggles in the same way that Tim’s mum described Tim as a child anticipating the priest, raising the holy Eucharist in Church with his arms stretched to the heavens each Sunday and blessing the congregation with the power anointed by Christ himself.  His guitar is still a favourite but his preference at this moment is to gallop.  It’s a new trick and he’s good at it.  Marley is very affectionate and lately insists that his blown kisses are caught as he fires them at us like a machine gun.  He gives the most precious cuddles and yummy kisses.  When he’s tired at night it’s not uncommon to find he has put himself to bed, fully clothed and under his doona.  He’s a funny lad.

Physically he’s a tallish boy (186cms) and has a lovely covering making him look very healthy (13.5kgs).  He eats very well and sleeps very well.  He’s ready for a big boy bed and is ready to say start toilet training in earnest.  I’ve been letting him sit on the potty and he usually responds with a wee, the odd pooh and a dryer nappy for longer periods, so I’ll start him in knickers with the warmer weather.

Marley has given us a few scares with his adventurous and curious nature.  Today I had put him down for his day sleep and went about my duties.  After 45mins I stepped out the front door to find Marley who had gone to bed in only a nappy and t-shirt, stomping in the muddy puddles.  He’d gone out of his bedroom, into ours and out of our bedroom doorway to outside and had walked around the house.  This is the 2nd time I’ve discovered him playing in the mud but the first time it has happened when I was so sure I knew he was in bed asleep! Cheeky monkey.  Tomorrow is officially Marley’s 2nd birthday and we will take an aeroplane ride to Melbourne which I know he’ll love.  He has tickets to see the Wiggles courtesy of aunty Cathie in December and a Wiggles wheely travel bag full of toys and tricycle from his mum and dad. What a lucky boy. 

We love you our darling Marley Moo.  Each and every day your Dadda and I swell with pride as we watch you grow to be such a wonderful little man.  We’re so lucky to have you gorgeous boy.