Bedtime Profanity

Our son has a dirty mouth! Although, I don't think I'll be washing it out with soap just yet. Tonight while reading him a story, he must have dropped the F bomb at least 25 times! You see, we've been reading My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza- one of my personal favorites. The book is about a manipulative little pig and a hungry but naive fox. The pig says to the fox several times, "Just a thought Mr. Fox..." and every time I read that, Isaiah says F**K! Every time I say the word fox, Isaiah says F**K! We're trying desperately to try and get him to pronounce the X sound at the end of the word, but it does not seem to be working! Let's just hope he doesn't see any foxes while we're in public!

UPDATE: It took about a week, but Isaiah is finally saying FOX! Yipee! I can't wait to buy him a toy ship!

Single Parenting

Written last week

My beloved hubby is out of town on business, so I am "single parenting" again! Having a child is hard, I couldn't imagine doing it on my own. It's tough doing this by myself. Right now I am EVERYTHING to my son. His source of entertainment, the one who feeds him, changes him, dresses him, teaches him, hugs him, kisses him, brushes his teeth, washes his hands, puts on his shoes, EVERYTHING! Not one thing that happens to him all day is not touched by me somehow. Sometimes it is overwhelming. When my husband goes out of town, I know it's going to be rough. I know what to expect- I know that by then end of each day that I will be so exhausted- mentally and physically that I will go to bed not long after Isaiah does, or that I will be so overtired that I won't be able to fall asleep for hours. I know that I will wake up the next day feeling like I didn't get any sleep at all.

I feel this way and I only have one child! I don't know how I would do it with two! But my friends who have more than one tell me, you just do it- you adjust. Still. I can't imagine!

This is not to say that I don't appreciate motherhood alone. I do, and I salute people out there who do it on their own, for years and years. You military mothers out there are truly amazing. My husband will only be gone for a week or two at most at a time, and here I am feeling melancholy! My mother did it with us for so many years. Talk about loving sacrifice! I know I have just been spoiled rotten by my husband being such an involved father! Times like these make me thank God for the wonderful man I married. Even though I am home most of the day with Isaiah, those few hours that Dave is here with us is such a relief to me- it's the happiest part of our day- when Daddy comes home! And now that time is just ordinary, like the rest of the day.

I know Isaiah misses his daddy like crazy. He starts to call "Da-yie" around the time Dave usually gets home- wondering where his papa is. He's always a happy little boy, and we have lots of laughs together all day long. But I know he misses his Daddy- especially in the evening when Dave usually gets home and they spend time just laughing and being silly together. I miss hearing the laughter they share together every evening when Daddy gets home- it's my favorite sound in the world- the most gleeful sound you will ever hear.

I try to fill in for "Da-yie" being absolutely silly, tickling, making faces... Isaiah laughs and of course he loves it. But I know it's just not the same.

We miss you "Da-yie" and we can't wait to see you!

NOTE: by the time this is posted, my husband will have returned and all will be right in "my lil world" again!

Isaiah-logues

Dear Isaiah,

You are one smart cookie. You talk and talk and say so many things! You're my little chatterbox!

Here are some of your words and phrases that I would like to remember:

WOT- ROCK you love collecting rocks when we go on our walks. We have a pot full of your rocks next to the front door.

FROT - FROG

BOOT- book. Your very favorite is Goodnight Moon. You even whisper HUSH, when we get to the part with the old lady. But you love all books!

SIGH - two meanings, depending on what sign you are making in sign language. Either it means SORRY, or FLOWER

OATS - OOPS. You say OATS when you drop something or if you fall.

HUCK - HUG When you want a hug, you always say HUCK and then come up and hug us while patting us on the back with both hands.

MOMO - MORE.

WHASSA- WHAT'S THAT and WHOSSA - WHO'S THAT You point to people and things and ask what's that or who's that constantly, and you want me to name them or show you the sign for them. Then you try to repeat what I say/sign.

SHOW, SHOW, PA-PA? (sometimes followed by a scream) - SHOW SHOW, PAT PAT! You say this when you want to watch your favorite show (Little Einsteins). When you say this sometimes you bring me the remote control. Pat, pat is what they do on the show when revving up Rocket for take off. When Rocket takes off you get so excited you scream! I can't get over how much you love that show! You ask me to turn it on at least 5 times a day, but 2 is your limit!

BOOBOS- BLUEBERRIES Your favorite fruit. You will eat an entire bowl and you don't want to share! When mommy or daddy try to take one you say, NO! When you are done with the bowl, you even drink the blueberry water that's left in the bowl. Then you say, "MOMO! BOOBOS! MOMO!"

You say COOL now all the time. When you hear me say cool, you say cool too. I'm so old. I can't believe I say "cool" and now you say it too.

COOKIE- you are always asking for cookies, all day long, you ask for cookies!

GO, GO, GO! You say this when you are running down the street, or running at the beach, and anytime you are trying to run away from me!

SIDE? - OUTSIDE

ENNA? Ella. you love Ella - you ask for her everyday!

KEYS and SIT - When I say, "Isaiah, you wanna go check the mail?" You say KEYS, and point to the keys on the key ring. You insist on carrying to keys to the mailbox. SIT- you like to make it a point to sit on the curb every time we come back from the mailbox. You sit there and you look at me and say Ma-ie, SIT. You want me to sit too. You look so cute sitting on the curb. You're so little, your legs almost hang off!

GO ABYE - GO BYE BYE

POHPO- PURPLE This is the first color you learned. Daddy taught you what purple looks like and now you point it out and say it every chance you get. We are trying to teach you more, but you seem to like to say POHPO the best.

TEETO - TURTLE and BAS- BATH. You love to play with your plastic turtles when we take a bath!

I SEE YOU! You say this a lot. To me and daddy, to the dogs, to strangers at the grocery store! You got this from us playing PEEKABOO with you so much!

SUSHI - you love to eat sushi (California Rolls)

BICY- You like to try spicy stuff. When I tell you something is spicy, you want to taste it, sometimes you like it and eat it and then down half a glass of milk. Other times you make a face and spit it out.

SALSA- Daddy taught you this word, but you have no idea what it means. You just like to say it because it makes daddy laugh so much!

NUTS? You love nuts, macadamias, peanuts, and cashews!

HUCKY- Hungry

OATMEAL- one morning you told me "Ma-ie, hucky! Oatmeal!" This was your first (attempted) sentence! When we read Goodnight Moon, and we see the bowl full of mush, you pointed to it once and asked WHASSA? And I told you oatmeal. Now you say oatmeal when we get to that page.

MOON- you just love the moon- in the sky, in pictures, you always find the moon

CHOO CHOO- for Trains

BUS- you love to see buses. You also call all vans BUS.

APLAY- Airplane. You point them out everywhere we go.

There are so many more. Your little voice is so precious, I can't believe how much you have to say! You are learning new words everyday! Everyday has been an adventure!

update: 7/19/06

new things you say every day make us laugh!

YIKE IT - I like it

BOODOS- Pretzels

GOWINA- Gorilla

WOCKET! - Rocket!

FALL DOWN- you say this after you fall down

PEES- Please

CHEEWEES- Cherries- love them as much as BOOBOS (blueberries)

TACO- Daddy taught you this word but you really don't know what it means.

GWEEZ- squeeze

ANTS- you love looking at ants!

CIRCLE- your favorite shape. You point it out everywhere!

You're even bilingual!

AIYEE- Auntie in Chinese

AGOO- Uncle in Chinese

AYO- expression in Chinese like- Oh my. You sometimes say AYO when you are crying.