Letter to Jarom: Month 34

Dear Jarom,



Today you turn 34 months. You have been so funny this month, you're always making us laugh. You're starting to talk better and you say funny things like, "Huh, that's weird" and when we're mad at something you've done, "You're not mad, you're happy!" And you say everything in context too. You love to look at books. Your favorite book right now is The Napping House and you make me read it to you over and over. Before naptime, before bedtime, I've pretty much got the book memorized for all the times we've read it. I'm just glad you like books.

You like to go to the library and look at new books, but mostly you like to go there to play with all the kids. One day we were there and you started talking to this nine year old boy who turned out to be the son of a former co-worker of mine. This is how the conversation went:

Sam: Do you like Bakugan?

Jarom: Yes!

Sam: I have 14 Bakugans.

Jarom: I have two!

I was laughing so hard because you had no idea who or what Bakugan was but you were carrying on this conversation like you totally knew what you were talking about. It was hilarious!

This month you went on your first camping trip! Our stake had their Fathers and Sons campout and you went with Daddy, Uncle Jonnie and Bailey. From what I hear you had a wonderful time and when you got home you told me you want to go camping again! You roasted marshmallows and went in a canoe and played with all the kids and slept in a tent. I guess we'll have to take you camping more often.

I think you're starting to understand the concept of the baby. You understand that it's in mommy's belly. The other day we were looking at the blog and you saw the baby counter at the top and you said the baby came out of my belly and it was showing up in the icon on the computer. It was funny! You're starting to figure out where your food goes too. You tell me it goes in your mouth and goes down down down until it comes out your diaper! As for potty training, we're starting to work on that but you haven't quite figure out you're supposed to go on the potty before you go in your diaper. We'll keep working on it.

Your birthday is still two months away but you're becoming obsessed with it. When someone asks you how old you are you tell them you'll be three on your birthday. Even though you can't tell them when that will be! For quite awhile you told me you wanted a Star Wars cake - either Yoda, or light sabers, or Darth Vader. Lately you change your mind quite a bit. Sometimes you want Spiderman or Sandman or Batman or Fireman Sam or Transformers. One day you even told me you wanted a 20th Century Fox cake but I don't know how we'd pull that off. Hopefully as your birthday gets closer we'll be able to pinpoint one specific cake and go with that!

I can't believe you're almost three but when I look at you you're definitely not the baby and you're not really a toddler anymore. You look like a kid now and it's so fun to watch you grow up.

Love, Mommy

Letter to Jarom: Month 33

Dear Jarom,

You turned 33 months a couple days ago but we were in New Mexico visiting Grandma and Grandpa Watts and Uncle Josh at the time. You had so much fun on our trip. I wasn't sure how you'd do with the drive since you haven't been in the car that much since we were down there almost a year ago but you did really well. You would get a little fussy when you'd drop your toys and books and couldn't reach them but mostly you just played in the backseat. We listened to Harry Potter during the drive and sometimes you'd get tired of it and say, "I'm sleeping! Harry Potter off!"

You were so excited to see Grandma and Grandpa and Josh and to find all kinds of things to play with at their house. They got you a light saber which you are so excited about! We had to curb your enthusiasm a little bit so you didn't hit everybody with it. I think we're going to have to buy another one to defend ourselves! Your other favorite things to do were play with all the balls in the house and take bubble baths in the big tub.

You're really into music lately. You love it when daddy plays his ringtones on his cell phone for you. You can name pretty much all of them from Star Wars to James Bond to Pink Panther. I've started singing the alphabet song to you when you wash your hands and now you won't wash your hands unless I sing it for you. You'll scrub your hands and then you'll pull them apart so I stop singing until you start washing your hands again.

You have become a lot more verbal lately too. You can tell us things you did throughout the day and can describe things for us. We went and got daddy a father's day present and when he got home you told him we went to Walmart and got a Wii present for him. He asked what it was and you told him Star Wars. I guess you're not very good at keeping secrets yet but it was pretty funny! Just about everything you do these days makes us laugh and we love it!

Love, Mommy