Michael

Feeling a little nostalgic about my Michael lately. After this baby is born it will never be just me and Michael anymore. I have been spending tons of time with him up here, another reason I'm glad we came. I hope he adjusts well to the baby. I know I'll love her to death when she comes, but it is harder than you know to imagine loving her as much as Michael. I desperately don't want him to feel left out, or like he doesn't get to be with me as much, it makes me emotional just thinking about it. At the same time, we are excited to see him interact with her and we know it will be so good for him to have a little friend! I know she'll teach him things we never can. But as of right now, this little man is my life, and I can't think of anything I love more than Josh and this little boy:

This is Michael at the library when I took him for storytime. He looks so grown up in these pictures!

Michael's coat and sweater were both being soaked to get stains out, so when he wanted to go outside in the cold, I had to dress him up in my clothes, and I thought he looked awesome!

Josh decided to sweep outside and of course Michael wanted to help, so we sent him out with a mop.

I love these pics of Michael in his pajamas with his shoes! He was in such a funny mood and I'm glad I caught it. We decided to go somewhere after he was already in his 'jamas' as he calls them so we had to put his shoes on over his feety jamas, and it was cute.

This is us doing our inside joke when we say "josh... gasp!" "Cheese... gasp!"

For Family Home Evening we had a bubbles activity and Michael and Josh both loved it :)

Some funny things he's done today:
Ninja stance--for no reason at all, or when he's about to throw his ball.
Turns on the TV by himself. I turn it off (again) and he says "Nope. Nope!" Turns it on, uses the remote, acts very interested in ESPN. Looks very carefully at the remote and tries different buttons.
Took him out of the bath this morning and he said "Mommy Mommy! Towel! Hold you!" I wrapped him in his towel and held him. He laid his head on my shoulder and said "mmmmm..." That's what we do when we have a good hug. Love it!

Funny things he's said today:
"la la la-la-la. Do dee do."
"Josh... stop it!" Don't know where he got this, since I don't usually say that to Josh...
"Josh... gasp!" These gasping ones are an inside joke between me and Michael :)
"Cheese... gasp!"
"Side! Side!" He means outside. He asks to go outside about 10 times/day
"Baby Sime!" means he wants to watch Baby Signing Time
"run run run--pancakes!" "run run run--potty!"
"Very hot..."
"Oh... hurty!" I love how he adds "y" onto everything
"oh... hotty!"
"Baby Beluga, baby beluga, way down song happy where play..."
"Help! Working!" After he unplugged the TV.
"Ateyou" or thank you, while handing me the cumin--opened.
"open open!" Trying to get into the fridge and outside to the balcony.
"ouch.... hurty!" When he bumped his finger.
"help! Help!" when he can't get the door open.
"Follow plophet, follow plophet, follow plophet, do do do...." His version of Follow the Prophet
"Sine night!" He is obsessed with Silent Night right now, and always asks us to sing it.
"I fill love!" or I feel love--I feel my Savior's love, another one of his favorite songs.
"Bike-a-ball" or basketball
"Sign eat!" Michael LOVES signing with us, and even tells us to sign sometimes.
"a-one, a-do, a-free!" His 1-2-3 way to tell Dad that he wants to be thrown around.
"hahaha... funny"
"big hug!"
"Shu-up" SO funny. Josh and I don't say shut up to eachother, but I say it to people on the phone as an expression of "No way!" And Michael caught on to that real quick. He did yell it one time in church and the people in front of us had to lean over in the pew they were laughing so hard. I need to stop saying it, so if I say it, remind me not to!

By the way, I saw a bald eagle two days ago! He landed in a tree about 20 yards from our balcony! It was crazy! I went outside in time to see him fly away again and I got a pic of that that I'll have to post even though you can only tell it's a bald eagle if you zoom in. SO COOL! I was so excited. Ants infested our raisin bran and honey last week.
Also, Josh's rotation is going great--he has 2 great preceptors up here and he is learning a lot. We get to hang out a lot in the evenings, which I love! We are working on his cover letter--redoing it again, and looking at job opportunities. Let us know if you hear of anyone needing a PA!