In the past couple of months, it feels like my baby boy has turned into a little man.  We're hitting some very important milestones!

1. We're about 90% potty trained.  We still use diapers for naps and night time.  And occasionally when we're going someplace new and exciting, where he'll be too busy to bother going to the potty.  BUT the rest of the time, he wears his big boy underwear and does REALLY WELL!  As a mama, this is super duper exciting.

2. He's talking up a storm!  And it makes sense!  And he doesn't just parrot us anymore, he comes up with his own sentences and thoughts and shares them with us.  Like yesterday, I put his dinner in front of him and asked him to take a bite with his spoon.  He looks at me and says, "No spoon mom, I use my fingers."  Or last weekend, I went out for a run while he was watching a little TV in the morning with Dad.  When his show was over, he looks at his dad and says "You stay here Dad, I go find mom!"  And then he put his hands in his superman pose (one extended, one bent) and went "Pssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" and pretended to fly around looking for me.  Every day becomes a delight as I get to know my son better and better.

3. His imagination is budding and growing and never ceases to amaze me.  I was one imaginative kid, and I like to tell myself that he takes after his mom... but I think he might even have me beat.  The other day he handed me a piece of wooden train track, yelled "HI-YA!" and started "fencing" with me using his own piece of train track.  He just sees things and makes them into something new.  I LOVE that his mind is so creative.

In general, I kind of love this age.  I feel like I'm getting to know him as a whole new person.  He is becoming more independent (some days).  He knows what HE wants (and isn't afraid to tell me).  And he gets quite upset when he doesn't understand why he can't have what  he wants.  It's been a fun and challenging age.  As a mom, it makes me both look forward to him getting older AND at the exact same time, I dread it too.  I love seeing him grow up.  But I also miss my sweet, snuggly, delicious smelling, little baby. 

But more than anything, I just can't wait to see what kind of boy (and eventually man) my son grows up to be.

But for now, here is a little video of my musical son.  All this growing up has made me sentimental, so I thought I'd share a video taken back in February.  He was obsessed with his harmonica.  And making music in general.  So here is my little boy and his harmonica.