Im really behind on updates…so to make things simpler, this update will be more of a list of some of the new things Nathan’s been doing over the last couple months.

He makes up songs now and then. One had only the words “yum yum yum yummmmmmm” and one was “I dont like carrots” to the tune of Nick Jr.s “I dont like candy corn”, which turned into “I like candy corn” (can you tell this was all the way back around Halloween. Wow, Im behind!)

Nathan is really talking in full sentences now and we can have total conversations with him. It’s very cool. Some of the things he says are:
What are them doing?
Whats that sound?
Who that is? Or who her is?
I want a other one
Do that again
Whats them names? (for what are their names or who is that)
When he’s trying to stall or get something he wants after we’ve said no, he says “Because I need XYZ” or “Just one more time” (While holding up his pointer finger to show me just ONE).
“I just need to see something for a minute” (When he’s trying to stall)
“Donk” (no idea, probably something he does with his friends at school)

He remembers a lot of the Chinese and Spanish words he learns on TV or at daycare-
“ting” (listen), “ni hao” (hello) and “xie xie” (thank you) in Chinese
“arriba” (up) “abajo” (down) and “salta” (jump) in Spanish. He even used Arriba and Abajo correctly in context once or twice, and he can count to 10 in Spanish.

He recognizes his name when he sees it in CAPS and loves pointing out N’s whenever he sees them (”That’s my Name!” and tells us N says Nnnnnn). He remembers that Nurse Shark begins with N from a book we have. He’s getting better at recognizing some other letters and can tell us what sounds some of them make and what words start with some of the letters (thank you Leap Frog Letter Factory!)

He’s still good at remembering the books we read and saying the words with me. He can do that with some TV shows and a lot of the songs on the shows. Speaking of TV, he is a HUGE Dora the Explorer fan. Followed by Diego, Max & Ruby and the movie Finding Nemo. He loves the Cars characters too.

He told Gary a story he made up and repeated it to him a few times, though I cant remember what it was about, so Ill have to ask Gary to do a separate post.

He has a few friends that he has really clicked with. Two at school and two others. He tells us they are his “best friends”, though his teachers are also sometimes his “best friends”, and so is Daddy on good days.

He’s saying I Love You to us more, sometimes without us saying it to him first.

He loves playing “tickle monster” with us (i.e. he hides with one of us under a blanket while the other one pretends they cant find us and then surprises us with tickles. We’ll giggle and whisper under the blanket wondering where the Tickle Monster is, or if he’s coming (it’s usually Gary) and pretend that he really can’t see or hear us. He also loves playing football, especially with Gary. They throw the ball, then Nathan runs for a touchdown and spikes the ball. Sometimes he gets tackled.

He’s getting better with the potty (though we’re still just going with the flow and not really pushing it at this point.)

He considers Fen part of the family, which is just adorable when we’re talking about something he, I and Gary are going to do and then Nathan says “and Fenny?!”

All in all he is just growing into such a smart and talkative little guy. He remembers so much (must get that from Gary), and is so silly and goofy sometimes. He’s starting to show more empathy when he’s bad, coming over and saying sorry sometimes, though we still have plenty to work on and he gets his fair share of time outs!