The Spencer Adventure: Micah update

So the house is a disaster and I have about a million projects that could use worked on, but all

these cute things that Micah does keep running through

my mind and I thought, yikes, I need to write these down!!

So I'll do that instead :)

Micah is a whopping 2 years and almost 5 months.

He is such a funny little guy!

He does so many cute things that I don't wanna forget

Hopefully I can remember all the of them to write down haha

Lately whenever I come into a room, or he comes and finds me he says, "hi!! whatcha doin?" haha its so cute, but I don't

think he really knows what he's asking cause I tell him what I'm doing and then he repeats it about five more times. ha

Also when he finds his bear he says hi!! and either "how are you doing," or "whatcha doing?" his love for bear is strong as ever.

He wants to take bear everywhere. In the past he has been fine with leaving bear at home when we go out, but lately he is not cool with that haha Also he wants bear and blanky to always sit at the table with him while he eats.. Which makes for a mess. But I want him to eat worse then I don't want him to have bear up there.. So pick your battles right? haha

Speaking of eating, he went through an extremely picky phase over the holidays. (maybe from all the sugar around) Basically he would refuse anything, but cereal. But he is getting back to eating better! Definitely still picky, but he is improving!!

He is a total mamas boy. Especially after being super sick. ALL he wanted was me when he was sick and some of that has stuck, but its not quite as bad. I am usually the one to get him out of his crib in the morning, but lately Matt has been doing it and Micah does not like change! So for the first little while he would just say I want mommy! That's when I realized that we need to have daddy do more things for him cause pretty soon I'm not going to be so available! This kid is gonna have a rough time with another baby taking a bunch of his mommy's time..

Me and Micah have a little lunch together every day and it cracks me up. Its usually very silent with Micah staring at me haha He is staring because he likes to imitate what I do. I take a bite, he takes a bite. I take a drink, he takes a drink. And then we say mmmhhhmmmmmm haha I'm so excited for this new baby, but I know I will miss all this one on one time with my first baby.

I have talked about his button up shirt obsession on instagram, but I have to talk about it again cause its my favorite. About 3 weeks ago or so we put in a new closet in Micah's room and ever since then I've been letting Micah choose his shirts in the morning.
I think its so fun to see what he comes up with, and with the exception of ONCE he has chosen a button up shirt EVERY DAY

hahahah so funny! Oh and that one time was a polo shirt that had buttons. The kid is obsessed with buttons.

So we had to do some experimenting with this.. At first all his button up shirts were on one side and his t-shirts on the other. So Matt switched the sides, the next day it only took Micah a second to figure it out and point to the button up shirt he wanted on the other side. After that I mixed the button up shirts and t-shirts together and he still has no trouble picking out a button up shirt.

As his button up shirts started to run out he would just sit there and say button? I would point out other shirts to him that were either polos or didn't have buttons and he says no! So then I would show him the button up shirts that were left and that was his shirt of choice. As it turns out we have a lot of button up shirts for him! haha they outlasted his jeans so after a while he was wearing a button up shirt with sweats haha

I don't know why, but this is just so funny to me!! I look forward to getting him dressed every day because I can't wait to see what he chooses. Also he's wearing shirts that I don't usually put him in so thats cool too.. Also this means that Micah is all fancy everyday in his button up shirt and pants and I rarely get out of sweats. ha

Micah almost always tells me when he has pooped. He says poop! And I say should we go change it? And he says oh change it! and then a good portion of the time he runs to his room. Yes I realize that this might mean he could be ready for potty training.. But I am not ready. haha the thought of trying to clean up accidents and all that is just too much being this pregnant. Also we have tried taking his diaper off to let him sit on his little potty and he freaks out! So I don't think he is that ready.. We will be sticking with diapers for a little while yet.

The terrible two's have really shown up these last couple of weeks. It's funny cause I little while ago I was thinking man, we are so lucky, Micah doesn't throw fits! Sure he cries and gets upset, but they aren't every full on screaming or anything like that.. And it was right after that, that the fits began.. Ha! That's what I get..

It was really bad for a little bit, but the more we have worked with him and not given in the better he is doing. It could be lots worse.. For the most part he is a sweet guy.

Speaking of sweet guy. When he starts into his fits I ask if he can be a sweet guy and calm down and tell me what he needs. So he will try and calm down and he says sweet guy!! and then he will stop crying and say Please! haha it's real cute when it works.

So lately when he's being sweet he knows it. He will hand me something, or ask sweetly, or give me a bite of his food and then say sweeeet guy! sweet guy huh? haha it's so cute.

Life is a roller coaster with a two year old. One minute he will be so happy and sweet, and the next minute he will be throwing a crazy fit! you never know whats gonna happen haha

He gets super touchy about things. Little things like putting his cereal in the wrong bowl can throw him into a tizzy. We are working on that.. haha and actually it hasn't been happening as much. He went through a little phase of wanting to eat his cereal on the couch.. That one was rough, but he is back to eating it at the table now haha

He hasn't been doing it as much lately, but it used to be that every time I changed his diaper or cloths he would say bath? bath? bath? bath? bubbles? bath?

I love showing him things I'm working on cause he is always so supportive. I have been making swaddle blankets lately and I'll show them to Micah and he will say oh!! That's so cute!! haha

Also every once in a while out of the blue he will point at my shoes or shirt or whatever and say oh, thats cute! haha thanks bud :)

He knows that the remote is how we turn on his cartoons so when he wants to watch he says george?? and then says, wheres the remote?? and then he finds the remotes and hands them to me.

He is getting good at handing stuff to me. I can point whatever it is out and sometimes it takes a while, but he can usually find it and bring it to me. Pretty sweet for a prego mama that hates bending over haha

He LOVES singing toys, but he hates it when I sing! haha! Most of the time when I try and sing to him he says noo nooo!!!!

He has been such a champ with staying home most of the time while I nest like a maniac haha he is pretty good at entertaining himself, but you can tell that sometimes he just gets bored. So he will come find me and ask for a hug (pick me up) and then he wants us to go to the couch and sit together haha

It's so nice to have him be able to talk and understand enough to let us know what he wants or needs.

He is such a smart little guy. He is a huge puzzle fan right now. I got him a bunch for Christmas and his favorite is an abc puzzle that is hard! He is so good at it. Oh and the abc song is one of the few songs he will put up with. He likes it when I sing the abc's and point to them on his puzzle. But as soon as I get to the "now I know my abc's" part he says noo noooo!! ha

He loves to count just about everything and he likes to sort out colors. His counting usually goes 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, and then sometimes he will throw in a three or a 7, 8 haha

He likes to color, but the crayons we have are the worst. I even have a hard time making them color so that usually doesn't last long.

Quite often Micah is my little shadow, he follows me so close that I trip over him all the time! sorry bud.

He still throws everything. And he has quite the arm too, he can throw things far

We got a rock n play sleeper for the baby and Micah likes to climb up in it and then he says, thats cute! So now I'm scared that he's gonna try and climb in it with baby :/ Like I said.. I'm super nervous about bringing baby home and the transition to two kids.. I bought Micah a doll cause I feel like he doesn't really even know what a baby is haha It hasn't come yet, but I'm hoping having it around might help him understand a little better when we bring baby home? I dunno.. I figure its worth a shot.

And now some pictures