Subscribe to Our Feed!Yesterday LittleBrother slowly slid down the steps, backward, on his belly to become a heap on the landing whereupon he continued to melt into a messy pile of tears, snot and general whiny-ness. Why? Because I told him that he couldn’t throw a toy at his brother. The audacity in me, I swear! Oh, yes, and of course the other reason that he proceeded to melt his way down our (thankfully) carpeted staircase is because today he turns two.
Pardon me while I open the door to usher in a year of similar occurrences. Wee.
But, really, I welcome today’s changing of the numbers with open arms. Sure, two is a difficult age to parent. There are moments full of un-fun and general horror. There are also moments of excitement and joy. I love watching the boy that he’s turning into and listening the thoughts he comes up with as he learns new things. I welcome the difficulty that accompanies two because I know how lucky we are that he is even with us and as healthy as he is today. I’ll gladly accept potty training drama, meltdowns and general melodramatic woe simply to have another year with an amazing boy.
Speaking of that boy, here are the picture I took for his second birthday photoshoot.
The first shot is my favorite. The third is the one we put in the newspaper for his birthday announcement. The last one is entitled, “Obviously,” as he is obviously two in that particular photograph. Obviously. He was absolutely, 100%, oh-my-goodness-please-hold-still-or-I’m-going-to-cry, two separate attempts, bribe-him-with-a-lollipop kind of difficult to photograph. I did, after those two attempts, get enough photos that were usable but, ding-dang, photographing a two year old is not fun. At all. No matter how cute.
All the same, I will continue to (attempt to) photograph him all year long. I will remind myself that the “Terrible Twos” really aren’t so bad. Because anything is better than the age of three. Remind me of that through this next year but stop reminding me on this date next year.
Happy Birthday, LittleBrother. We’re off to the fire department later today to celebrate with FireDad!
6 Responses to “Two Going On… Very Two”
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Happy Birthday to your little man. All the photos are wonderful-but the 2nd one is my fave.
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Happy Birthday cutie-pie! I love hearing you talk and say “I don’t know?!” Two is a BIG DEAL!
Aw, how cute! I was going to say to watch out for age 3, but it seems you’re already aware.
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FireMom (463 comments) Reply:
November 24th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
C; Our older son just turned four. Friends have assured me that four is better than three, the age which we found out is most definitely the worst of the pre-elementary school ages. Gosh. That was difficult! Here’s hoping that they’re all right about four… and that we survive two and three over the next two years!
Oh…my…gosh…I canNOT buh-leeve that your little man is 2 — then again, I’m still wigging out about mine turning 11 — Happy Birthday!!!
Liz@thisfullhouse´s last blog ..Ghosts of Thanksgiving Past
Happy Birthday, LB!!
Think of it this way: thank goodness there are meltdowns, otherwise the girls would be chasing him through the playground – what a cutie! And I can’t get over how much he looks like FireDad – especially in shots 2 and 3. Great pics and worth every lollipop and all of the extra deep breaths you had to take!