Louis is 2!

Louis is 2!

Height:  85cm which is as tall as a washing machine

Weight: 12.2kg which is         as heavy as a gold bar or a dachshund

Food I like most:  Tomato pasta (only Lloyd Grossman sauce will do!), cookies, cakes, petit filous

Food I dislike most: Macaroni cheese, egg, most vegetables

Favourite Books: ‘That's not my piglet’, ‘Noisy Animals’, any unwanted junk mail that comes through to door.

Favourite TV shows: Peppa Pig, Waybuloo, Masha and the Bear, Lava (the Disney short), Winnie the Pooh

Words I say most: Mummy, Daddy, Nanna, Peppa, George, cookie, juice, socks, shoes, hat, dodi, monkey, Cow, yup, noooooooo.

My friends are:   Jess, Charlie, Alfie, Gabriela, Sofia, Thea

My nursery is called: Little Acorns

The people I like to see most:

Family. But otherwise, I like my nursery school teachers, Aisha & Hoddy.

Holidays this year:

-         Italy – for Ed and Simona’s wedding

-         Centre Parcs

-         Bath

My Favourite Phrases:

‘No Mummy’, ‘Where Dodi gone?!’, ‘Monkey… find!’, ‘Bye Bye’, ‘Hey-you’ (Hello), ‘Sorry!!’, ‘Daddy’s/Mummy’s car’, ‘Da-ka-da-ka-da-ka-da-ka’ (we have no idea what this means)

Things that Mummy loves most about me:

•           You wake up happy every morning, it’s impossible not to smile back at you.
•           You’re a ball of energy and although it’s sometimes hard to keep up with you, it’s a joy to watch you so full of life and eager to learn about everything.
•           You love to chat. You chatter everywhere you go and say hello and bye-bye to everyone you see, even total strangers in the shops.
•           You are so stubborn and strong willed.  Your terrible two’s are now very much in full swing. Although this is really challenging, I admire your independence.
•            Every morning when I wake up I still have to remind myself that I actually have you. I am so lucky and not a day goes by when I take you for granted. A few years ago I never dared imagine I would be able to have children. You are literally a miracle. You are my everything

Funny stories:

Bridesmaids dress shopping

We went into the most beautifully decorated bridal shop with cream carpets. I took you along as I thought ‘hey what’s the worst that could happen? How wrong I was. Within minutes of arriving, whilst my bridesmaid was in the changing cubicle you had lactose induced mishap. Literally covering yourself head to toe in your own diarrhea. I snuck you into an equally beautiful toilet (which obviously - being a bridal shop,  had no changing facilities). You couldn't swing a dead cat in there. And you proceeded to spread it everywhere. Mortified is not he word! Those cream carpets will never be cream again. 

You have no fear..

You decided to put your ride along scooter on top of your toy box. You then climbed on top of it and reversed it off of said toy box. Daddy was home and I was out at the time. I just received a photo from him with you hanging backwards off the scooter, wedged between the toy box and the wall. You looked a little alarmed. But it was hilarious.

Memorable moments:

• Learning to walk, and then run.. at speed!
• When you worked out how to propel myself along on the scooter
• When you threw a toy and it hit Mummy, you were so concerned and gentle. You came up and rubbed my nose and then didn't stop saying ‘sorry mummy’ for 20 minutes.

Things that make me happy:

•          Morning bottles, bed time bottles
•          When Daddy gets home from work
•     Time at the supermarket
•     Going to the Farm
•     Nursery
•     Taking your shoes on and off
•      Shouting ‘Monkey!?!???’ at the top of your voice when you cant find him. It's as if you expect him to answer you. 
•        Playing rocket ships with Daddy 
•    Seeing my cousins
•  Being in the garden   

Things that make me sad:

• -         When I get a ‘boo boo’ as I call it
• -         Nappy changes
• -         Teeth brushing
• -         When anyone dares to try and help you eat
• -         Long car rides

How I get into mischief:

• -         Climbing at every opportunity
• -         Emptying entire bags of nappies onto the floor
• -         Playing with food and then spreading it everywhere
• -         Moving furniture

Angelic things I do:

- You are very gentle with other children and adults.

- You say hi and bye to everyone you see.

Reasons I am loved:

-         All of the above.

Hopes for the coming year:

• -         That you settle into your new nursery and find a nursery nurse that you like as much as Hoddy
• -         That you continue to enjoy life just as you do now, and that you slow down a little so as I can enjoy these moment a little longer.
• -         Continue to be the sweet, joyful child that you are.

Happy birthday our sweet, beautiful boy