After a busy and fun weekend visiting with friends at the end of March our hectic daily bustle came to a grinding halt when both Sebastian and I became sick with colds! I always feel so bad when Sebastian gets a cold because he's not able to verbalize how he's feeling and coupled with the fact that I was ill, it made the week very trying. Luckily for us Jamie was able to take 1/2 a day off last Wednesday to allow me to actually rest. It really makes me appreciate how lucky I am because I know a lot of other mom's who's partners are not nearly as supportive. It also made me reflect on my own childhood... I don't remember my mom ever getting sick. I swear, she must have been Wonder Woman because I know from experience that when I'm all achy and sore, it's very difficult caring for Sebastian when all I want to do is crawl into bed and rest. So mom, thank you.
On a totally other tangent, since we hit the 18th month mark Sebastian's development seems to have exploded. He's now counting, he knows his shapes, he's learning his colours, he's speaking in two-to-three word sentences, he's "reading" his books, playing make-believe with his castle and farm set and is generally just very responsive to what is being said and asked of him. Today he even helped me rake up the leaves in the backyard!! Anyways, it's as if someone has pressed the fast-forward button... Sebastian is just running full steam ahead and we're doing our best to keep up!
And we're not complaining, it's just that it's getting difficult to mark the little things because it seems that he's learning and doing something for the first time on a daily basis. For example, yesterday Sebastian noticed ants for the first time. He just stared at them and at one point he looked quite scared of them scampering around our shed (we were drawing on the shed with chalk at the time). After I explained to Sebastian that they were ants and that we needed to respect them and not hurt them he just stood there and watched them move about. A similar situation occurred over the weekend when Sebastian saw an actual lady bug for the first time. Except with the lady bug, Sebastian started to cry when it went out of his sight! I guess he doesn't find ants nearly as cute looking!
Sebastian is now also singing along with us. His favourite songs are "Roly Poly" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". Unfortunately I've attempted to take a video of him singing to share but it's become increasingly difficult to take pictures/videos of Sebastian as all he wants to do is play with the camera. Which is too bad as there's been some really cute moments!
And I almost forgot! Our favourite new game is copying what Sebastian is doing. We started this on Sunday when Uncle Dan was here for dinner. Sebastian was finishing up his dinner and sitting with his arms crossed. For some reason Jamie, Dan and I copied Sebastian and crossed our arms. Sebastian noticed what we did, changed positions and we copied. Anyways, Sebastian started laughing very heartily and continued changing his position to see what we would do. I had tears in my eyes, but not for laughing so hard (although at the time that's what I blamed it on!). I was just overcome with amazement that Sebastian was comprehending what we were doing. I've said it many times before but this kid totally amazes me. He is indeed our little legend! =)
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