In hindsight, I should not have gotten annoyed, but at the time... there was just so much of it, I was overwhelmed! This weekend Alex was talking.... and talking.... and TALKING... asking for stuff he didn't necessarily need, and every five minutes it was "Moooooommmmmmm?" or "Daaaaaaaddddddd?". Now, I sit here writing about it, hearing it in my head, and I can't help but giggle, because it was so damn cute! I think he is excited because he finally knows what words to say to get us to understand what he wants, he answers our questions and gets what he wanted... the pieces of this language puzzle are coming together!
On Saturday, he went to work with me since Grandpa was sick, and was really excited to do so! I only had to work 11 am to 2 pm, so a three hour shift was something I knew he could handle. He ate chips, made a picture, counted envelopes, counted register tape, checked the workings of our door into the stock room (it swings in both directions!), swept, helped me mop the back room and the cooler, talked on the dead cordless phone, and we tried to get him to answer the real phone but he wouldn't, like it was beyond his job description or something. After we got home, I took him outside and drug him in his sled around the block past our house, and we went around it four times with Alex saying, "YEEEHAW! YOU CAN DO IT! WOOOHOOO!!!" the whole time. So much help, he is. I told him that on my new epic journey that is losing some weight that he can be my personal trainer if he is going to be so positive even when it is only 15 degrees outside. Then we came back inside and we danced around like idiots to warm up, and then collapsed on the couch and watched some tv.
Today is the first day of the second to last large semester I have. I have high hopes entering today, considering I think my schedule looks super easy, and after the first week of March, I am going to be done with my Biotechnology class, so I will have even less to worry about. I am working almost every day during the week also, which excites me. The only day I will be gone late is Tuesdays, where I am at school, then work, then school until 7 pm. However, I think I kind of like when I have days like this in my week, because it gives Tony and Alex time to bond. As much as I would love it if Alex's every need was met by me, its not. He needs Tony to teach him to be a man, because I obviously don't know how. I think he has a bit of that with all four of the adults he is close to. He needs time alone with each one of us, Grandpa, Grandma, Tony and I, as well as together.
This past week, it finally snowed here in Wisconsin, and Alex could not have been more excited. He was so excited when he got to go outside to the bus and run around in his snow boots. He told me about a million times that it was snowing, and I told him that I hoped that he was the weather man that day since he already knew what was happening. He had a great week at school last week, and I hope that he continues that into this week.
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