Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Canaan

So far I have sucked at this blogging thing. I wanted to try to post at least every other day at first, but I got sick and haven't had the energy to do much of anything.  Anyway, I thought that since Mother's Day is coming up I would write a post about each one of my kids, but since there are so many I probably won't have them all done before then.  The purpose of me doing this blog is to help remember exactly how each child acted, what they loved/hated, and the other little things that might not stay with me forever.

I decided to start with my baby Canaan.  He just turned 21 months old, which means that before I know it, he will be two!  I can't believe how fast time goes.  It seems like just yesterday I was holding this little baby in my arms and now he's almost not even a baby anymore.
 
 
Canaan loves to be the center of attention and make people laugh. He loves to play games with his older siblings to get them to laugh at him.  The faces and expressions he makes are the cutest! He is so animated about everything he does.  Just recently he started pretending to fall and will then roll around making these groaning sounds.  The older kids love to ask him where each person in the family is because then he will look at the person and make some crazy face, then they all burst into a fit of laughter.  This is usually how dinner is spent each night in between the rounds of "where's the baby" and watching Canaan hit himself in the face with his cup to try to get some extra laughs.  He also likes to march around and the best way I can describe it is like a sumo wrestler.  He bends his legs out to the sides and then marches around like that.  When he's not doing that he hops around like a kangaroo or he will bend over and put his arms behind his back and run at you.  The older kids are also huge fans of pretending to be dogs and he has finally perfected the art of crawling around like a dog just like they do. They get such a kick out of it.
 
 
Canaan is also so loving and sweet.  He loves to give hugs and kisses.  He will just come up and wrap his arms around my neck. *Melt my heart* If one of the other kids is upset he will go right up to them and give them a hug and kiss.  He loves to cuddle and if I sit down he climbs right up in my lap, every time.  He is also a huge blanket and stuffed animal kid.  Almost every time I see him he is carrying around a blanket and/or stuffed animal.  When I take him out of his crib, he insists on trying to grab every blanket and stuffed animal out of his bed.  I only let him take one of each, which he is usually okay with.  Most of the time he still takes two naps.  One in the morning for about an hour and then an afternoon nap for about two to three hours.  It's weird because none of my other kids were still taking two naps at this age, but I'm okay with it! It gives me some time to work with the older kids on flash cards and stuff that is hard to do when he is around. He is also a big mama's boy.  He isn't a fan of people he doesn't see on a regular basis. Trying to drop him off at the church nursery is a nightmare and he usually ends up in church with us.
 
This boy is all boy! He loves to climb on everything he can and gets into everything.  He is so curious about everything and loves to check things out.  We have a train table in our living room and he will stand on it and stare into the fish tank.  There have been a few times I have had to dig the lid out of the tank, but we're working on that one.  He used to pull the drawer out of the train table and sit in it, until he broke it by doing that and we decided to not even waste our time fixing it.  If I tell the kids to get in their chairs, he climbs up onto the table and then climbs into his high chair. He also enjoys standing on our end table to play with the blinds and running around on the kitchen table.  This boy may give me a heart attack. I can't take my eyes off of him for a second without him finding a new obstacle to conquer. Surprisingly he hasn't attempted to start climbing out of his crib yet, and I am planning on keeping him in that crib as long as possible.  All three boys share a room and I can't even begin to imagine the trouble they are going to cause one day.
 
Canaan loves to watch Dora and Paw Patrol. Every time one of those shows comes on TV he starts jumping up and down and screaming.  He doesn't talk a ton, but he knows how to say Dora.  He also says Mama, Dada, Anna, Bye, Hey, Love you, II (Isaac), Sissy (Selena), Yes, Nononono, and Grandma.  He will not say something if you tell him to. I hear him say stuff all the time but when I ask him to say it he will just stare at me.  The words above are the ones I hear him say on a regular basis. He also won't say more, he just taps on his plate when he wants more of something. Splashing in the bathtub is one of his favorite things to do. He also likes to play with Mega Blocks, run around outside, look at books, dance, and watch animals. Graham crackers are his favorite thing to eat.  I said that he likes to look at books, but he doesn't like to be read to.  He wants to hold the book and turn the pages. He is starting to become a lot more independent.  Most of the time he gets mad if I try to carry him outside or up the stairs. Since he has five older siblings, he has to keep up!  Other than that there isn't a lot that he has a fit about.  If he is tired or sick it's a different story, but for the most part he is a really happy, easy-going little guy. I love him so much and I am so blessed to be his mommy.
Stats

Weight: 26 pounds
Height: to be honest I have no clue
Clothes size: mostly 18 and 24 months, size 5.5 or 6 shoe
Diaper size: 4
 


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