I thought I would give a quick update on the latest things happening with the boys. Thomas will be three next month and I honestly can't believe it! He is getting so big (and he tells me all the time, "Mama, I'm getting tall."). When I tell him that he is still my baby, he says, "Mama, I not your baby. I'm a boy." *sniff, sniff*
Anyway, on to what this post is really about! In the last couple of months we have really noticed his love for music. As I type this, he is playing with a book that plays classical music. Thomas enjoys all kinds of music and even loves to sing now. He knows all the songs to Josiah's toys and has picked up many of the children's songs we have taught him as well as some hymns. Currently, we are working on "Holy, Holy, Holy." I need to record him singing it, because it is so precious. Josh found an old book of nursery rhymes at his parents house (with sheet music) and plays it often. Thomas loves to sit with him at the piano and sing along. On a side note, he also likes to dance to music now and I think that has much to do with his friend Savannah - she has demonstrated some moves to him!
Josiah also loves music and as soon as he hears it, he begins to move his head. Of course he can't sing along yet, but he looks so cute bobbing his little head to the beat!
The biggest difference with Josiah is his recent attachment to me. Yes, he has always been attached, but now he is going through a hard phase of separation anxiety. Anytime I leave him in the nursery now, he cries. And it is a sad, hold your breath, kind of cry. They tell me that he stops crying after a few minutes, but it is still hard to leave him. Even when I worked in the nursery a couple of weeks ago, he would not let me put him down. Therefore, I was of no help to any other child, because I was busy holding my baby. Thomas never really cried after me and he preferred Josh and I equally, whereas Josiah really prefers me over Josh. Maybe it is the difference in being the second born? I don't feel like I treat Josiah any different than Thomas, although I do have to comfort him a bit more when Thomas pushes, pulls, or hits him (that is another blog post!).
Our hope is that Thomas & Josiah both will continue to love music and they will desire to play the piano like their daddy one day!
I long to honor my God by making my home a place of joy and rest for my family.
2 comments:
yes, Savannah probably has influenced Thomas with the dancing, heehee :) and yes, these 2nd born boys are attached to their mommies, what's the deal? :)
I think it is so sweet to hear little ones sing. I promise you, Josiah does calm down right after you leave. He truely does fine. I love both of your little one they are so sweet. Just like Savannah and Cole, I could just eat them up also. You guys and Eric and Courtney have some very special children. I think the world of them.
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