answer to tita anne-anne's "pangamusta"

"mommy says:
im the coolest 2 year old
in the whole world.
may reklamo? :)"

hi! it's almost midnight. the little hero is fast asleep. i just said goodnight to his daddy via YM. i got inspired to type just about anything... with regards to the star of this blog...

first, let me say, i am proud of my boy! he has accomplished so much since we started 'observing' him.. sooooooooo different from the little "baby" we saw during his 2nd birthday.. let me enumerate his milestones... now, at 2 years,2 months, 1 week and 2 days old:

• counts from 1 to 10 (not so clearly but that's it!)
• identifies parts of the face and body
• strings beads
  
• uses spoon and fork when eating (food with sabaw)
  
• masters the shape sorting skill and does it fast!
• follows simple orders (take off socks, shorts, give me __, bless, lets get out, go down, up, use pick it up, etc)
  
• plays appropriately at the playroom like slides, rides bikes, dunks a ball
• identifies pictures in books... many of them! and labels them when asked.
• can say more than 60 words! (only had about 10 when he turned 2! can you believe it?)
• reads words! yes! he can read: giraffe, mouth, eyes, nose, ear, chimpanzee,elephant, kick, and a lot more! (thanks Ninang Cathy and Ninong Noi for your "baby can read" CD gift!)
  
• in his playgroup, he answers his teachers when asked to identify some drawings like "umbrella" "tree" :)
• identify shapes (heart, szuare, star, circle)
• finishes every last word of almost all nursery rhymes and songs we taught him
• can perform simple action songs using his hands (eentsy weentsy spider, thank you Lord, i love you.. etc)
• makes the sign of the cross in a very cute way!!!! :)
• sings... and dances too!
  
• pays attention when i read him a book and points to familiar things..
• listens and seems to understand when we pray before bedtime (ga kipat2 and mata)
• knows and identify members of our immediate and extended family.
• so much more aware of things and happenings around him... tries to go out when there's a plane, looks out the window when there's an unusual noise, or when there's a visitor :)
  

that's all i can remember so far... im smiling with pride to tell you my baby love2 did all these in just 2 months of early intervention ( 4 hour therapy each week, full attention from me, playgroup, and so much love love love) isnt he amazing?!? ... there are still many things on my list of goals for him.. but i know, we have so much TIME ahead of us :) and these past 2 months, we have been blessed tremendously by GOd. this is the time when i feel God's embrace the closest. and this is the time, when my relationship with my hubby is at its bestest :)

better days are up ahead! storms will come. but .. as the song my father taught us when we were still small: "with Christ on my vessel.. i can smile at the storm! as we go sailing home!"