So I decided today, that my promise of an every day entry is a bit much. Some days are just so boring that there's nothing much to blog about other than: We got up, ate breakfast, did pretty much nothing and went to bed. Instead I will blog when things tickle me enough to inspire a blog post. Things like today are blog worthy.

Today we took daddy to the doctors to have a throat scan. It was REALLLLLY early in the morning. Too early for you actually. I was kind of concerned how well our waiting room trip would be.  You however, were amazing as always. You impressed people with your charm, your intelligence and your good behavior. I came prepared with snacks, books, coloring supplies, scissors and paper, and breakfast for us.  We sat talking, and singing and taking trips to the bathroom..you're still so enthralled by it all. I dug out the bag of special rocks I'd brought from home and we played with them for quite awhile. A man was walking around the waiting room and asked how old you were. He was amazed that you weren't even 2 yet. He said you had an amazing grasp of language and lots of personality.

Once daddy was done, we had to sit back in the recovery room with him for awhile waiting for the doctor to come and talk to him. You were so well behaved that one of the volunteers stopped by to say she didn't even know that you were there you were being so good.

We took daddy to work after we all ate breakfast together. You fell asleep in the car. Then when you woke up when we got home you were still extremely tired. We fought for two hours while I tried to get you to go back to sleep. I finally gave up. We went and got daddy, went to eat dinner and then to the park to play for a bit.

You had fun at the park! We played a bit on the playground equipment, but you were more interested in playing in the creek. We took off our shoes, got into the creek and played around, splashing water. Some older boys were catching plecoc (sucker fish) and brought their bucket down to show us. You wanted to touch them. You had a blast throwing rocks in the water. We'll have to be sure to do that at the lake sometime. Mom found glass and a metal cap on the bottom that I pulled out. We have to be sure to get you some water shoes to wear. You don't need to get any cuts while having good clean fun.

We came home, took a bath and read books. Tonight was an early bedtime..but it was a fun filled day. Today you said "anything" instead of "ankysink" like you used to. You're growing and changing right before our eyes. It's a true joy. I LOVE YOU. 

Saturday July 10 2012

You woke this morning with a "Good Morning Mom" ..Sweet as pie, I just love when you greet me with a good morning. It makes me so happy. It's a great way to start the day. Seems like it's going to be a busy day with you too. You're going from one thing to the next, a constant stream of activity.

We're getting ready to go out for shoe shopping round number 3. Hopefully today we can find something to get for you. Mom's getting tired of looking. We found you a nice sporty pair of actual sneakers today! WITH LACES. Geez, looking at things they way they are now, it seems like in the next 10 years or so every dang pair of shoes will be velcro.

Anyway, today was a relatively good day. I told daddy that tomorrow we need to get ice cream. You talked about it all day yesterday and ask for it right after your nap today. Since this was supposed to be our vacation, we need to have at least some vacation ice cream to cap it off.

Today you amused people in the Cranberry target by singing. You started shrieking in the store today as you sometimes do. This perturbs me a bit, but I've got to get over it. You're so good on almost all occasions, that I shouldn't get so mad at you when you have little outbursts like you do. Anyway, you were yelling, I was getting mad and a lady walking behind us said "oh you've got a singer there". Well I had pictured you up and was  talking to you sternly, when you burst out in song for this lady. Twinkle twinkle little staawaa. She thought you were adorable.

And you are!

Friday July 6 2012

Today was a crazy day.  You were tired all day long. You got up earlier than usual, and though I tried to put you back to sleep as I normally do it didn't last long. We made some mail for Trent and Hannah, and then some for O Cookie and Daein. You love making mail for people. Around 12:00 you started getting mean and stinky. It was nap time. So we put you to bed. Half an hour later mom was cleaning up poopy underwear and starting a bath for you. We decided just to pop you into the car because you usually fall asleep within  a few minutes when you're tired. Well it didn't work this time. We shopped for new shoes for you. Then went to see Grandma and Grandad. Uncle Tom and Aunt Gaye were there to visit. They were impressed with your speech and how cute you were. Grandma was impressed with the way you now say Valor instead of  "Balor"

Night night sleepy head. See you in the morning!

Thursday July 5th

Today was a pretty mundane day. We spent most of it hanging around the house. You and daddy took a nap, and mom passed out on the snuggler chair for awhile. We then went grocery shopping. Nothing overly exciting happened today.

Wednesday July 4th.

Today we spent time in the morning cutting paper. You LOVE to cut paper with scissors. It's a bit boring for mom and dad as we have to sit and hold the paper for you, but the thrill you get from it is worth our time sitting with you. I'm trying to get you to understand the fun of gluing bits to other paper. You love to play with the glue stick, but don't really want to have anything to do with sticking things to the glue swipes on the paper. You're very interested in sticking your fingers down into the glue stick part. Thankfully mom always buys a bunch at the end of the school shopping season. I've got to get a good organizational system for all the kid art supplies.

In the evening while I made dinner, you and daddy watched tv and played with the beads. You love digging into those beads and spreading them around. We had sausage crepes for dinner. I wasn't sure you were going to have anything to do with them, but you ate them up fast! I was kind of shocked. You've been going in waves lately with eating. Some days we have really good days, other days you eat very little. I think we're gearing up for another growth spurt though as you've been a little eating machine. Usually about 10 minutes after we eat a meal, you're growling "EAAAAAT EAAAAAAT" right away. I've got to get more snacky things to keep your belly busy.

Tuesday July 3

Today we went and had lunch with my friend Arlene. You love going to lunch and meeting people. We spent some time looking for shoes with you and we had to sit on every "fancy" red seat in the whole shoe store. It was raining a bit and you wanted to talk about it most of the afternoon.

Today you actually mastered the V sound in your name. Instead of saying "Balor" you said Valor. It might have started early in the week, but I really noticed the exacting change you made today.  You amaze me with your memory and personality.

I can't wait for your birthday! It's going to be so fun!!!

Val,
 I started this blog when you were first born with the full intentions of blogging as you grew. I was so busy your first two years, I just couldn't get it together to get too many posts going. I'm making a promise from this day onward to post at least once a day with little updates of how far you have come in your growth and the amusing things you've done that day. I've missed catching so many milestones along the last two years. Thankfully I never have the baby book far from hand and do my best to pop things in there when I remember. Dad is also helping by writing things on the calendar.  So this is my promise. Once daily I will write an update of something, anything that gives a little view into what our day was like. If I miss a day, I promise to make up for it the next day with double posts for that day and the day before. I want to capture your childhood and keep it for you. Hopefully you'll be able to enjoy these little snippets of your life.
                                                          Love,
                                                                      Mom