A big day at the Redding house

Christopher turned 2 today! Actually, Mike reminded me this morning that at 6:23 p.m. he will be 2. I can't believe how fast time has flown by. We are definitely hitting the terrible twos and he really is growing into a little boy.

Today that became quite the reality for me. We started our new daycare and I was really kind of nostalgic about leaving our old daycare on Friday. Especially, when I picked up his stuff and they made a card for him with all his little girl friends hands on it. It was really sweet of them. They even gave me the picture that was on the front of his cubby which is so cute!

This morning I was really nervous about this new transition for him and thought that I would be at the daycare for an hour while he got adjusted. Not so much. The director was waiting for us in the room and he remembered her, walked right up to her, took her hand and started playing with her and the other kids. It didn't even matter that I was there or not. I even walked out of the room to put his stuff in his new cubby and he didn't even notice. When I went to leave he just turned and waved by and went off to play with more toys. I'm glad that he is growing into a confident, independent little man, but sad that it is happening so fast.

Let's just hope the rest of his day goes as smoothly for him as the drop off.

A monumental day for us

Christopher ATE spaghetti. This is huge for us! Christopher has been a picky eater since he was 4 months old and refused rice cereal. His meals for the last year have consisted of crackers, chicken sticks, fish sticks, cheese, pancakes, yogurt or bacon - he loves bacon. He has a major aversion to any food that is wet, mushy or slimy.

Mike and I decided to try a new method of introducing foods to Christopher after Monday night when I put a small (less than a square inch) piece of lasagna noodle on his plate next to his chicken sticks and he had a complete meltdown. So, I thought maybe if Christopher saw his dad and me eat it might encourage him to eat different foods.

Well, Tuesday night we did this and had grilled chicken and rice. He wouldn't touch it. He played with it with his fork, but when a piece of rice got on his hand you would have thought it was acid burning through the skin. So we sent him to bed without dinner. This was not easy, but kids are smart and when he asked for his chicken if I would have given it to him he would know he could just wait it out and I would give him what he wanted later.

Day two we had spaghetti. And to Mike and my amazement we watched him eat it right away. This is the first time we have witnessed our soon touch a noodle. I had heard rumors at daycare that he would occasionally eat noodles, but never seen it with my own eyes. We were astonished. I'm just hoping this is progress and not a fluke.

So it's leftover spaghetti again tonight and I'm hoping he'll devour it again!

A small miracle at our house

Mike and I painted Christopher's "big boy" bedroom during nap time - two coats! I'm still kind of shocked that we were able to do this.

We weren't in any hurry to prepare or paint Christopher's "big boy" room, but I am slightly neurotic about preparing and planning and had been on the look out for good deals on furniture. A couple of weekends ago we found a great deal and here we are getting ready for it to be delivered next weekend.

We planned on prepping the room before nap and maybe getting one coat done, but all of Christopher's help must have wore him out because we were able to finish with just enough time before he woke up.

When I started taping I thought for sure he would come around behind me and pull off the tape, but he actually was very serious about putting the tape on the walls.

Mike painting in a frenzy so that he could go out with his friends to watch the UFC fight instead of painting when Christopher went to bed.

Christopher also helped us remove all the tape too. As you can see he takes his jobs very seriously. I hope he is always this helpful :)