Thank You Jimmy

So Pierce has finally given his grandma a name, and it's "Jimmy", or when he's rushed, it's "Jimen".  SO FUNNY.  Somehow "Grammy" turned into "Jimmy", and I have to say that I wish it would stick.  There is nothing cuter than Pierce waking up from a nap and saying "Where Jimmy Go?", or "Thank You Jimmy" when she gives him lunch, or "Juice Please Jimmy!".  I imagine that since Hayden calls her "Grammy", that eventually he will grow into that, but for now, we are all laughing about the "Jimmy" phase.

This is just the tip of Pierce iceburg.  This is one funny dude!  He's grown into such a little personality, and I just spend my days laughing at all his fun little antics.  Pierce bootcamp definitely worked, and he has chilled out quite a bit on the tantrums (although they do still happen occasionally naturally!).  He is a jokester and is always telling Nate or I that we are being "silly".  Everything he likes is "way cool", and he is extremely polite.  Instead of just saying "yes" or "no", he almost always says "no thank you mommy" or if you ask if he wants something, for instance "Pierce do you want a snack" he'll simply say "please" instead of "yes".  It's very endearing and sweet.  The other day a dad at preschool held the door open for us, and his eyes widened in surprise as my little 21 month old looked up at him and said "Thank you!" (which sounds like "dank you").  Love him.

He continues to call himself "Wubby" (my fault oops), and his brother, "bradoo".  However, the other day I overheard Pierce and Hayden chatting at breakfast and it sounded a bit like this:

Hayden:  Pierce, could you please call me Hayden now?"

Pierce: .............."Okay Haynoo" 

He also talks about "baby" constantly, and points to her carseat (which is now installed in the mini-van), and also pats on my tummy while chanting "baby".  I honestly wonder what he thinks?!  There is no way that he can comprehend that a little baby is in my tummy now and will be born shortly right?  But he sure acts like he understands it.  I wonder.

Singing is his new favorite hobby, and both of the boys are literally OBSESSED with the soundtrack to "The Sound of Music".  This is my fault.  Since it's one of my favorite musicals, I thought that it would be infinitely better to listen to in the car than "Dora".  I was right, for about the first 135 times.  And the fact that they only like 4 songs on the disk means that they repeat far too frequently for my taste.  But I will admit that there is absolutely nothing sweeter than listening to Pierce recite word for word the lyrics to "Doe, a Deer" with a huge smile on his face.  It's become "our song", just like Hayden and I have "You are My Sunshine".  Each night when we go to bed we sing it together and Pierce always starts off with saying "me, me, me" while he pats himself, meaning that I have to put my hand over his heart while I sing.  He wants me touching him and rubbing his little tum.  First we sing a verse together, which he then repeats by himself with gusto.  I have to get it on video, which I'm so bad at with him.  But trust me, it's sweet as can be.

Other than "Doe, a Deer", he also loves "Raindrops on Roses" and the "Sheep Song" as my boys call it, which is really the yodeling song about goats and goat herders that they sing while they are putting on a puppet show in the musical.  It's super funny listening to both boys yodel at the top of their lungs in the car.  Whenever a song ends, Pierce will say, "Nother song please mommy!".  His patience is sorely lacking haha.  But he definitely loves to sing his little heart out.

Finally I just have to mention that Pierce LOVES his bed.  I mean loves it more than probably any other almost 2 year old that I have ever met.  He frequently suggests going to bed and down for naps (what child does this?), and he just looks ever so comfortable as he snuggles into his sleep sack, with his minky giraffe blanky and paci (yes he still has one in bed only).  I sewed a little airplane pillow case for him, which he always uses, and he just looks so darling in his happy little sleepy place.  This is my little sweetie pie right before I turn the lights out at night and sing to him.