Nothing Short of Amazing

My first born, my son, my daughter's protector, my husband's mini me. My son's personality is blossoming and it is wonderful to see him shine. He is an absolute character!

My Boy has not had it easy, even though he is just two years and four months old. At the age of six months old, he was diagnosed with severe acid reflux. He was throwing up every day for about three to six times daily. It was absolutely horrible. He was on different medications, we were seeing different doctors and specialist, he was receving OT twice a week, and the list goes on. He was not eating much and was only in the fifth percentile for his weight. It was so frustrating. I felt like an unfit mother because I could not even feed my child. Through his medical problems, he was still flourishing with his language development and fine and gross motor skills (other than eating of course). He spoke his first word at nine months, "alright!" At one year, he was speaking over 25 words. At 18 months, he was speaking well over 260 words (yes, my Hubster and I actually wrote a list down of all the words). Then after his second birthday, our long awaited prayers were answered. He stopped throwing up. He took an interests in food and eating. It was a miracle. I was elated, but did not want to keep my hopes up because I thought it might be too good to be true. But then days of not throwing up turned into weeks, and weeks turned into months. My Boy is now off all medications and is a healthy little boy.

My Boy absolutely loves animals. I'm not just talking about your average dog, cat, bird, cow, and pig. I'm talking about lemurs, humpback whales, toucans, macaws, orcas, jaguars, puffer fish, clown fish, and the list goes on. It's amazing to see a two year old go though animal flashcards and animal books and name all of the exotic animals, their different body parts, and what their diet is. It is also amazing when I see my son correcting his Uncle 'R' of a picture of a lemur is not a monkey as his uncle thought it was, or correcting his Grandma that the animal figurine she thought was a dog is actually a hyena, or his Aunt 'S' thinking that the picture of the seal is really a walrus, or his Grandpa calling a killer whale a Shamu is actually an orca LOL.

Don't get me wrong, he is in his terrible twos and gets his daily doses of timeouts. And as much as I dislike this age with tantrums, I absolutely love it as well because he is just soaking up everything like a sponge.

My Hubster and I often like to talk about what our kids might be when they grow up. When we talk about our son, we could really see him becoming a veterinarian, or a doctor, or a marine biologist. Whatever he decides to become, we know that he'll be nothing short of amazing.