I Can Do It, Mom!

Luke is now in the "I can do it myself" stage of toddlerhood!

Here he is getting his jammies on. Now that he's wearing pull-ups, he can pretty much dress and undress all by himself. That is quite a help sometimes. Then there are other times when I really want to jump in because he's stretching his clothes out trying to cram all the wrong limbs in all the wrong places! Ah, I guess we can sacrifice a few shirts for the learning process.

He's been going potty by himself... "Don't come in the bathroom, Mom." (I wish you could hear his little voice!)

And a few times has even put himself to bed... "Don't come in here, Mom. I want to close the door. I want to pull up my covers." I'll check a few minutes later and sure enough, he's all snuggled in his bed. Sometimes he'll let me come in and give him a kiss.

And did you catch that he's calling me MOM!!? What happened to Mommy?? He's not even 3! So I hope Mommy makes a return, I'm not sure I like being called Mom quite yet. He's also been experimenting with calling us Dan and Kellie (Keh-wee).

I'm always insisting that he's still my baby... and Dan's always telling me that he's not a baby anymore. And now he's proving Dan right every day!