Peter every meal in his prayer: "Please bless the food to healthen and strengthen and healthy". I asked him what that means and he said "That the food will be good."
Liam is 15 months old but he thinks he's as big as the older boys. He remains very vocal, and his favorite word has been NO! this last month. It start out as this cute MO and has morphed into no. He loves to hear people say his favorite word. He perks up anytime we're out and he hears it and then he starts repeating it. He always says it with the same intonation too. The answer to everything, including when he wants it, is NO! We've started teaching him "yes." He bows his whole body when he nods and says yes. It's adorable. He also says "thank you." Any time he hands us something or we give him something he says it.
He remains a super picky eater. He prefers to nurse every time he sees me sitting down. I started to plan how I'm going to wean him after nursing him from 4:30 a.m. and on. He is finally doing better sleeping. He can *usually* make it from 7:30 p.m. til 4 or 5 a.m. before he has to nurse, and only 0-1 wake ups before then (Lamoni puts him back down). He toddles everywhere - goes up and down stairs, couches, outside and inside. His favorite activities include throwing balls, fetching them and then throwing them again, like a little dog. He also likes to walk around with a couch cushion and fall on his stomach onto it.
I found a note on my phone with all kind of quotes from the boys (mostly Peter). These are all pretty old but so cute!
Hope: Peter, will you buy me that shirt? Peter: No, I'm a little boy! Daddy will buy it. I don't even have a car to go buy it! When I'm 5 maybe 6 years old I'll have a car and then I'll go get you that shirt. But I want you to help me.
Peter: He looks like Abel (referring to Liam)
Hope: Abel? What happened to Moses (he called him baby Moses for awhile)
Peter: He looks like Abel but his name is Liam Joseph.
Then he leaned in close to Liam and whispered "but I call you Moses."
It's ironic that Liam now 100% of the time calls Peter "Shaun". It's called karma. :-)
Peter told me when the baby comes out he's going to paint the baby all blue and red because "it'll look cool".
I showed a picture to Peter of Jesus hugging a little kid. Peter stared at it awhile then said "it's a little boy named Peter." <3
When Liam was a newborn:
Peter: Benjamin, come on! The sun is awake!
Benjamin: No, I'm going back to sleep.
Peter: I'm going to go see my BABY!!
I was talking to Peter about the 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ and he said "and then Jesus comes to our home?" I said "maybe" and he replied "and Jesus wakes Benjamin up?" Haha he went through a phase of waking up a lot earlier than Benjamin and he was so impatient for him to get up too.
Peter: Some days I like bread. Some days I don't.
Peter: It's so good I could die!!
Playing at church during a talk Peter heard the speaker say "Joseph Smith was obedient". Peter called out "Just like I'm obedient!" Yay for all the positive affirmations we speak into him!
I walked in to make sure Peter was asleep for his nap. He was sitting on his bed and had the curtains open. After I closed the curtains and chastised him for not sleeping he said, "but mom, I was talking to Jesus!"
We went to visit a sick friend who had a jar of candy in the room. Peter begged me quietly the whole time for a piece of candy. Of course I said no. As we were leaving the husband offered the boys a piece. When we got outside Peter held it up to me and said "Haha I got candy!!"
We left at 5:30 a.m. for skiing. On our way Peter said "Oh no! I forgot my schoolwork!" then begged me to turn around to go get it.
