In last 6 weeks or so, Hayden has really started picking up two word phrases. “B’eh du (Bless you)” was the just first (well, after “Doo too (thank you)”). He’s since picked up sentences as advanced as “No wanna” (especially popular at bedtime), “You ohay?” and “Deriddis (There it is).”
But of course, my favorite of Hayden’s new sentences is “Wuh doo” or “Wub doo”—”Love you.” He’s gotten so used to saying it that when he walks off from me during the day, he will wave and say “Buh bye; wuh doo!”
Usually, however, Hayden saves his “wuh doos” to respond to Ryan and me when we first tell him that we love him. But today was different.
I was having a frustrating time with the computer—freezing programs, forgotten logins and just plain wrong security questions. For some reason, Hayden chose that time to insist that I “um on (come on).” When I asked what he wanted me to do, he threw a fit.
I lost my patience and lectured him that I was busy with something that was important and very frustrating. While he was initially very upset, he calmed himself down quickly. But there’s not much more pitiful than a two-year-old stoically wiping tears from his eyes with a huge pouty lip. Even as I was telling him that I was working on something important, I knew that the things I was doing on the computer weren’t really ‘important’; Hayden was.
I picked him up and apologized for yelling at him. I just rocked him for a few moments and he rested his head on my shoulder and patted my back.
Then Hayden sat up and looked at me. “Wuh doo,” he said, still just the slightest bit pitiful.
I love you, too, sweet boy.
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Don’t those sweet little words just melt your heart? Mine will be two next month and his version is “I yigh yoo” – gets me every time! Hayden sure sounds like a sweetie 🙂
The first time my little man said i love you (or his version anyway) was when I was laying him down to go to sleep and he was being a pill and insisted on five million hugs and kisses to avoid slipping. i was walking out for the last time and he laid that one on me. Don’t you know I cried like a baby.
ARen’t they precious, these little ones God has loaned to us to watch over and care for. Makes your heart swell to near bursting.
Blessings to you and your little one from Costa Rica
Kathie
Kids are so sweet, and don’t they make you feel so badly when you’re inadvertently harsh with them? I read a book recently by Mark Buchanan that said “Busyness causes people to care less about the things they care about.” In other words, when we get busy (or caught up in the computer like I do way too much!), we start ignoring those we really love.
That’s such a hard balance, isn’t it? I love my girls, but sometimes I just get so caught up in blogs, or in writing, or even in cooking, and I ignore them. Sigh. At least tomorrow is another day and they will still love me!
Good to see you again, Sheila! In case anyone missed it, Sheila gave me an interview last year—definitely check it out!