Terrible Two's

Well, I think it's officially started. We have a little bit of whining, a touch of drama, a dash of crying at the drop of a hat and a few "No Mommy!", "No Baby!", and "I wants!" My happy all the time Orin is not so happy...well at least some of the time. It definitely seems to be worse when he doesn't get his naps or if he's sick. Last week he was sick and got completely off schedule so I'm hoping it's also part of that. Actually, it was interesting. Orin had a fever in the evening and went to bed around 10pm and didn't wake up until about 1:30pm the next day! He then took a 3 hour nap from 5-8pm. Needless to say he wasn't tired at his 10pm bedtime, so he didn't end up getting to bed until 1am and then woke up at his normal 9am. The next day we were at a fair all day and he didn't get a nap. So I'm sort of hoping he's still trying to get back to normal. But there is definitely a change. Of course, it's not all bad. He's talking so much and understanding a lot more as well. He is testing his power and although he usually does so by crying when he doesn't get his way to see if I'll change my mind, it's so much fun watching him grow up. I'm also getting to practice testing and praying for my patience! Ironically, it seems to have come at a bad time - right when Micaiah is becoming more and more mobile. I think I heard "No baby" at least 20 times today. The funny part is that Micaiah could be across the room, but if he so much as heads in Orin's direction, even for a completely different toy, Orin freaks! Of course, Micaiah is obvious and has a constant smile on his face. Sometimes it becomes a game where Micaiah is "chasing" Orin as he runs behind the bed. I like those times. But otherwise, we try to either explain that Micaiah doesn't even want that toy or that Micaiah is just a baby and loves his big brother and wants to play with him (usually this doesn't change Orin's mind). Orin will still often share with him which is great, but at other times he'll just say "No baby!" over and over. Luckily, Micaiah still gets lots and lots of kisses from Orin. So now when anything happens that Orin doesn't want to he says "No baby" (even if it has nothing to do with Micaiah) which is on top of his saying "Oh, no, Mommy" whenever anything hurts or upsets him even if I'm no where around. Are all kids this cute!