Finnegan.

I realize that it is LONG overdue for a good, lengthy Finnegan update.
So here....you.....go!

Finn. Approaching 3 years old in 3 months and some change is a little BOY.
For the most thing he is all the things boys are:

high energy

curious

rambunctious

LOUD

jumpy

happy

challenging

comic inspiring

Let's start with his talking:
He talks ALL the time. He never stops. This MAY be one of the ways he takes after me...sure :) He's really getting into questions:

Mama, what's that building - in the morning on our commute to Open Books, he asks what EVERY building is on the Chicago skyline...we have to say "condo building" A LOT.
Mama what's that noise?
Mama, where you going? To the gym?
Mama what's that?
Mama what you doing?
etc. repeat. etc.

He picks up our bad habits:

Not shocking I realize…but for the MOST part, Nick and I have done a pretty good job at cleaning up our language around Finn. Except maybe for when we are in traffic. Finn has been hear d to say:

Look at that fucking guy! (said by Nick, to a guy that was honking and acting a fool in traffic)

Eat a dick! (Also said by Nick, in reference to a guy that cut us off in traffic)

And most recently, and thank GOD more G rated –

Are you kidding me?! (Something both Nick and I say, daily at some ya-hoo on the road) It really is Finn’s inflection that makes this adorable

Here is the most frustrating conversation you can have with Finn

It goes a little something like this.

Me: Finny – do you want mac n cheese for dinner?

F: No

Me: You don’t want mac n cheese?

F: Yes

Me: So you do want mac n cheese for dinner?

F: No

Me: Do want to eat dinner at all?

F: No

Me: Well how about mac n cheese?

F: Yes

**You could apply this to about 20 conversations a day.

We are trying life without naps

Nick commented that Finn kind of seems to be done with naps! So we’ve been trying it out. He still get some down/”quiet” time every day. Some days it works out alright, and some days end like today…Finn totally passing out in a deep sleep on the car trip home from work, and having a TOUGH time easing back into the evening.

Photos for an example:

His love for music is VAST and I LOVE it.

I love that he knows the difference not only by sight and shape but the SOUND of all these instruments

Trumpet, tuba, French horn, oboe, clarinet, piano, guitar, bassoon, trombone, saxophone, flute, cello and violin

His first tower that he built out of Leggo’s – I came into the living room and said, Finn! What a nice tower, and he said, “NO MAMA! It’s a bassoon.”

Just as I sat down to work on this post – the movie I’m watching has a jazz soundtrack and from his crib, Finn yells, “MAMA! Is that a saxophone?!” (swoon)

Our new favorite activity is watching instrument solos on YouTube and Finn will gather up his toy instruments or make shift alternatives and play along. “MAMA! I wanna try oboe next!” Lots’ of fun!

He loves to sing! I would like to remember and let it be known that the two favorite songs to sing in the car are the following:

He really gets into the guitar playing

AND - click play at the bottom of the video box.


So his music tastes should be pretty all encompassing I would say!

He still is such a wonderful, little boy:

He really does bring so much joy to all those around him. He is always quick with a hug or kiss, a hello!

Doing or saying something ridiculous, making us laugh.

We are SO lucky to have him. He’s just awesome.

So even after this tantrum above, 15 minutes later, after a dinner of mac n cheese, here he is back to his normal self, happy as a clam. And we’re always glad to have him back.