bragging

So I just have to do a little bit of bragging about Zander. Yesterday he surprised me at Grandma and Grandpa Mutlow's house. When it was time to go I told him to go put on his shoes, thinking that he would bring them to me to put on for him, well when he came back he had his shoes on! It was his first time putting them on all by himself! So since yesterday afternoon he has done it many times and most of the times manages to get them on the right feet although if they are on wrong and I tell him that he will take them off and put them on right! To make his accomplishment seem a little less huge he is putting on dawgs, but they do have the back straps on, so to me, his mommy, this is huge! To keep up the bragging Zander also started to climb a tree yesterday. The cat was climbing it so Zander went right after him and got up a couple feet and then heard noises coming from the shop and started yelling "monster" and fell out of the tree! And of course here I am trying to get through the trees to get him and my tummy can barely fit:) Anyway I am sure that in the days to come he will continue to try to climb that tree and will give me many more scares!
Yesterday was halloween and we had gorgeous weather! We went out trick-or-treating with Grandma and Kaitlyn, Zander was a puppy and Kaitlyn a witch. We walked a lot and by the time we were done I was very tired and yet Zander still had lots of energy and he walked to whole time - to be a kid again!
I find lately that I am beginning to really stop and cherish my time with Zander, I think it's because I know that soon it won't be just the 2 of us and I've grown fond of it being just the 2 of us. Zander is very much a cuddler and a mommy suck and I have to say that I kind of enjoy it, it's nice when he runs into my arms or cuddles right into me. I feel guilty thinking that soon there will be a new baby and Zander won't get so much of my time, I worry about how he'll respond to the baby and hope that I am able to still make sure to make time for just the 2 of us. His big thing now is "Mommy's turn" which means a variety of things to him, like if Chris sits in My chair at the table Zander responds with "Mommy's turn" and wants Chris out. If Chris tries to put Zanders jacket on it's "Mommy's turn", his other favorite is "My Mommy" which he says a lot to Chris and then of course Chris thinks it's funny to say back "My Mommy" and then Zander gets mad!
So I'm praying for the best with the new baby and hoping Zander loves it automatically (I know probably won't happen) and that Zander will know that no matter what I'll always be "Zander's Mommy".