THE TERRIBLE TWOS

Well we may be starting a little early, but we have hit the terrible twos big time! I don't know what to do with my little naughty boy. Every time I turn around, he is getting into something else. And the worst part is, it isn't like he is just being busy, he knows he is naughty!! Currently his favorite naughty things are scissors, plastic bags that he loves to try to put on his head, throwing everything in every drawer all over the floor, throwing all of the magnets off of Nanny's fridge off the floor, pulling dogs tails, and well biting his mommy when she tries to get him to stop! I love him and the times that he is sweet and innocent almost make me cry. I love watching him entertain himself and start to use his imagination at play, but honestly I am at my wits end to know what to do to change this behavior. I'm sure that daylights savings didn't help my frustration any since according to Porter's internal alarm, you should wake up at four every morning! Not to mention he is a masterful manipulator! We put him to bed tonight and he started bawling (usually he goes right to sleep, seriously)Tom went in to rock him to sleep and he kept asking for his Mommy, wanting his mommy to cuddle him and hold him. So the sucker that Tom is brought him into our room and handed him to me. Well, Porter didn't want to cuddle me, he just wanted to get out of his room and going to bed!

On a separate note, this whole H1N1 epidemic is killing me! I have never been one to be paranoid about stuff like this, but when things hit closer to home it makes it even scarier! My grandma died of the basic flu suddenly and unexpectedly and so the flu has always been a scary thing to me. However, I must admit, this was the first year that I even got vaccinated for the seasonal flu as I'm not usually the one to jump on board and believe those things actually protect you I finally got an appointment for myself since I am a high risk being pregnant. For the life of me, I had the hardest time finding vaccines for my little one! Apparently one year olds aren't high risk. Seriously? I had to take him to my grandpa's office because my pediatrician ran out of the seasonal flu vaccine but I couldn't find anywhere to get my little guy vaccinated for the H1N1 and with the terrible twos in full force I couldn't wait 3 hours in a line for it. Did you know that only like 3 pediatrician's offices in Utah even got the vaccine to give to their patients so far? I am having a hard time understanding how that is fair! Not to mention, loved the story about Wall Street getting the vaccines over the hospital in New York who had to turn a lot of high risk groups away! But honestly guys this isn't Obama's fault! It was President Bush's fault 4 years ago when the flu vaccine was gone, but Obama is still blameless when they knew this was going to happen! For a man who basically wants Socialism, its funny how money talks! Like I said before, I am not usually paranoid about vaccinations for the flu, but it is one of those things I guess that you could never forgive yourself for if you didn't get it for them and then they got seriously sick. ( I don't need a repeat of RSV!) Although I feel guilty about it, I did call in a favor from two wonderful kind hearted people that are helping me get an appointment at one of the Pediatricians offices that did get it! So after a wild goose chase, Porter and I will be vaccinated.