Three years ago today, I gave birth to a beautiful and healthy baby boy. In that precious moment, I was overwhelmed with so much love that I hoped I will do right by him. By this, I wanted to give him everything and for him to grow to live a happy and wholesome life. I am so grateful to be blessed with a wonderful and joyful child; just watching him grow so quickly has been amazing for me.
I realized my son had a gift when he began to recognize his alphabets, primary colors, and shapes before he even turned one. Not only that, but he started to count from one to 20 in both Spanish and Ilocano. By this time, I introduced him to YouTube where he was able to watch children videos and nursery rhymes. At the age of two, he began to name all the planets in order from the Sun. He then advanced to reading and counting to 100. But with all this, what astounded me most was that he self-taught all that he’s learned. I joke with everyone saying that all William needs is his iPad, because he could probably teach himself a new lesson in no time. Being such a tech-savvy toddler, he navigates himself between applications on the iPad. He has an amazing photographic memory. Once William is introduced to an object, he will always try to identify it. He’s like a little sponge, picking up things so quickly.
Early this year, he amazed us by locating all the states on the map. He progressed himself even further by taking on the countries and continents of the world. Being so unsolicited, he surprises us so much! One day after giving him a bath, he babbled out the US Presidents in chronological order. I couldn’t believe it myself, so much that I printed a list of the US Presidents just to see if he was right. Lo and behold, he most definitely was.
Being such a proud mother of a happy and healthy boy is what I am so grateful the most; I am so excited what he’s capable of doing next!
Watch William's video naming the US Presidents in chronological order
Below is the list of all 44 US Presidents (and the years they were in office) if you want to check against William's version:
1. 1789-1797 George Washington
2. 1797-1801 John Adams
3. 1801-1809 Thomas Jefferson
4. 1809-1817 James Madison
5. 1817-1825 James Monroe
6. 1825-1829 John Quincy Adams
7. 1829-1837 Andrew Jackson
8. 1837-1841 Martin Van Buren
9. 1841 William Henry Harrison
10. 1841-1845 John Tyler
11. 1845-1849 James Polk
12. 1849-1850 Zachary Taylor
13. 1850-1853 Millard Fillmore
14. 1853-1857 Franklin Pierce
15. 1857-1861 James Buchanan
16. 1861-1865 Abraham Lincoln
17. 1865-1869 Andrew Johnson
18. 1869-1877 Ulysses S. Grant
19. 1877-1881 Rutherford B. Hayes
20. 1881 James A. Garfield
21. 1881-1885 Chester Alan Arthur
22. 1885-1889 Grover Cleveland
23. 1889-1893 Benjamin Harrison
24. 1893-1897 Grover Cleveland
25. 1897-1901 William McKinley
26. 1901-1909 Theodore Roosevelt
27. 1909-1913 William Howard Taft
28. 1913-1921 Woodrow Wilson
29. 1921-1923 Warren G. Harding
30. 1923-1929 Calvin Coolidge
31. 1929-1933 Herbert Hoover
32. 1933-1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt
33. 1945-1953 Harry S Truman
34. 1953-1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower
35. 1961-1963 John F. Kennedy
36. 1963-1969 Lyndon Johnson
37. 1969-1974 Richard Nixon
38. 1974-1977 Gerald Ford
39. 1977-1981 Jimmy Carter
40. 1981-1989 Ronald Reagan
41. 1989-1993 George Bush
42. 1993-2001 Bill Clinton
43. 2001-2009 George W. Bush
44. 2009- Barack Obama
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