2 Years Old!

Well, you are two and we cannot believe our eyes.

You talk and talk and talk...putting together complete sentences.  I often find myself wondering how you know a word and how to correctly use it.  (Specifically, you say, "I'm two."  I've never told you, "I'm thirty," so I don't know how you made that connection.  But, it works and you amaze me.  Daily.)

You know your colors...and even know brown, pink and black which I have not really taught.

You count.  This I know I have not done much with you so I guess you picked it up while you slept.

I maybe have mentioned this before but I'm not sure and I want to remember these things.  You have had some very sweet moments with your friends that show me that God is working in your heart to be caring and compassionate.  One time at E's house D really wanted a particular truck and was really sad that E had that truck and he did not.  You went and found a similar truck and gave it to D.  Another day, E was hanging out with us for a bit and he was super sad for his Mommy to be leaving him.  You found what you know to be his favorites of your toys and took them to him.  Sweet boy.  None of this is of you or our expert parenting...everything good in you is from God.  We pray God will continue to work in your life even at two years old and you will walk with him all of your days.


Now, for some photos.  I'm not a big picture taker and we got an iPad a couple of months ago that I have pictures on but have not figured out how to blog from (need and app) so those two things equate to few pictures and blog posts.  Sorry. :/  We love you and love love love watching you grow up.  You are such a blessing!


You are most definitely your mother's child...your favorite things are ice cream, mac-n-cheese and chocolate.  And, you've become quite a morning person....which you could turn more like your Daddy on this one if you would like. ;)

You sure love you some ice cream.

You went to you first real college football game.  You were a little uncertain at first but were so great the whole time and it was fun for us to watch you take in it all.  You still talk about going to a football game.  When someone drives by you've told me they are going to a football game and you often ask for PawPaw to take you to a football game.

Rest assured, your first actual sporting event to attend was a Razorback baseball game.

This is from your birthday party!  Some of your favs eating your favs!  More photos and a post to come about this event.  (Maybe.)  Thankfully, we have friends who take photos.

2 and almost 2...time flies.

 Your Daddy comes home from work, changes clothes and goes to "stretch out his back."  You've started joining him.

Sweet boys

You were 35 inches tall and I don't know how much you weighed at your dr appointment.  But, she asked if we were brushing your teeth and I had to admit...not very often. :/  She suggested an electric toothbrush and we've been trying to regularly brush your chompers.

You like it, I think. 

23 months

Seriously, you cannot almost be 2...

You are so friendly and will say, "Hi," and wave to anybody and everybody.  I particuarly love to hear you say, "Hi, Mama."

Your language skills are definitely expanding.  Some "sentences" you have said lately; "More peach please." and "Mama out shower."  You will also gibber and jabber than say, "Yeah" as if you are saying, "You know/You got that/You agree."  I have not the slightest idea what you just said.

First booboo on your nose/forehead (I actually can't believe it didn't come sooner.)

You have started saying, "Yay."  I walked into the room the other day and you said, "Mama, yay!"  I told you we were going to see your friends and you said, "Arwen, yay!  Ephraim, yay!  Derek, yay!"

You love these nesting dolls and will sit and play with them for a long time

You learned a new trick...

It's called stab the fry.

Butterfly, bye bye

Your Great Aunt Sue gave you a container with THREE cocoons! You were a little rough with it so I was sceptical that they would survive.  But, your Daddy looked at them the other day and there was a butterfly flying around.  We checked him out, then let him go.

Check out the video of the departure:

Someone got a little startled. ;)


Since then, we let another butterfly go, are waiting to see if butterfly #3 breaks out and I just saw TWO caterpillars!  You will look off the balcony and say, "butterfly, bye bye," or "butterfly flew away."

94th Aero Squadron

We lunched with friends at the 94th Aero Squadron...food, planes taking off and landing while we ate, ducks eating lettuce and plenty of room to run with friends=great lunch spot.

Checking out the ducks

They thought you were going to take their lettuce

Come back over here, guys!

We tried to get a picture...

This table was a hit

Laundry

You spotted this cozy blanket in the laundry basket and felt the need to snuggle in...so you took out all the other clothes and this is where I found you...and where you hung out for a while.  I think I need to put blankets in the basket more often. :)

Excursions

We took a couple of excursions with friends.  I'm not the best about taking photos and even worse when I'm manning you solo.  At least we have a few photos to document the events. :)

First, we went to the Safari Park with our BSF buddies Mrs. Savannah and Annaleigh before they move to North Caroline.  (Sad no photos with them.)

You loved driving this truck...no surprise!  Trucks and driving are currently two of your most favorite things.

You were able to get super close to this lion.

 Then, we went to the aquarium with Mrs. Cheri and Arwen.

Big, happy kid on the slide.

So close

Mesmerized 

22 months

We are getting closer and closer to 2!

You are a talker, climber, runner, helper, snuggler.

Still love trucks.

Some of my favorite new words that you say:

Alligator  (and an alligator says, "chomp, chomp" while clapping your hands together)

Helicopter (helicopters and airplanes say, "mmmmm" like an engine running you started this on your own.)

Hey.

Yub-ew which is love you. :)

A new fav is the pacy...you walk around with it saying Itty-Bitty-Baby

You have started whispering and it is pretty funny.  I think I might whisper to myself throughout the day and you picked up on it.

At Pipes for breakfast.  Good food and dogs galore.  You don't need anything else.

You are putting words together.  Most often I hear, "Oh no bus (or truck, car, book, etc) fall down.

You will give us hugs and say, "squeeze" and squeeze our necks really tight.  Love it.

Great Aunt Pat/Mimi and Cousins Kara and Kelsey came for a visit

When it is time to pray you will fold your hands and close your eyes.  Another thing you just picked up that makes us laugh.

Making music with anything available is a new way to pass the time 

You are such a big helper...most of the time you are great to pick up your toys, you ALWAYS want to help me unload the dishwasher.  You also help push the vacuum cleaner and put clothes in the washing machine.