2 for Two

It's so hard to believe our A is already two!  Knowing that I would be having his baby sister by cesarean, our options for a party were to have it early - which we seriously considered - or doing it on the actual day, which meant I would still be recovering and would have to give up on making his cake.  We opted for the latter, and got him a "McQueen" cake from Safeway.

In true A form, he surprised us by actually eating cake and ice cream!

His favorite things this year have been Big Trucks (his first two-word phrase), ducks, and McQueen.  He got all those and more.  Lucky boy!

This little boy is a whirlwind on legs, walking mischief, and is currently into EVERY. THING!  He's insanely curious, and is bold and unabashed about exploring his surroundings.  He knows when he's being mischievous and I swear he was born with a twinkle in his eye.  He also knows when he's being funny and will try to get everyone to laugh.  If you're sitting on the floor in his vicinity, he'll try to climb you.  True story.

He's got a tempestuous side (watch out for hitting and thrown objects with this one!), but he's also the funniest, sweetest little dude and is usually giving kisses and hugs (when he's not hitting and throwing).  He'll get into a fight with you if you hurt his feelings (hence the hitting and throwing), but really all this boy wants is for everyone to hug and kiss and get along.  Sometimes he'll throw a fit even after he gets what he wants just because he has to stick with what he started, usually he rethinks it and calms down pretty quickly.

He loves books (pulling any and all of them off of shelves and looking through them) and he loves numbers (carrying around foam bath numbers or pointing them out when he sees them, calling every number a "two", which is definitely "age appropriate" - pun intended). 

His favorite words are "No" and "key-yute (cute)" and "truck" and his favorite two-word phrase is "ought now (right now!)" and his favorite three-word phrase is "big cool truck!"  He is repeating words and phrases from everything we say and it's pretty great to hear him pick up on things that way. 

He's a lovely, lively, fun little boy and I'm so glad to call him mine!  Happy Two, dude!

~Nichole