Long post with information probably only close relatives will care about. But you know how that goes- I have to write down these things so I don't forget!
Will turned 2 a couple weeks ago! I can't believe it! He's growing and changing every day, and talks ALL the time. We had an airplane themed birthday party, and the kids had a great time in spite of the rain.
We go for his 2 year check-up in a couple weeks, so I'll have to update measurements then. Unfortunately, he has spent some time at the doctor's office the past few weeks. The most recent time he went, he weighed right at 27 pounds. Poor buddy has had a couple ear infections and bronchitis. He's almost fully recovered, but now his 2 year molars are coming in. Good grief, those things are huge!
He's wearing 24 month or 2T shirts, and 18-24 month pants. But sometimes those are too short, so we have to get 2T's with the adjustable waist. Whoever invented the elastic adjustable waist is a genius. We have to take it all the way up so they will fit his tiny waist.
He's wearing about a 6 1/2 size shoe, but some 6's work too. Diapers are still a size 4 during the day, 5 at night. No attempts or even thoughts of potty training, although yesterday, he did come up to me reaching out his hand saying, "Ham? Poo poo out- change biper?" He says "ham" when he wants to hold our hand and take us somewhere.
Before his molars begun to make an appearance, he was eating really well. He will usually eat most anything that we're having. Favorites being: hot dogs, chicken, "doodles" (noodles-spaghetti), "bips" (chips), "bumeens" (gummies- fruit snacks), "I-keem" (ice cream), and the list goes on.
His favorite toys of the moment include the train set he got for his birthday, his golf club set, green tractor, and any kind of ball. Speaking of golf, one of the cutest things he says is, "Daddy pay bolf wif me?" (Daddy play golf with me?) Adorable.
Will also knows all of his colors- he gets blue and purple mixed up sometimes, but 90% of the time he can tell you what color something is (even gray, pink, brown...). He knows his numbers to 20, and can say them in order most of the time (but the teens start to sound the same!). He counts everything: toys, fingers, toes, things on TV, etc. He knows the ABC song, and can recognize several letters: G, W, E, O, X, S, L, T, and A. He's getting better about shapes too, and can identify a circle, square, and triangle. The iPad should be added to the list of favorite toys, and it has lots of games with letters and shapes, although his favorite game right now is one with dump trucks.
He is especially attached to this tiger right now:
He calls it "giger", and takes it everywhere. He sleeps with it, plays with it, even takes it to the changing table to get his diaper changed- "ok giger, biper!"
Now, I'll get to the good stuff- the pictures:
At Caleb's 3rd birthday party- August
Reading with sweet friend Ella
2nd birthday party
Did I mention it was pouring down rain the whole time? The birthday banner held up for a little while.
Party favors
Blowing out the candles
Another favorite gift
playing with his new train set from Nana and Pop Pop
spaghetti night!
This would be the origin of his train obsession- the train room at Nana and Pop Pop's house. Yes, a whole room (an entire floor, actually). Pop Pop is a kid at heart :)
We spent a little time in Auburn before school started and he found this visor and wore it all morning. This is his "cheese!" face. We get our church directory pictures made this week, and I'm hoping for one of these smiles
If you are still reading, thank you, and you deserve a medal.
When I wait this long to blog, there's so much to write. Hopefully, it won't be so long before my next post!
