23 months!

Wow!  Almost 2, for real.  Just a few short weeks away!  So crazy!  He is definitely MY little boy! He's growing up and learning a lot - though he doesn't show off by any means and still doesn't talk a lot so it's kind of hard to see that but he is.  I can tell.  He's my snuggler, loves to be held.  Kayla wasn't like that so it's nice.  So, without further ado - the 2nd to last monthly report!  Heeeeee....

Is a 2 year old complete with screaming fits and tantrums!

Says no very adamantly... No no no no no complete with head shakes and waving of the hands

Had Hand Foot Mouth disease! :-(  It sounds worse than it is - it's basically just a rash.  Doesn't itch or anything but it did hurt him to walk on the tile for a couple days.  It goes away on it's own, no treatment, but it is contagious so we had to stay away from our friends.  Luckily Kayla never got it and even though his case was pretty bad, he only got the Hand and Foot part, no mouth sores.  So, we were lucky.

Still doesn't say the first sounds of most words. So teaching him gas was fun. :-)

He loves to tell us stuff, like that Kayla came downstairs or that he piled up his cars or that he sees a truck.  Mom!  Mom!  Mom! Mom!  Ook!  Uck!  (Look!  Truck)

I left him for 9 hours for the first time ever and when I came home he would not let go of me. He had to touch me at all times.

Doesn't like bugs flying around him- especially flies. He'll cover his ears or his eyes when they are around.  But he likes to point them out.

When he's trying to tell you something and you guess right, he claps his hands and says yay!

Kayla asked me what I like to do with her, then she asked daddy, then she asked Tyler and he said "nunuts" which is donuts. Ha ha

Insistent and persistent. If he doesn't get what he wants he just keeps asking, over and over and over again!

He likes to collect things in piles. He'll move all his cars from point a to point b, then sometimes to point c or d. He will pile them around you, pile them on a table... He'll pile stickers on top of one another, collect random things around the house and bring them to you...

He says "ayla" now and loves when she wakes up or we pick her up from school.    He also says "acy" for Stacy and "arissa" for Marissa.  And he already was calling Savannah "nana" just like Kayla did.

Knows how to say school, well, cool, and knows that there are cars there.  Every time i say school he says "cars? cars?"  I don't let him play often but there have been a couple instances and he remembers.  I also showed him a picture of her at school and he said "cool" so he knew that's where the picture was taken.  I didn't even tell him!  See, he is smart!

Says hi or "ello" to everyone that walks by though he's really emphatic if it's a girl. :-)

He shuts all the doors upstairs before coming down - just like Kayla did.  Though he figured out how to operate them much earlier than she did.

I started by saying he's into the terrible 2's and he is.  He yells no and will throw himself on the ground but he gets over it quickly.  It seems like its more for show whereas it seemed like for Kayla she was really quite pissed.  He might be mad but he can get over it.  She's like me, he's like dad in that respect.  He likes to tell me no when I ask him to do something, like put his trucks away, but he does do it 30 seconds later.  His rebellion is futile and short lived at this age.  Luckily.  :-)

Not much else has changed.  Still loves dogs and cars/trucks.  Still loves water and baths.

It's going to be interesting seeing how long this car thing lasts.  But so far, that's all he's interested in.  Though he's starting to like baking, just stirring mainly. Not a lot of interest in paint/coloring.  Kayla could do it for hours - Tyler will do it for a few minutes and then move on.  And it doesn't take long for him to paint himself.  Ha ha.  But they are different kids and they have different tastes.  It's fun to see them grow!  Until next month....