Little man - 23 months

Hard to believe that you are almost 2 years old! Your personality is so funny and you have a great sense of humor. You like to tease us when we ask you silly questions (who loves you the most? You'll say Duke or Dylan the dogs) and you definitely know just how cute you are. You are the sweetest kid and you give big squeeze hugs and of course big kisses too.

We've had some big changes this month and you've handled it like a champ. We moved to a bigger house at the beginning of the month. You love your new room and bathroom and you especially love your play area and the yard!!!! You could stay out there all day looking at leaves and pretending to water all the plants with a hose.

Play

You recently discovered play dough and you love it. We roll it out and make cookie cutter shapes. You also like to color with crayons - for a short time. Your favorite thing is cooking with my pots and pans and using your Pom poms to cook. 

You like to pretend to clean by sweeping, using the DustBuster and vacuuming.

In the middle of playing you will stop and walk to the door like you're leaving. When we ask where you are going you always say "poppa" - sometimes you will carry something with you to the door like you're going to work like daddy :)

Eating

You are expanding your eating choices - finally! You like scrambled eggs and you are back to eating spaghetti and turkey meatballs again. You tried taquitos (Annie's organic black bean and cheese) and you liked them! It's nice to see you trying new things, even just a taste. You are still obsessed with pretzels and pretty much all fruits and veggies.

Sleeping 

You go to bed around 8 and sleep until 630/7. You take one afternoon nap - anywhere from one hour to 2 1/2 hours depending on the day! It's been colder this month so you are sleeping with heavier blankets in your crib but you mostly like to cuddle with them rather than actually use them as covers.

Talking

You mimic everything we say! We have to be careful about our choice of words. You have started saying "you" or "me" when you want to do something yourself. You are very clear about what you want - you will take our hand and say "up" and "walk" and then take us to where you want to go. You understand EVERYTHING! It's amazing. We can give you two step directions and you totally get it. Following them is another story..... No actually you are a pretty good listener and you are very helpful around the house.