What a whirlwind these first two years of your life have been.
You are the funniest, sweetest and smartest little guy - and I feel so proud every day to be your mama.
Play
You are really into imaginative play - you will play with pots and pans and pretend to cook for the longest time! You like to give everyone a "taste" of what you're making and recently you like to pretend to use spices just like mommy does.
You are also super into trucks - especially garbage trucks - and you like to watch garbage truck videos on YouTube. We don't let you watch very much tv or videos but when you do that is always your first request. Or Mickey Mouse! You love Mickey and I hope you are excited to see him in person at Disneyland next month.
Talking
The past month you have had a talking explosion. You will try to say pretty much anything and you copy everything we say. You also like to give the play by play of what's happening. Dylan - down. Mommy -eat. Jon - shoes. You are putting together a couple of words at a time and you are making connections that amaze us! You are starting to remember things and we can ask you questions about what you did or who you saw and you will tell us.
This month we realized that you know the words to a lot of the songs that we sing together. If we stop singing you will fill in the missing word or phrase. You do this for Wheels on the Bus, Row your Boat, some of our nap/nighttime songs and the one that blew me away was the ABCs!!
You also know some of your letters! You know D for dada, J for Jon, G for gram and M for mama. Such a smartie!
And you can count! To 5 for sure and sometimes higher.
You said your name at carpet time at school for the first time this month. We had been practicing and when we asked "what's your name?" You would say "you" and then finally you started to say "Jon"
Eating
You have some days where I can't give you enough food and other days where you only take a few bites - even of your favorite foods. You are trying more new foods and you like to eat the "same" food as mommy and daddy.
You like chicken strips, chili beans and hot dogs but you would eat preztels, veggies and fruit for every meal if we let you. You still love your milk and pouches of any kind.
You recently discovered that you like sweets - just like the rest of your family - and now you ask for a "treat" much more often. If we are eating anything sweet you will always ask for a bite and then you always ask for "one more" even before you've finished the first bite. Ah yes - a true sweet tooth just like your mama!
Sleep
Your sleep has been consistent this month with one long nap in the late afternoon around 1-1:30 and bedtime around 8. Over the past several months your daddy has started putting you to bed and you love this new bedtime routine.
You love to be in your bed and often don't want to get out in the mornings. You like to talk and sing and snuggle with your animals - you sleep with your Ellie and a stuffed hippo aptly named Hippo.
You are a great helper around the house - you love to unload the dishwasher, help to put clothes in the laundry basket and of course "clean up" - your favorite thing is to use the DustBuster or vacuum to clean up messes.
This past month we have watched you turn into such a little boy! You are asserting your independence every day and always want to do things yourself with no help.
Can't wait to see the changes over the months to come!
Love you sweet boy
Xo
