Communication
You have turned into a small adult seemingly overnight. We now carry on full conversations and you literally understand everything we are talking about.
Some funny phrases we've noticed the past couple months...
- You've always called your elephant "yaya" because you couldn't say Ellie or elephant. But now you say "yaya elephant" like it's all one thing.
- To ask us if you can do something you say "It's ok if Jonny...."
- Ok, ok with the head nod
- When we talk about going to buy things you say we should get it "At the bookstore" no matter where we need to go
- You shake hands and say "nice to meet you" with this funny little facial expression. We're not sure where this started but it's quite funny.
- you've started asking us how we are doing and what we are doing all the time
- You love saying hi to people everywhere we go - the park, the market, target- and no one can resist your adorable smile
- You LOVE to sing! You sing all of your nighttime songs now - it it quite hilarious to see and hear a 2 year old singing The Beatles (In My Life), Kenny Rogers (The Gambler), Louis Armstrong (Wonderful World) mixed in with Old Macdonald and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.
- You can count to 13 and you count everything
- You sing the ABC song perfectly and you know many of the letters too. I'm still amazed by this because many kindergarteners don't know their letters!
Siblinghood
You are the sweetest brother EVER - you give your sister her paci, cover her with blankets and you love laying on the playmat together. She truly likes looking at you more than anyone or anything else.
Play
This month your favorite show is the Bubble Guppies. While I'm still not a fan of TV watching.... It is a pretty cute show and its educational. And it allows me time to get ready and get your sister ready in the morning without you creating too much drama! :)
Your new play obsession is Legos! We've graduated to the duplo Legos which are much smaller than your first Legos but bigger than regular Legos. You have such an imagination when playing, both with Legos and playing in general. I love to see your little brain create ideas and pretend all sorts of things.
Eating
You are now officially eating regular food almost all the time!! You love tacos, salad, chili and you even tried sushi and chicken legs this month.
Amazing. And couldn't have come at a better time for mommy since I'm now trying to balance feeding sis during meals too!
Sleep
Your sleep has remained consistent with a minor blip right when Sis came home. We had a few rough nights where you did not want to sleep or you would only sleep with Daddy laying on your floor. But it seems we have passed that with no lasting effects and you are back to your regular nights of great sleep.
You take one afternoon nap from about 1:30-3:30 most days.
You've been my little buddy for a while but now you are my little helper too. And you really are super helpful. You love to help (especially in the kitchen) with making your lunches, cooking, unloading the dishwasher and you even set the table! I'm amazed at how capable you are and it seems like every day you do something new that surprise me!
