How did this happen?!?! It pretty much blows my mind to have a 2 year old. Not just because he is 2, but also because he acts so stinking grown up! I promise he acts bigger and bigger every day. He is able to communicate SO well now. There is very little that he isn’t able to tell us, and he definitely tells us what he wants or doesn’t want! 2 has brought a “little bit” of bossiness with it. Haha. He just is so smart and knows how things should be. 
For all his bossiness, his sweetness far outweighs it! He is SUCH a sweet boy. I love his hugs, kisses, and cuddle times. He is typically a very busy boy these days, but he will randomly come up to hug or kiss you. My favorite is when out of the blue he says “pretty mom” or “Wuv wu (Love you) mom.” I don’t think my heart could swell any bigger! He is also very concerned if ever he thinks anyone is hurt, sad, or sick. He will ask over and over “Otay (ok)?” and want to kiss what hurts. He also is very quick to say sorry if he is the cause. He loves on his baby sister too. He always worries if she is crying, wants to sing to her, helps get her paci or a new diaper, etc. His new favorite song to sing to her when she is crying is “Baby Jordan, Baby Jordan, we love you, we love you, we love you very much, we love you very much, yes it’s true, yes it’s true.” (Goes to the tune of Where is Thumpkin.) He has a big heart!
He also loves playing with his buddies. I love asking him about his friends or who was in bible class. He just rattles off the names. It’s also great to tell him that we are going somewhere like the zoo or pool with some of his friends. He gets so excited. His key phrases are “It’s gonna be fu-un.” or “It’ll be gre-at!” He really drags out that last word and has the biggest smile. Then when we get to wherever we were going, he yells “RIGHT THERE!” Haha. Makes me even happier to take him to do fun things when he obviously loves it so much.
I don’t know if you caught it in the previous paragraph, but my name is now mom. Murray is dad. I don’t know why this happened so soon, but he definitely doesn’t call us mommy or daddy anymore. We don’t refer to each other as mom or dad. He doesn’t have a big brother or sister calling us mom or dad. I don’t know why it has changed, but the only time we are ever mommy or daddy now is if he is crying. Otherwise it’s just mom and dad. Even if we ask him to say “Great job daddy,” he will say “Great job Dad.” He will repeat a long sentence exactly like we ask except change the mommy or daddy to mom or dad. It’s really pretty funny to hear such a little guy say “Hey dad!”
He also has a very mischievous spirit. He is curious about everything and will quickly ask “What this is?” if he doesn’t recognize something. And you can almost see the wheels turning as he tries to figure out the best way to get his way! He will tell us to wait just a second or that he is going to do something else first instead of what we want him to do. As he is starting to do something he knows he probably shouldn’t, he will look back at you and give you the slyest little smile that makes you just want to laugh so hard. What a little booger!
Naptime and bedtime are hit or miss. Sometimes he goes to bed great. Others you can tell he thinks he will miss something! These are the times he will refuse to put on his pajamas because he knows what that means! Haha. He definitely keeps us on our toes! He really doesn’t want to miss a thing. The funniest thing to me is when he walks up to people and says “Hey guys. Whatcha doin?”
He understands multiple step commands. Sometimes I start telling him something or explaining something, and I think- this is way over his head- but then he will go and do exactly what I asked him to do. Other times he will completely restate what I have told him not to do and why. It’s nice to be able to reason with him- most of the time… he is still 2! He can pretty much count to 20. We still get a little mixed up in the teens from time to time, but he does pretty well. He can spell his name. He knows almost all the colors: red, blue, green, yellow, orange, purple, pink, white, black. Brown is still a tough one for us. Here he shows off his color and music skills. You can tell when he starts getting a little bored with mommy’s game.
Physically there isn’t much he can’t do either. He loves to be outside so he can run and play. He loves to play baseball and basketball, throw rocks, and saying he likes to jump is a MAJOR understatement. You really have to watch him because he wants to jump off everything. For example, I caught him about to jump off our kitchen table this morning when I had walked to throw something away in the bathroom and come back. Agh! He is a little fishy and would stay in the water all day long. He is now tall enough that he has figured out how to open all the doors. I knew this day was coming, but I wish it hadn’t! It was pretty funny this morning though when he just woke up, got out of bed, and came out of his room all smiles because he was so proud of himself for doing it on his own. Not so funny when he came out of his room at bedtime the other night though. 
He has an amazing imagination. I still give full credit for this to Murray. Cole will pick up his animals and have then talking to each other and playing together. He takes his tractor around the rug in his room and feeds hay to all the animals on it. He is constantly changing into a lion, rhino, turtle, frog, etc. He will find “tents” and “tunnels” all over the place. He is truly an imaginative little guy!
He makes crazy connections too. For example, we were looking at some Sesame Street stickers Mimi and PopPop sent him in the mail, and he was naming all the characters. He said ”there’s Slimy.” He stared at the sheet for a minute and said “Where Oscar is?” He knew Slimy went with Oscar. Also he were looking at his tractor book, and we were naming the colors of the tractors. He said “Tractor’s funnel black. Like mole. Dig in the dirt, dig in the dirt.” Totally was not a mole in that book. He just knew from another book that moles were black, and they dig in the dirt. I know I’m his mom, but it’s just incredible for me to see these things clicking for him.
All in all he is a precious blessing! I cannot imagine life without him, and I am so thankful for the gift these past 2 years have been. He has taught us so much about patience, love, sacrifice, commitment, and on and on. He is a source of joy and entertainment daily! We love him SO much and look forward to making many more memories with him in the years to come!
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