23 months

carter brian,

time is just FLYING by these days! mommy's been a bit of a slacker on your blog--not many wordless wednesdays, this month's update almost a month late--but mommy is pregnant and tired and planning your birthday and natalie's nursery!! ahh!! :)

BUT all of this information is accurate for 23 months because i wrote it all down, but just haven't found the time to type it up and upload photos. until now. :) i don't love you any less though! i promise!

at 23 months, you...

...sit FORWARD facing in your car seat and LOVE it! we didn't intend to turn you around quite this soon (our plan was to turn you around once we put natalie's seat in in a few months because there isn't room in the acura for two rear facing seats) but we bought you a new (big!) toy and needed to be able to put the seats down to fit it in. or so we thought we needed to!

...got a brand new (to you) upgraded kitchen just because! (well, because you played with soraiya and saw all her cool toys, so mommy just had to get you something new!)

...are doing MUCH better with utensils at mealtime

...wear 24 month pajamas

...had a "phase" where you seemed to anticipate nighttime and did NOT want to sleep. thank goodness that his passed!!

...are "potty learning." you earn stickers when you go pee pee on the potty, which you LOVE but we've decided to wait to potty train you once things settle down after mommy and daddy's anniversary trip and your birthday!

...say "uh oh" when you drop something

...found a new place to play

...discriminate between bicycles and motorcycles

...LOVE hanging out with "Bray-ee" (= Brady) and "Bray-ee papa" which is fortunate because mommy likes hanging out with Brady's mommy! :)

...took off your pajama bottoms the other day all by yourself, which we speculate you learned from "Elmo jacket" (= Elmo's World Head to Toe)

...really seem to understand when we set boundaries. for instance, you run to the chopped tire pit at the park after mommy said no. mommy says, "uh oh, uh oh" and you stop and go do something else. then, you go back to the pit, but stop and say "uh oh".

...DRINK FROM A CUP! i'm not gonna lie, mommy wasn't sure that this day would EVER come!

...love "Do Your Ears Hang Low" and the chicken dance (cheep cheep cheep flap flap flap wiggle wiggle wiggle clap clap clap)

...color on daddy's white board in his office every chance you get!

...like watching bball with daddy on the ipad

...are really into dipping foods into sauces (i.e. tzatiki and ketchup) these days but like the dip off instead of taking a bite

...do better snacking these days, especially in the car (now that mommy can see you better).

and

...know that you are gonna be TWO! you just don't quite have the "2" fingers down yet. you don't do "peace", you show your thumb and pointer finger.

here are some other favorites from this months: