2 Year Old Stats
- Weight - 24.5 lbs (12%)
- Height - 34.25 inches (10%)
- Head - 19 inches (40%) - cause he's smart like that
In honor of your 2nd Birthday Zachary, here are some facts about you.
- You are wild (as mentioned before).
- You love to play.
- You are obsessed with Bob the Tomato (Veggie Tales) and Sully (Monsters Inc.). You are slowly learning to love Mickey Mouse.
- You respectively call Bob, Bob, Sully, Sul-wee and Mickey Mouse, Mee Mouse
- You love french toast sticks and dip them in your yogurt. You call them both by name.
- Your favorite munchkin is chocolate, but the blueberry ones are making a fast sweep.
- You sleep like an angel. You take a 3 - 4 hour nap and still go to bed at 8:30 and sleep until 7:30ish.
- You call out to me when you're ready to get up.
- You can sing the words to Step by Step - you refer to the song as Oh God.
- You say, "Watch Jesus" when you want to see your Praise Baby DVD.
- You can name most of your body parts. We haven't quite covered elbow, shin, and so forth, but those aren't important. Take caution when he wants to point out your body parts... he jabs really hard.
- You apologize when yo've done something wrong or hurtful.
- You are in love with Nonnie. Madly.in.love. I can totally understand it. I'm thankful he has a wonderful grandmother.
- You always run. Never walks. On the slim chance you walk, you're always holding my hand.
- You will eat anything. You love to eat salads now. We call you feast and your brother famine.
- You call me Mama, but every once in a while you slip in an Amy. Andrew gets called E-doo or Andrew. Daddy is Daddy or Robbie and Maggie is Magsters.
- You respectfully Maggie to MOVE, which you've learned honestly. She means well, but she gets in the way.
- If Maggie licks you, you tell me she hurt you. Don't be a wuss!
- You don't like it now when she crowds your space at meal time.
- You've been known to shove and hit. YIKES!
- You tattle on your brother, which I find hilarious. Nothing is a secret around you.
- You have more words than I can count. And to think the developmental evaluators thought you might have a mild delay. HA! Again, you proved them wrong.
- You love when Nerissa, your developmental specialist comes. You wait patiently for her by the front door. You call her Reesa. She loves it.
- You're obsessed with keys and playing in the van. We're smart enough not to give you access to both at the same time.
- You call Dora, Doorah (say Do and Rah). We'll tackle vowels after your 5 year old brother tackles them first.
- You start preschool in August.
- You love to suck your thumb at nap time and bed time and your "tags" must be in hand.
- You wear 18 month clothes and size 4 or 5 diapers.
- You are beautiful. There isn't one feature that is cuter than the other. You are perfect in every way.
- You're tough. A yellow jacket sting doesn't even keep you down.
- You like to ride on the lawn mower with your daddy.
- You say thank you at the appropriate times. You'll even slide in a you're welcome too.
- You look forward to our standard Friday lunch date with Mereme and sometimes Aunt Hoolie.
- Speaking of Aunt Hoolie (Julie), she's going to give you a girlfriend in January. Congrats Aunt Hoolie and Uncle Hesse! We love you!
- You love to sip your daddy's coffee. Actually you like to sip off anyone's drink.
- You like Chick Fil-A nuggets
- You LOVE to dip everything. You'll politely ask to "dip it".
- You like to try on mine, your daddy's and Andrew's shoes
- You like to take showers
- You'll swim in the bathtub
- You've started kicking your legs in the pool. It won't be long before you're swimming.
- You know how to answer the phone with Hello.
- You can operate an iPhone. You've even been known to delete apps and call people.
- You know how to turn the TV on and operate the DVD player.
- You like to tinker with things and figure out how they work and/or put together. I think you'd make a fine engineer.
- You've been to Disney World more times than your age.
- You love the beach! You'll play in the waves or run around in the sand, but can't sit still for too long.
- You don't like for me to be our of your sight.
- You cry when we leave Nonnie's house and know when we're near her house.
- You love to brush your teeth.
- You tell me when you need to poop, but won't go on the potty.
- You love for me to sing the "Good Morning" song to you. You sing along with me.
I love you,
Mama
