The Big “2-2”

Thought today I would give you guys a wee bit of a Little Man fix.  🙂 This little guy hit the big “2-2” mark on the 27th…we’re a mere WEEKS away from turning two years old. I can’t believe my baby boy is already getting so BIG! Fortunately…talks of Baby #2 may be right around the corner…but you’ll just have to stick around and find that out for yourself over time. As is the usual, in honor of hitting another month older, I’ll give you guys lots of cute new photos to gush over. As well as fill you in on some of the new things that the Big guy is doing.

  

At 22 months, Little Man has turned into quite the chatter box. He’s verbalizing his wants and “needs” much more clearly and it seems that he is picking new words and phrases up every few minutes. He can clearly tell us that he wants something {“I want…”} and who people are. He knows Grandma, Bubba [Hubby’s brother], Aunt KK, Gran Gran and especially Paw Paw. And mama and daddy of course.

He has somewhere picked up the idea of pointing his fingers like a gun and going “boom boom boom.” Which, we think is both hysterical and adorable! He has learned how to put his animal puzzle together. And put it together correctly. I’m going to have to go invest in some new puzzles…like, today. His favorite toys right now are his Bucket o’ Soldiers, his Buzz Lightyear, his toy cars, and still playing with any sort of ball he can get his hands on.

He rode his first scooter this past weekend. With his Gran Gran and Paw Paw. Want to see? Needless to say, he had a BLAST!

He is a remote control hog. He thinks he owns the TV. This may become a problem when Hubby gets back home.

And…as all boys do, he has learned to pick his nose. Not just point to it. To really pick it. Gross. This is one of the photos I’ll use to humiliate him when he’s a teenager

 
We’ve been to the park several times here lately and he is in LOVE with the swings. It takes every bit of energy I have to get him off of the swingset.

 
We started having nightmares and borderline night terrors this month, but once he started talking to his daddy on the Webcam every. single. night. and I started praying over his dreams at night before he went to sleep, we haven’t had anymore issues. I did a lot of reading and I’m about 99.99% certain that his nightmares were resulting in separation anxiety. Hubby was calling him usually 3 or 4 times a week…just because that was really all his schedule was allowing for. But when the nightmares kicked in, daddy did good and they’ve talked every single night since.

I am getting ready to start planning Birthday Party #2 here in a few weeks. I am thinking we are going to go with the Toy Story theme, since that is his favorite movie right now. I’ll be sure to keep you guys informed and updated. The party will probably be middle October because if all goes according to plan, we will be in California with Hubby on Little Man’s actual birthday.

Little Man,

I know that someday you will look back and read these posts. I hope that if nothing else you realize just how much mommy and daddy love you. I hope you know that you are the absolute BEST thing that ever happened to us. You are the light of our lives and we are both so proud to be your parents. We hope that you always know how much we love you, how proud of you we are, and remember that GOD is in control of your life. He has a plan and a purpose…always, always, always rely on him to get your through.

All of our Love,

Mommy and Daddy