When the Dream Never Dies: 2 year update

Our little baby is 2! He is so much fun! We haven't been for his 2 year well check appointment yet, so we did a few measurements at home. Our scale shows he weighs 29 pounds, dressed. He is 34 1/2 inches tall and his head circumference is 19 1/2 inches. He is wearing 24 mos/2T clothes, 7 1/2 wide shoes and just got his 14th tooth. His hair is getting so much longer, but is still pretty fine. I think he's going to need a trim very soon. I have no idea how many words he can say now. He talks all the time and says several new words a day. His digestion is doing much better. We've been able to work all foods back in to his diet, except nuts, and he's been handling dairy and wheat at dinner just fine, also. He decided he didn't like sleeping in his crib anymore and started asking to sleep on the floor on a blanket. We let him do that for more than a month and went ahead and took the front off of his crib to convert it to a toddler bed. He was sleeping really well in there, but recently has gone back to sleeping on the floor.

He loves to use the word, "nice" in many ways. If he steps outside and the winds blows his hair, it's nice. If he likes some food he eats, it's nice. If some food is hot and he blows on it to cool it down, then it's nice. If something hurts and then gets better, it's nice! :) Jumping and running are some of his favorite things to do these days.

We had a great time celebrating his birthday. The Sunday before his birthday we invited some friends from church come play at the Basehor City Park. We went with a barnyard theme. I had fun decorating with that theme and Aunt Shannon helped me with the cake and cupcakes. That evening we had a family BBQ at the park and he got to open his presents. On his actual birthday, we went to Portrait Innovations and had his 2 year pictures taken. Then we went to Deanna Rose Farmstead so he could play and see the animals. The weather was really nice. We ran a couple of other errands and had lunch at Fritz's. We'd been there one other time and he liked it, so we went again. He chose the turkey melt and fruit cup and kept asking for the train to come again. After that, we went home and made homemade ice cream and had dinner. We let him open his presents from us and play with them for a while before bed. We got him a train set, some clothes for the fall, a couple of books and a play mat. It was such a fun day!

Here are some pictures from the last month and from the parties :)

He needed all of his friends in his high chair with him.

He loves whipped cream! He likes to help me make it and then lick

the beaters, of course!

Mother's Day dinner at Yard House.

We went the Tuesday before Mother's Day because I wanted to sit on the patio and that was the only day that it wasn't supposed to rain. I had chicken nachos since it was also Cinco de Mayo.

Caden wanted to ride the escalator a couple times before we left. He rode one for the first time in the Atlanta airport and liked it

Mother's Day! We had brunch on Saturday with Mitch's mom and I went to Cheesecake Factory with my mom and sisters on Mother's Day for an early dinner. When I got home, Caden gave me a card that he'd written on and a gift card for the new Dominos they're putting in Basehor so I can have a couple nights off from cooking. Love that sweet boy that made me a mommy!