So work has really been cramping my blogging lately, but I have not completely given up. But I am acknowledging the fact that my
The Nugget turned two earlier this month!! It has been a wild and fun two years and we have loved every minute of watching this wild, hilarious and sweet little guy grow up before our eyes. Here's the 411 on the birthday boy:
2 year stats:
-Height= 36 inches (80th percentile)
-Weight= 26 pounds (25th percentile)
-Head circumference= 50 something centimeters (92nd percentile)
So he's basically been pretty consistent with the tall, skinny, large dome situation. The doctor was very impressed with his vocabulary. They want a 2-year old to know at least 20 words, well this guy was talking about transit buses for goodness sake. I think it is safe to say we are well past the 20 word mark. 20 words is for rookies, the Nugget is a pro.
Likes:
- Games on the iPad (specifically Shape Puzzles with Nana, Doc McStuffins, and Thomas)
- Little Einsteins and Doc McStuffins shows (don't dare dream of a dinner watching the news (regular or E!)- the tv has been spoken for by a 26 pounder
- Applesauce (or any squeezie thing)- if we would let him, he would live entirely off of those Gerber Graduate things
- Quesadillas. When in doubt on a meal (or if you are out of applesauce)- a cheese quesadilla is the way to go. He has never turned one down- and often requests them for dinner. Which is cute in itself to hear him pronounce quesadilla.
- Being outside- especially while riding bikes. We heard a cute story from school last week: while cruising for chicks on the playground during recess, Christopher zoomed up to his teacher (who was sitting on the ground) rubbed her back and smiled, then zoomed right off. Even while riding along looking cool, he still needed to make sure his teacher was happy!
- Animals- real, stuffed, or plastic. Christopher knows animal names that I didn't even know existed. And he knows the sounds for all of them. Do you know what a Penguin says? Christopher does! Waddle waddle waddle burrrrrrrrr.
- Going to bed. He is king of the stall! The words "bedtime" are usually followed by any of the following stall tactics:
- play trains?
- more books?
- watch a movie?
- kisses for mommy?
- Getting dressed. Many a morning, Christopher will fight getting dressed. He prefers to be a naked baby and "stay home with mommy/daddy".
- Keith. Poor poor Keith. Keith was a classmate of Christopher's (who has luckily since been expelled- for realz). Keith looked like Ray Lewis and ate steak for breakfast (true story). Keith was a not-so-gentle giant. Everyday Christopher would come home telling us about what Keith did that day (Keith pull jacket, Keith pushed Addy, Keith went to cool down in the office). I tried to explain to the little Nugget that he was fighting out of his weight class, but it did not sink in. Luckily Keith left before Christopher ended up stuffed in a locker with a "snitches get stitches" note on him.
- Enchiladas. I have tried and tried and tried, but that boy will not eat one of our favorite dinners. So instead he gets...you guessed it-a quesadilla.
