Happy Birthday...

Happy Birthday, Grandma C!

We hope you have a wonderful birthday!

Love,
~Alexander

Photo Recap...

Photo Recap (Monday, February 16th - Sunday, February 22nd, 2009)

Photo Recap...

Photo Recap (Monday, February 16th - Sunday, February 22nd, 2009)

I am LOVING this outfit as I am a huge fan of adidas and the fact that my son can rock a pair of superstars is FANTASTIC!

Weekly Glance...

Weekly Glance (Monday, February 16th - Sunday, February 22nd, 2009)

• Has been in a very early waking pattern for the past 2 weeks...he wakes up at 5am if not before (hopefully this doesn't carry on too long)
• Had a good week at school
• Is now very excited to see Miss Sarah & Miss Debbie during drop off and he runs into see them - calls Sarah (rarah) and Debbie (dabee)
• Words this week: dirty, girls, dabee, Elmosh (means multiple elmos), Rarah (Miss Sarah), Dabee (Miss Debbie), Nose, please (only a few times), ocoli (for Broccoli), dudu (is vaccum), coat, hat (means either hat or Sir Topham Hat from Thomas the train), choo (pretend sneeze)
• Ate broccoli for dinner, after requesting it
• Attempted to use the potty for the first time
• Mommy & Alexander went to Target for our weekly stop and Alexander ate 2 hot dogs
• New food item of the week: pickles (can't get enough of them)
• Loves vacuuming with Daddy and requests the vacuum daily
• Grandma & Grandpa stopped over for a quick visit on Saturday
• Played bubbles with Grandma & Grandpa and loved popping them with his nose or stomping them with his foot
• Went to Grammie & Grampie's for a sleep-over
• Helped decorate for Mommy's birthday
• Calls Grammie 'mimi' and Alyson 'ahdee' which we're assuming is for auntie

Weekend Getaway...

Saturday night, Alexander stayed over Grammie & Grampie's house while Mommy & Daddy went out for Mommy's birthday. Besides waking up at 4:30am, he had a great time. He did some finger painting, chasing folks around the house, checking out the birds, took lots of baths, used bath paint, & checking out some Elmo videos with Grampie.

Some photos of the sleep-over:

Tubby Time

Nutty Professor (don't worry, these are not prescription glasses, but doesn't he look so cute!)Helped Decorate

23 Months...

23 Months

New Words/Phrases:
-Elmosh (means multiple elmos), Rarah (Miss Sarah), Dabee (Miss Debbie), Nose, dirty, girls, please (only a few times), ocoli (for Broccoli), dudu (is vaccum), coat, hat (means either hat or Sir Topham Hat from Thomas the train), choo (pretend sneeze)

Developmental:
-Lower left molar broke through: total 9 teeth, improving wonderfully with going up & down with stairs, had one attempt of trying to go potty but not successfully

Loves:
-Anything to do with Elmo
-Reading Books (Dr. Suess, Elmo & Thomas the Train books are the favorite)
-Playing with flash cards
-Trucks
-Loves singing (itsy bitsy spider, wheels on the bus, ABCs)
-Coloring
-Vaccum & Cleaning (wiping the floor, sweeping)
-Circle time at school (reading & singing)

Vocab:
dada, mama, Ahh Daa (is his word for Please), up, apple, turtle, JoJo (His teacher's name is MaryJo), Aiden (aah-den), Hi, Moo, Quack Quack, woof woof, Yah, Bye, All, done, All gone, baaaa (sheep noise), No, uhoh, baabaa, 'ruck (I think this is truck), Hat, Hot, hot dog, elbow, cup, ball, baby, pat, home, apron, tractor, knock, heart, oval, book, mine, go, papa (this is Grandpa), moon, Oh dear, Oh Boy, Come On, Night Night, Mickey, Work, Buddy, Debbie, Boo, Psst, Bus, Toor, Ouch/Grouch, Nanas, Noodle, Minnie, Poof, Milk, Ernie, Bert, Bed, Giraffe, Burp, Michael, Cook, Egg, Money, Bob, Toot, Boat, Boom, Go Now

Animal Noises:
-He knows what sounds the lion, cow, sheep, dog, duck, monkey, frog, elephant, rabbit & cat make

Sleeping (hasn't changed):
-Wakes up around 5:30-6am every day, even on weekends however he's been on a very early kick of waking a little before 5am - every day!
-Takes one nap in the afternoon, usually 2 hrs
-Asleep by 7:30pm each night (on average)

Clothes:
-18 Months are starting to get to be a bit too small depending on the clothes but it depends because some are too small where others are okay
-24 Months/2T for shirts, sweaters, PJs although still a bit big it's an easier fit
-Shoes: Size 5 (I'm waiting for the day where these no longer fit)
-Diapers: Pampers Size 4 Cruisers

Feeding:
-Loves pancakes/waffles, eggs, muffins, mini rice cakes, teddy grahams, apples (but doesn't always finish them but wants them), cheerios, goldfish, raw carrots, PB & J, hot dogs, Mac & Cheese, grilled cheese, chicken nuggets, pizza
-Newest item: loves pickles
-Loves fruit: bananas, apples, clementines, strawberries
-Doesn't always eat well but certainly lets you know when he's hungry
-Really enjoys broccoli & green beans

Mommy's Birthday...

On Saturday, it was Mommy's birthday! Mommy & Daddy had plans to go away for the night while Grammie & Grampie babysits.

The clan before Mommy & Daddy headed out...

Mommy's birthday celebration...
Mommy at the restaurant:

A Night of Firsts...

Friday night, we had an interesting evening of firsts. Dan was getting dinner ready and asked him if he wanted to have nuggets. Rather than getting out the nuggets, Alexander pointed to the bag broccoli and got very excited about broccoli.

So Dan made him broccoli. And Alexander was quite excited.

Alexander ate the entire plate of broccoli that Dan made for him and then ate the entire second plate. He also was so excited as he kept saying "okoli". Not bad about having vegetables for dinner, and he rounded out his meal with a banana.

Then after dinner, we were getting ready for bed and he was adamant that he have a tubby. What can I say, he likes to be clean! While we were getting ready for tubby, he kept sayin pee and pointing to his diaper and the toilet. We asked him if he wanted to go on the potty and he said yes.

So we put him on the potty and both held him there and he seemed okay to be there but definitely held onto both Mommy & Daddy firmly. After a few minutes and no action, we asked if he had to go potty and he said no. So he wanted to get down off the potty. As we finished getting the tubby ready, Alexander decided to go potty on the floor! Oh well.

But at least he got the concept of needing to go potty and where you go...now we work on timing. However, I am not going to push the potty issue until he really is 100% ready. It was a bit exciting...

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