Paisley is TWO-riffic

Our sweet 2 yr old

    Birth Stats                 24 Month Stats

                       6lbs. 5.9oz                 26lbs. 8oz (30% for weight)   

                           19 inches long           36 inches long (90% for height)

Less then a week from our return home from the hospital it was time to celebrate 2 years of life with our baby boy.  Last year we had a fairly big party but this year celebrating a week and 1 day after having a baby I decided to scale down on the festivities.  I don't think Paisley noticed.

He is really into trains and tractors right now so we went with a tractor theme.  We had both sets of grandparents, Scott's brother and sister-in-law and their 2 kids over for the party.  My sister was out of town so we had to celebrate with her prior to his birthday.

The cake (chocolate and delicious!)

We had talked up his party all week so the day of his birthday he knew everyone was coming over for his birthday celebration.  We had decorated the kitchen and living room the night before with John Deere balloons, blue streamers, and a "Happy Birthday" banner.  When he first saw the decor he said "oh Wow!" and immediately started playing with the balloons.  We started the day with a birthday breakfast of cherry turnovers, bacon and fruit.  We spent the morning doing whatever he wanted...playing with his toys, watching Thomas, sitting in his teepee and playing chase.

Birthday Lunch

He was still napping as his guests began showing up but we let him sleep until it was time to eat lunch (nobody wants a grouchy birthday boy).  He woke up very happy to see (almost) all his favorites in one place.  Even though burgers are his favorite food, he hardly ate a bite because he was so interested in watching what everyone else was doing.

Time to open gifts!

He enjoyed opening gifts and wanted to play with whatever he opened before opening his next gift.  By the time we got to the cake, he didn't eat a single bite because he wanted to play with his new toys (he did end up eating some cake the following day). It was a great party and Paisley continued to talk about it for weeks.

Playing with his train table

It's been a busy past 6 months for this boy as we have moved and welcomed his baby sister to the family.  Overall he has handled these adjustments pretty well.

He wakes in the morning around 6:30.  He is still in his crib so he will call for Mommy or Daddy to come get him.  He typically asks for a "huggy" (hug) and wants his "blankie" (blanket) to follow him out of his crib.  He instantly wants to eat and will usually get toast/bagel, yogurt, fruit and scrambled eggs.  He loves to have bites of whatever Scott and I are eating, especially if we are eating cereal.

He loves to play with his toys and often asks Scott and I to "pay" (play) with him.  For his birthday we got him a Thomas train table and he'll say "Table, Go?"  This is his way of asking someone to come play at his table with him.  He also got a TeePee for his birthday which he loves to show anyone that comes to our house.

He wants to go outside any chance he gets and if his dad is mowing or on the four wheeler, Paisley wants to be right there with them.  He asks for snacks throughout the day and typically gets raisins or goldfish crackers.  He also drinks like a camel.  He loves ice water and alternates between that and milk.  He gets juice maybe once a week.

He takes 1 nap a day and it usually happens around noon.  He'll want me to sing to him just for a bit, then he'll go lay in his crib.  He will sleep about 1 and a 1/2  to 2 hours.

He loves routines and his nighttime routine consists of brushing his teeth, giving daddy a kiss good night, taking a couple big drinks of water, getting rocked and sang to for about 5 minutes, saying his prayers and down he goes.  I pull his blanket around him and make sure his 2 stuffed monkeys are in bed with him.  He doesn't make a peep when I leave.  He will then sleep the entire night.

He LOVES his table

-He loves to have his stuffed animals "watch" him eat, take a bath, etc
-He has really gotten attached to his blanket, pillow, and stuffed monkey's.  It's pretty much a disaster if he realizes they are not near him throughout the day.  Luckily, he knows they don't leave the house with him unless he is spending the night at Nana's.
-He talks constantly and can and will say any word he hears.  He just recently started saying 2 or more words together.  Scott was getting a little nervous that he was only saying 1 word, but then suddenly he started using 2-3 words at a time.
-He uses the potty 90% of the time.  The other 10% I'm cleaning dirty diapers.  When he is in the bathroom he asks to have the fan on and door shut.  He likes his privacy
-He has started enjoying television.  His favorite shows are Noodle and Doodle, Thomas the Train, and The Chica Show.  I usually let him watch those 3 shows once a day.  They only last about 10 minutes (without commercials) so he is actively watching about 30 minutes of television a day
-He flirts with girls like no 2 year old boy should
-He just recently started voicing opinion about what he wants to wear, asking to wear bear (GAP) or pony (Polo) shirts
-He is polite and uses "please" and "thank you"
-He has an incredible memory and brings up things that happened weeks ago
-He will eat anything, but loves fruit, pizza and tacos.  He's not big on sweets (which makes me wonder where he came from)
-He recently learned that we all have names besides "mommy" "daddy" etc.  He thinks it's hilarious when he calls me "Kare-wa" or Scott "Fee-sha" (Fisher)
-Recently started saying "no" when I ask him to do something (this is promptly followed by a corrective behavior)
-He loves books and wants to be read to constantly.  He favors books about trucks and interactive books about matching and/or finding objects
-He finds his daddy most fun to play with but comes to me for hugs, kisses, snuggles, and lullabies
-He has a little lisp when he says "Yeth" (yes)
-He pronounces his name Pay-zee and his sisters name Li-Wa

Long and Lanky

Little guy surprises with how smart and sweet he can be.  He also has moments that leave me shaking my head and wondering if he has been possessed.  He has a time-out chair that he visits at least once a day for un-kind behavior or throwing a tantrum.  Sometimes I forget that he is only 2 and dealing with some fairly huge life adjustments as he screams blood curdling screams at me because I won't get in his teepee "now."  I'm learning to have more patience and enjoying my time watching my boy figure out his role as big brother.  He's a pretty two-riffice two year old and we love him so much!

His "I'm not listening face"

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