30 month stats

You’re 2 and a half years old today. That means that every second from here on out you’ll be closer to 3 years old than to 2. Wow!

 official 30 month pics. unfortunately half of them came out blurry, so i apologize for the sub-par quality. i am not a dslr master.

There’s no way words can even begin to describe all that you are and who you are becoming every day. Being home and watching you grow more than ever these past couple months has been simply amazing, and it is so fun to watch you turning into a real little person. Here is an attempt to encapsulate just a little of your essence:

• Full sentences forming
• Potty trained by 28 months (thank you!!)
• Almost 2″ taller than you were on your 2nd birthday
• Head and shoulders above the table tops now
• Reaching up to the counters and sink
• Eyes shining brightly
• Crooked little “oh well” face
• Mischievous grin
• Cheeeeese! as you set up your tripod and take actual pictures with your little orange camera
• 8, 9, 10 fast! as you race back and forth from the kitchen to living room
• Singing A, B, Cs
• The wheels on the bus
• Hiding under blankets in Daddy’s spot on the couch and bed
• Playing in your playhouse outside and in your kitchen inside
• Coloring
• Being outdoors
• Swings and slides at the park
• Helping Mama put the dishes away from the dishwasher
• Helping make ice with the ice cube trays
• Giving Baby Lana sweet little hugs and kisses on her head
• Pointing out all of Lana’s “leetle tiny” features and parts
• In your own words – “Don’t cry, Baby Lana, it’s ok. I’m your big sister. I’m right here.”
• Watching up on the changing dresser as I change Lana’s diapers
• Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby, & Dora still being your favorites
• “Hmm, nek on now?” a.k.a “Hmm, what’s on next?” when watching PBS shows (we know the whole morning lineup. a good thing or bad?)
• Knowing fully how to turn on and manipulate our iPhones and tablet computers (which completely blows my mind)
• “Hmm, do day?” a.k.a. “Hmm, what did we do today?” as we get ready for sleep
• Your cute little words that I sometimes wish would never change:
  • mee-mees = mittens
  • bapas = vitamins & diapers (those 2 sound extremely similar)
  • moke = smoke
  • no = snow (and no, obviously)
  • roo-roos, said while making a zipper motion on your shirt = cars (it’s your version of vroom-vroom)
  • roar = lion, tiger, bear… anything that roars
  • hop = frog & rabbit
  • neigh = horse
  • bas = sheep
  • pee-pees = piggies, a.k.a. pigtails
  • toi-toi = toilet
  • mee-meeze = excuse me (because you seriously fart like a man. thanks, daddy)
  • di-dos = dinosaurs
  • oppeepees = octopus
  • ameemees = ambulance
  • dupples = buckles
  • i’m sure there are more that need to be added here…
• Some words come out perfectly, which is always incredible
• Stickers
• Robot dance & your monster walk
• Toy Story, The Lorax, & Monsters, Inc.
• A day back in daycare here and there, so you can keep playing with your best mates Hemingway and Nathyn (a.k.a Hemmy and Nay-Nay)
• Doing your exercises
• Memory like a steel trap

I could probably go on for all eternity here, but it really is just astounding watching you, my first child, grow in such a profound way. You have transformed from a tiny, helpless, immobile newborn into a beautiful, (usually) polite, charismatic toddler going on full-blown kid running through this world.

You certainly have your days, as we all do, but you nearly constantly make us so utterly proud and thankful that you are our child. We’re all learning here as we go, but hopefully you’d say Daddy and I are doing a pretty good job, if you knew what any of this meant. We love you so very, very much, my sweet Della Jolee, and that is one thing that will never ever change.