2.5

Dear Liam Davy,

You are two and a half years old, today! You are such a blessing to your mommy and daddy and we are so proud of our big boy!


You weigh 38 pounds and are 38 inches tall! You are so big that you are often mistaken for a three, or four, year old. You wear size 3T in clothes, a toddler 7 shoe, and a size 5 diaper.


You are still a great sleeper, even in your big twin-sized bed! Bedtime is 7pm and you usually sleep until 7am. Naps are touch and go these days, if you take one it's 2-3 hours. If you don't, you still play in your room for an hour or so.


Your eating habits are not as glorious as they once were, which we expected. You still eat a lot, but do not enjoy trying new foods. I think you have some issues with textures, you don't like to eat mushy things. The only meat you will eat is chick-fil-A nuggets, you eat a lot of beans and dairy for protein! Foods you love: yogurt, any fruit, milk, chips, kashi cereal bars, rice chex.


Liam, you are such a silly little lad! You love to play with random objects, recent examples: silicone potholders, jar of nutella, bags of Starbucks coffee, a hallmark Christmas tree ornament of a house, and tums containers. You definitely keep us laughing.


You are also very, very, very strong willed. We had a hunch that our offspring would be stubborn. Man oh man, once you make up your mind to do something it's all you think, or talk about. Most often, it's your desire to go outside. You will put your shoes on and let yourself out the door faster than we can tell you no most days. I've been slowly reading through "the strong willed child" in hopes of gleaning some tips in parenting you. So far you do not respond to stern talks, spankings, or bribes. Thankfully, you will usually calm down if put in time out.


You've been a big brother for four months now, and we are pretty sure you like it quite a bit! You love to laugh at "bebe jooooode," and pet his head. You also bring him toys to play with and like to lay on the floor with him. I pray that you always love him and that you two grow up to be best buddies.


Reading is your favorite thing to do which makes your nerdy parents so very happy! Your favorites right now are "The Little Blue Truck," which you know every word to, and "Walter the Baker." Your second favorite thing to do is play outside. You run around like a mad man! You know and recognize your numbers 1-10, hexagons are your favorite shape, and you love to make all the barnyard animal sounds!


Buddy, your joy is contagious and your daddy and I love to be on the receiving end of your smiles, hugs, kisses and declarations of "lobe."

Love you forever, and ever,
Mommy

And just to make me weep... Liam at one month