Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Van Is 2

Do you remember when he was this round ball of chub?

Now he's this handsome little boy

It's just crazy how fast time goes when you have kids. He's not a baby anymore, and that makes me sad. I do love his age right now, but I also want my cute little rolly polly baby back. He's such a fun kid. He makes me laugh all the time. He is learning so much, and understands more and more everyday. He's not speaking in sentences yet, but everyday he puts new word combinations together.


Some things that he knows: Alphabet, numbers 1-10, Just about all body parts (including pee pee and bum), Most colors (just today he learned brown and gray), lots of animals and their sounds (he doesn't like doing them much anymore though), and the basic shapes.



I took him to the doctor on his birthday, and she was really impressed with him. She told me he knows more than her three year old. What's funny is I don't really work much with him on this stuff. I'm not one of those parents that are overly concerned with how much he knows. He mostly just picks it up on his own from his toys or T.V. I'm also not one of those parents that brags about their kids constantly, even though I seem to be one right now. I'm just proud of him.

Two year stats: Weight 29lbs - 60%
Height 36in - 95%
Head 19.5" - 90%

We didn't really do anything for his birthday. I just made some cupcakes and a cake for him. He hasn't had one bite of either. He's not really a junk food kid. He sure likes fruits and vegetables though. We did go out to eat with my Mom and A.T. the day before for his birthday. My Mom got him a tricycle, and a toy for the fridge that spells three letter words. My sister also came over on his birthday, and got him a couple of cute things. Here's the few pictures we got of him.



I know you're all wondering, where I get my mad cake decorating skills from. My answer to that is, it just comes natural to me. It can't really be taught. ;) It was actually pretty crappy overall. I didn't really care though. It was my first attempt at creativity.















He got the hang of opening gifts really quick.




I like this one. He looked back at me, and gasped then said "truck!".









4 comments:

Mindy said...

I know you don't brag much, but he's definitely brag worthy! :) I love that little guy.

Mindy said...

By the way, you've got some mad cake making skills there. :)

Brenda said...

Looks like he had a good birthday. Time sure has flown by.

Nicole & Ammon said...

Happy Birthday to Van! I think you did an awesome job with the cake and cupcakes! He is very handsome!