2 years old!

Happy birthday dear Owen!  We made it another year!  I must say that this is an alternately charming and frustrating age.  I think he's already been in the terrible twos for a while.  His favorite word is still "no", but he uses it emphatically and pretty frequently now, even in talking to himself.  But he's picking up words all the time by mimicking and gives the sweetest crinkly-face smiles (not shown below).

One of my favorites of his new words is "Key-Q" - thank you.  It is still surprising and heart-melting when he says it, and he always uses it appropriately!  This will probably be the last list of new words, since they are starting to accumulate too quickly to keep track:

• "apples"
• "bear"
• "Bo" - his pillow lovey
• "I get it"
• "down"
• "up"
• "Sata" - Santa
• "yes" - finally!
• "sheep"
• "soup"
• "wokit" - get up off the couch and walk with me
• "coat"
• "goves" - gloves
• "jacket"
• "crab"
• "anemenem" - anemone
• "bane" - plane
• "cab"
• "dut" - dirt
• "snow"
• "pay" - play
• "muk" - milk

This month he has been enamored by the Christmas lights he can see out the window and by lighting our Christmas tree every night.  No breakable ornaments were placed on the tree this year, and that's worked out pretty well.  I did leave some soft ornaments down at his level, and he likes to circle the tree and talk about them.


His attachment to Bo has really peaked, and they're never separated for long.  Here's our interpretation of a fireside chat with Owen and Bo.  (He was rocking by the fire, sucking his thumb, holding Bo.  Life is good!)

He has added energetic head nodding when we finally clue in to what he's asking for.  Usually, it's crackers or chips!  I think he'd live on those things and milk, if he could.


He reads to himself and actually gets some of the words right now.  He also likes to talk on the phone (at least for pretend calls)...

Lastly, unfortunately, we've had recent bouts with the croup and the stomach flu.  Both have seemed to affect his appetite, general mood, and food pickiness.  Hopefully these regressions are very temporary!


Pictures to come later from his party and stats from his check-up...