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Friday, February 3, 2012

Our 2 1/2 Year Old!



Ayden just turned 2 1/2 last week.  Wow, these months and years are flying by!  I had a friend from church with high school and college aged kids tell me "days are long but years are short".  I am beginning to understand what she means!!  Ayden is such a fun and active little two year old!  He still loves sports!  Right now he loves to wrestle and still play football.  His favorite wrestling buddy is Jacoby!  It is good because they wear each other out!  He likes to play basketball, volleyball and soccer at times too.

Ayden is such a little charmer!  He always knows what to say at just the right moment weather it is "I love you Mommy" or "Mommy you a pretty girl!" or "No, Daddy lets watch hawkeyes"...he knows how to get his parents wrapped around his little finger.  :)

Lately he has been treading the line of what is ok and what is not.  Wow, he has been pushing this a lot lately.  He usually goes through a few days of pushing then he is back to his good natured, obedient self but this stretch feels like it is taking a long time!  Some of the things he tries to get away with are climbing in the back of the van while I am buckling Ahnie in her seat,  sneaking food out of the pantry when it is not time to eat,  climbing on toys and our coffee table and running away when it is time to get ready to leave the house (I can't wait for days that we don't need hats and coats).

Ayden is a good eater and can use a big boy cup and all of his silver ware.  He loves cereal or pancakes for breakfast.  He like to eat Mac and Cheese, Quesadillas, and Hot Dogs for lunch and for dinner he loves Spaghetti, Chicken Noodle Soup or Pork Chops.  He will eat veggis if I give them to him and he loves all fruit!!!  He loves to help me bake and make baby food for Ahnie.

We spend most of our days playing sports or having dance parties.  He loves his songs from Big House and a few rap songs from the radio.  His current favorites are "Put a Smile On", "Like a Lion", "Pretty Girls", and "Moves Like Jegger".  He can be caught playing an air guitar and jumping on the couch or floor quite often during the day!!!

Ayden loves to talk and has plenty to say!!!  He has an amazing memory and tells us things that he remembers doing from this summer or even before!  He is starting to pretend or make up stories and they are pretty funny!  He likes to tell me what he is going to do when he is in Junior High and High School.  He can sing his ABC's and can count to 10.  He is still working on his colors.  Green is his favorite and calls it the packer color.

Ayden has been working on potty training for a month now.  He does pretty good with getting his pee in the potty only an accident here and there but we are getting much better at poopy in the potty.  We are still having accidents but there are more days with out now!  It is amazing what this little boy will do if a sticker is involved :)  That has helped with our crazy mornings since he is at a different place each day.



Ayden you are such a blessing to our family!  You can always make us laugh no matter if we are playing or you are in a time out!  You are a sweet, gentle, active, caring, loving, silly little boy!  
We love you soooo much!!!!











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