"Sometimes - on the way to a dream - you get lost - and find a better one": July 2009

2 year old UPDATE

So we took Michael for his 2 year checkup and he was 31 pounds and 35 inches tall.......he was in the 70% for both. He got a shot BOOOOOOOOOO :{ but on a funnier note.............this is what the peds told us:

"Michael has his permission to take this year off from learning anything new EXCEPT potty training" Why you ask well the majority of what Michael does is at a 3 year old level....such as:

-- Knows and recognizes all of the letters whether they are in order or not. And can tell you a word that starts with at least 15 of the letters.
--Knows and recognizes all numbers up till 20 and can count backwards from 15 on down
--Knows all colors even random ones like purple and pink (not just primary ones)
--Knows all shapes (including stars and octagons)
--Can ride a tricycle by using the pedals
--Can hop on one foot (this he has been doing for what feels like forever) but apparently is a difficult task.

I could not even tell how many words are in his vocabulary there are to many to count now!!

The most impressive thing that we think he does is while you are driving in the car he sees a red light and tells you to stop and as soon as it is green he tells you to go and at yellow he says...slow down!!! He says the numbers off of the speed limit signs and knows that when he hears the directional that we are turning!!!! TALK ABOUT A BACK SEAT DRIVER!!!!!!!

As for potty training...........well he has successfully trained all of his stuffed animals because when I ask him if he has to go potty he tells me that one of his stuffed animals does and puts them on the potty and picks them up and CHEERS for them and tells them that they did a "great job"!!! So obviously we have a lot of work in this area!!! ahahahaha

Well just a little update on our baby boy who is believe it or not 2 already we could not be any more proud of him. He is a joy to be with and in the morning when you open up his door he says "good morning mommy" and has a huge smile on his face. How could you have a bad day after that.

Me and My new Pool....

The weather has not been very nice this summer :{ we have had a lot of rain and for a little guy who would live outside if you let him .....well lets just say it has not been an enjoyable summer....EXCEPT Michael's cool new pool that he finally got to use!!!

He was sooo excited that he did not even take the time to put his bathing suit on....in clothes and all!!!!

Of course that first time he went for was the slide!!!!!

UMMMM mom were does this go???????

Finally after all of his toys were safely in the pool he was ready to swim....

Watch out below!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now this way was much more fun...............so now he only goes down on his belly and YES he goes totally under the water!!!!

He spent hours going up and down the slide and in and out of the pool!!!! He had so much fun!

Finally believe it or not .....................he rested!!!

We are so hoping that the rest of the summer brings sun and warm days so that we can enjoy our new pool!

A few pictures of me and my new friends from Sesame Street!!!

So Mommy and Daddy woke me up a couple of days before my birthday and told me we were going to a very special BIRTHDAY surprise vacation..................I was pretty excited but I never imagined how much FUN we would have.....and I got to sleep in a hotel for the very first time!!!! That was cool enough wait to you see who I spent my birthday week with...........