Grayson is 2 1/2 years old!
Things he loves...
Trucks, cars (loves his car race track), jumping, making Liam laugh, playing balls with Daddy, loves Daddy's car (he says, "It goes FAST!"), reading books (he loves to read the books to us and rarely lets us read to him), favorite and blanket are his security blankets (lovies) that make everything better, he loves music (favorite songs: Dessert, El Taxi, Big Yellow Taxi, Einstein on the Beach, Friend of the Devil and Stressed Out), loves dancing to music, flirting with girls, gymnastics (he goes to IK Gymnastics every Sunday), helping us cook (loves making chocolate chip pancakes)
New Things...
Greeting Daddy and Mommy ~
He runs up to Daddy and Mommy when we come home from work and yells in a really excited voice, Daddy! or Mommy! and gives us a big hug.
Gave up his bottle ~
When we went to his 2 1/2 year doctor visit the doctor told him he has to give up his bottle because he is a big boy. She also told him its not good for his teeth. This is exactly what we needed in order to give up the bottle. At first he would ask for his bottle several times a day and when we reminded him the doctor said no and he's a big boy he would say, "I'm sad." It broke my heart, but I knew it was the best thing for him. He started drinking more orange juice to replace the milk, but refuses milk in a cup. I can't figure that out, but hopefully that will change. It's been very hard for Grayson (and us), but actually easier than I thought it would be.
Blackflips ~
Daddy and Grayson do crazy flips backwards and forwards and scare mommy. Instead of saying back flip, Daddy, he will say "black flip, Daddy."
Slow Ocean ~
Grayson loves doing "slow ocean" (slow motion). They take videos in slow motion and sometimes Grayson will walk in slow motion and tell Daddy he's doing "slow ocean"
One more time ~
When I tell him it's the last time he always says, "One more time!" A while back he would say one more time when he wanted one more cupcake (he quickly learned the difference)
Our little negotiator ~
When I tell him we can read two more books or sing two more songs he always says 4 more. He is always negotiating with us.
New things we are not a fan of...
Screaming ~
When he gets frustrated he will sometimes scream and it drives us crazy. Hopefully this new thing will quickly go away.
Hitting ~
I'm not sure where he learned this, but he has started hitting. It's actually funny how he does this because he will lightly tap our arm and tell us he is hitting us. He then quickly grabs his blanket or favorite and puts them on the place where he hit us and rubs it. This is another new thing that I hope will go away quickly.
Things he does not like...
Getting dressed ~
He fights us on getting dressed most of the time. He would rather wear pajamas all the time.
Going to bed ~
He is the king of stalling and never wants to go to sleep. When we tell him one more book or song he always says 4 more.
Green light on the baby monitor camera ~
He does not like the green button that shows when the camera is on and makes us turn the camera off (Marta put a Star Wars bandaid on top of it and this worked for a while, but recently he could see the green light through the bandaid and made me turn it off. He says it's scary.
2 1/2 Year Doctor Checkup...
His appointment went really well. He weighed 30 pounds (50th percentile), was 36.25 inches (50th percentile), had a head circumference of 20 inches (95-98th percentile) and his BMI was 16 (50th percentile). He only had to get one shot, the flu shot and did great. The doctor told him he had to give up his bottle, which was the best thing that could have happened.
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