EJ - 2 Years

Age: 
TWO YEARS OLD! (As of October 18th.)

Stats:
25.1 lbs (30th percentile) and 32.5 inches long (4th percentile). EJ is still a bit of a shorty, but from now on he'll only be measured on the normal growth chart. No more adjusted ages!

Wears:
EJ is small, so he still wears some 18 month clothes, and also wears 24 month and some 2T. He wears size 6 shoes and size 4 diapers. He wears lots of rompers and onesies around the house because he likes taking his clothes and diaper off. So far he hasn't figured out how to get out of one piece outfits!

Says:
New words every day! EJ has over 100 words now and repeats new ones all the time. He's just starting to string two and very occasionally three words together. He says lots of things that we can't understand, but it's clear that he knows exactly what he's talking about!

Sleeps:
Still a great sleeper! Pete puts EJ to bed around 9, and EJ has recently started putting himself to sleep. He started to shift around and have trouble getting comfortable in Pete's lap when Pete rocked or bounced him to sleep, so now our big boy goes into his crib awake after a few books. EJ turns on his crib aquarium, rolls over, and goes to sleep. He wakes up around 7:30 most days, sometimes a bit later. EJ goes down for his nap between 11 and 12 depending on if we go to Stroller Strides that day, and sleeps for 2-3 hours (usually closer to 2).

Eats:
EJ has recently become obsessed with Honey Nut Cheerios in a bowl with milk. He asks for it multiple times a day! The other day he asked for Cheerios, so I poured some on his high chair tray. He said, "MOMMY! Milk! Bowl! Spoon!" He doesn't mess around when it comes to his "cheewios and mek."
He also loves Nutrigrain Bars, oatmeal, dried mango, avocado, grapes, smoothies, pesto, and cheese. He will usually eat rice or quinoa lately. We make lots of grilled cheese sandwiches with broccoli or spinach and macaroni and cheese with broccoli or peas. He loves waffles! Sunday mornings we always make waffles, and EJ gets very excited about waffle Sundays now! He loves feeding himself and dipping his food in things. He had a recent meal that consisted almost exclusively of barbecue sauce sucked off a roasted carrot.

Loves:
His new bike! He got a Strider bike from Grandma Karen and Grandpa Terry for his birthday, and he's obsessed. He rides it multiple times every day. I guess it's a good thing we don't have much furniture in our living room!
He still LOVES baking and always wants to be a part of anything going on in the kitchen. EJ always makes sure Aaron has his own spatula if Aaron is with us when we bake.
He loves coloring and stickers, playing dress up, dancing, playing outside, climbing, and jumping.
He's super active and loves, loves, loves going to the park. He just recently started swinging on the big boy swings.
Shrieking! The phase that never ends.
Drinking from regular cups
Playing with water
Old school Donald Duck and Chip and Dale cartoons. He loves them! I used to love them, too, so it's fun to watch them with him.
Banging on our laptops
Pushing buttons
Bounce Houses
Reading books. He's up to 778 in the library's 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program!

Dislikes:
Being told no!
Coming in from outside. Leaving the park.
Waiting
Daddy leaving for work :(

Plays:
Bike
Blocks and things he can stack
Puzzles
Books
Dress up clothes. Capes and hats are his favorites, and he also loves his bumblebee wings.
He pretends to make food and feed it to us.

EJ & Aaron
EJ loves Aaron! He has some trouble sharing sometimes, but he's getting better. He likes to feed Aaron and bring him toys and blankets. He babbles to Aaron, and I so wish we knew what he was telling him! If I lay Aaron on a blanket or play mat on the floor, EJ always runs over and lays down next to him. EJ gives Aaron kisses every night before bed, and has started saying "Sorry, Aaron" when he is too rough.