Declan Update- 2 Years!

You are 2 years old! I am terrible at keeping up with these posts for you because there are simply not enough hours in the day, but maybe I can do a better job this year. :)

 

You have learned and changed so much over the last year and it is absolutely incredible! You now weigh 35.6 pounds and are 37.5" tall. You are officially more than 3 feet tall! You now wear 3T clothes and size 6.5 in shoes. Speaking of shoes, you still really like them and always bring them to us to put on your feet when you decide it is time to go out. You love climbing anything and everything, running and you have begun squealing/screaming whenever you are excited. You hear the phrase “use your inside voice” a lot these days. J

 
Your vocabulary has grown so much since you first started talking and I am always impressed by how clearly you say things. You are able to ask for things, let us know your likes and dislikes (I should say clearly share your likes and dislikes since you have always given some nonverbal cues), and say simple phrases and 3-4 word sentences. You love telling people "bye bye" and have now begun saying "see ya later" to everyone when we leave daycare in the afternoon. You still yell for Wade and Fia constantly and make sure to say "hi" and "bye" to them each morning.

Favorite phrases: "Oh, no!" / "I did it!" / "I'll get it." / "Where's daddy?" / "Come here." / "Love you!"/ “See ya later!” / “Whew, that’s stinky!”

You love music more than ever and it makes me so happy to hear you sing songs like Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, The Itsy Bitsy Spider and your bedtime song (La La Loo from Lady and the Tramp) all the way through. You are already a much better singer than me! We have started to let you watch movies in the past few months, but you usually won’t sit through more than 15 minutes before you run off to play with something else. You love Cars and Frozen even though you only half pay attention to them. We normally stop movies once you start playing with something else, but you let us know right away that you really are watching if we try to do that with either or those movies. We love that you try to sing the songs from Frozen…it is so fun for me and daddy to sing along with you because you get so excited!

 

You are such a joy to be around and we are so blessed to have you in our lives. I cannot wait to see what the next year brings. :)