I can't believe Mills turned two years old today...time is flying by with this sweet little guy in our lives!
We started out by making some blueberry pancakes this morning...
This two-year-old boy was such a big helper! :)
Yum!
Unfortunately the birthday boy has a little ear infection, and after running a high fever last night, plus the cold weather, we decided to have a "stay in your pajamas" kind of birthday. :) So we just played inside all day long, Mills took a really long nap, and he enjoyed getting lots of phone calls from family and friends. By the time the evening rolled around he was very into having "Happy Birthday" sung to him...he wanted Nicholas and I to keep singing to him when he ate his birthday cupcake, haha!
My birthday boy on January 4th, 2010:
And January 4, 2011:
{last year we played at the children's museum and met sweet friends for lunch at rue de jean, complete with a cupcake, of course - we thought of you guys today, too!!!}
Even though we stayed inside today, we will make up for it in celebrating at Mills' party next Saturday! :)
I did, however, freeze a cupcake from our fave cupcake bakery for Mills to have today!
"I'm a pro this year, Mom!"
Then he asked me for a spoon. So proper, that boy! :)
{we were decked out in our Clemson orange for the Orange Bowl tonight...let's just not even go there}
Love my birthday boy!
Oooh, good thing this boy got his teeth brushed before bed!!! :)
Mills also enjoyed a special delivery from GaGa and BaBa - complete with all of his favorite fruit and a car! :)
...And Mills relaxed before bedtime by watching a little football with Mommy and Daddy on the couch.
So my sweet Millsy, what are you up to at TWO YEARS OLD?!?
-Well, considering I haven't done a big update since 18 months or so, A LOT has changed!!! Since about 20 months your vocabulary has taken off!!! You seriously talk all.the.time. We can carry on serious conversations now, you and I! {It helps that I know pretty much what you mean when you say things} You attempt to say just about everything now...some things are closer than others, but overall you're doing SO well! You love to say "Lul-loo" - love you, "Daddy see-see" - Daddy silly (insert any name here - anyone who is silly or does something funny...you even say it about yourself), you ask for any food or any toy that you want. You're still calling grapes "blueberries" (along with blueberries), but just about every other fruit you can name accurately. Of course you still speak your own little language sometimes and put your own versions of words into your speaking, but it's really cute that way. You can name Mommy, Daddy, "Baby Bubber," Harley, GaGa, BaBa, Pappy, Lulu, Jess, "Jeh-jers" (Jesser), Gray, Reese, KiKi (Kelley), "Aah-Aah" (Adam), "BeBe" (Betsy), "Toto" (Alto), "DeeDee" (Dylan), "Mah-mas" (Madison), "Char-chy" (Charlie), MaMa, "My-My" (Myra), and "Pay-Pay" (Peyton). And that's just the beginning...you can name PLENTY of other family members and friends, too - these are just some of the ones you say on a super regular basis.
-You call your paci, "papis," and still have it for nap time and bedtime, but you throw it back in the crib and say "weeee" every time you wake up. Still sleeping 12 hour nights...from about 8:45 to 9:30 at night to about 8:45 or 9:30 in the morning. You were going down for naps at 1:00, then 1:30, and for the past couple of months it's been 2:00, and you usually sleep 2-3 hours.
-Back to talking, you also put tons of phrases together on a regular basis. When we were at the beach for New Year's, you one time darted into a wave at the edge of the water and lost your balance (although it was 76 degrees, the water was still chilly so you weren't supposed to be swimming). You were swooped right up and changed into dry clothes, but the whole weekend - and since then - you've been reenacting it for everyone...you say "Mees fall hau-her" - "Mills fall water" and you act it out like you're about to fall...haha, it's too funny. You tell Harley to do things like "Harley, hush!" or "Sit, Harley, sit!" You really put tons of phrases together on a regular basis.
-Your manners!!! Holy moly, they're amazing! :) No, really. You say "Peas" all the time, and "Tonk ewe, Mommy" after just about everything I give you. You like to thank random people for random things, too - it's cute.
-You've started to really get the concept of "time out." You will sit there until I come and get you and you say, "Sawy, Mommy." Now that doesn't mean that you always take it in and actually don't do it again, but it's still early on... :) At the beach this past weekend you got in trouble for swatting at Gray when y'all were both trying to open the door at the same time, so you went to time out. Aunt Kelley didn't know you were in time out when she came in the door so she went over to you and said, "Come here, Mills!!" You said "No..." She asked you if you were in time out and you said, "Uh-huh..." She asked you why and you said, "Grayyyyyy!" Haha, and then you stayed until I came back to get you!
-You still love to be outside and LOVE your new swing set - you call it your "set" and ask to play out there all the time. You also love the golf cart, which you ask to ride on a lot, too. You always say, "Sout-side, Mommy???" You also love your "choo-choo" and "Tonnis" (Thomas) and "Jack." You love cars, trucks, tractors, planes, books, balls, play tools, and any toys that you can push/ride. You say "cars" at least 15 times a day.
-You like to watch The Wiggles and Thomas the Train. You also like to watch football and you yell, "Go...Go...GOOOOOOO!" You have a couple of Elmo videos that you like to watch on the computer, too, and you always ask for specific videos that you want to watch on my phone or on the computer. You love to watch videos of yourself on my phone and you can accurately scroll through the pictures and videos and select the ones you want to watch by yourself.
-You're a great eater and you like to sit in your "big boy seat," especially to eat yogurt, which you are really well at but sometimes like to be really messy towards the end with... You like about everything, "tot-togs" (hotdogs), "pop-pops" (poptarts), you still call a lot of things "cookies," and you love green beans, and every kind of fruit...you cry if we don't have blueberries, grapes, apples, or bananas in the house, ha! You like poppyseed chicken a lot, too, as well as pizza, salsa & chips, spinach dip (or any kind of dip, for that matter), waffles, broccoli, cheese, bread, strawberries (did I mention FRUIT???), and spaghetti. You basically will eat whatever we're eating, too. You're pretty easy to please and will try about anything (most of the time). You like milk, juice (1/2 juice, 1/2 water, of course), and water - you drink a lot during the day.
-You're wearing mainly 24 month clothes, but can wear some 18 month and some 2T - it just depends. Wearing anywhere from a size 6 to size 7 shoe. You love your Ugg boots and your favorite wardrobe around the house is a hat, shirt, diaper, and boots. You actually like putting on a "jaj-et" (jacket) and hat to go outside...probably because it means you just get to go outside! :)
-We may be a tad bit partial...but we think you're really smart. :) You seriously pick up on ideas and thoughts and processes soooo quickly. You like to figure out how things work and you're really good at it. I can tell you something randomly one time and you'll repeat it back to me at a later time, but when it makes perfect sense in that situation.
-You like to include everyone, so if you're giving out high-fives you'll go around to everyone at a party...tell everyone "bye-bye," everyone "night-night," and you always say "hi," "hey," or "hello" to people...even random people...and you'll keep saying it until they respond to you.
Tonight, on our way up to bed, you said "Night-night, Harley. Night-night, choo-choo. Night-night, cupcake. Night-night "happy Mees" (that means Happy Birthday Mills)."" You were telling your birthday goodnight...so cute.
Seriously, you're the sweetest, most precious thing in the whole wide world. Our whole day revolves around you and we can't imagine it any other way. You are such a priceless gift and we thank God for you every single day - multiple times! :) These two years have been the most wonderful two years - ever! We love you SO stinkin' much..."dis much...and to da moon!" (as you would say!)
Mommy and Daddy
