Grayson is TWO

I usually combine milestones posts, but for two years old I felt I should do an individual post for both.  I'll start with Grayson since he is technically my first born.  Hallie you were close behind, but brother is a little bit older, even if only 3 minutes.

Height
Weight; 30 pounds

Likes: Big Daddy is his best friend, but he loves all of his grandparents very much!  Going for walks, playing at the park and exploring outside. He's into Mickey Mouse, Lion Guard, being tickled, wrestling, cuddling, playing chase and destroying Hallie's carefully placed toys causing her to have full blown meltdowns.  G loves to play with friends, especially the older kids.  He is thrilled to play with Roman, Hayden and Dakota.

Dislikes: Having his hair washed, getting food on his hands or body, slices of cheese (will accept melted cheese), and he is not a fan of Big Daddy giving anyone else his attention.

Favorite foods: Hands down fruit!  He also enjoys most all vegetables, oatmeal, pancakes, milk and graham crackers.  He gets cookies at his grandparents house, but not often from Mom or Dad.  He loves to eat cereal out of a bowl like a big boy and of course, downs the milk to finish it off.  He has gotten really good at using utensils and does well outside of the highchair when we are not home.

Favorite toys: Animal figures, Mickey Mouse figures, outdoor playhouse, butterfly net and Peppa Pig playhouse.

Favorites books: The Little Mouse and the Big Hungry Bear and Mickey Mouse pop up books.  He loves any books with farm animals.

Funny things he says: See you later alligator, is one of my favorite phrases he has started to use after Grammy said it to him a few weeks back. Even when we realize he is listening; he usually is.  He repeats everything we say when we say it or waits to fire something off out of the blue.  While he was eating chips and queso for the first time, watching the cheese drip off the chip, he tilted his head to the side and said very inquisitively, 'what the hell??'  The funniest part, was the context in which he used the statement.  He had never seen cheese drip off a chip.  Aaron and I were shocked and did our best to hide our laughter.  For the record, I fully blame Aaron for that one!  Moments like these reminds us that these precious little people are soaking up every word we say, how we speak to others and how we treat others.

What he's up to: G counts to 10, knows most of the alphabet, a few colors and most of shapes.  He is joyful, silly, funny and loving.  He enjoys story time, coloring and emptying boxes of toys out for me to pick up.  He is starting to run, dance and climb (I has to watch this one closely).  He sings, "LA LA LA" as well as most of the ABC song.  This is absolutely adorable.  I always try to get catch him singing on video, but he's hip to my game by now.  He has recently started giving lots of kisses and saying "I lub you".  As you can imagine, this melts my heart.  He harasses the dogs and his sister, but is also very loving towards them.  My mom likes to say he is ALL BOY.  He loves to play at the church daycare, but cries when we drop him off.  He is very social, but slow to warm up, especially with men.  G is no stranger to time out, but overall listens well and knows when Dad and Mom mean business.  His big blue and eyes and porcelain skin makes all the ladies swoon, especially his mommy.

Grayson James, you bring so much love and light to our world.  Happy SECOND Birthday baby boy!