Oliver Frank at 2 years

2 year olds are truly some of the best people! They're opinionated, energetic, cuddly, and FUN. Oh, and they're often loud and sometimes disobedient. There's that :) 

•  You’ve grown up soooo much the last few months! You’re chubby face isn’t *quite* as chubby and your leg rolls that I love love love to squish aren’t as squishable anymore.

{18 months}

• You have so many teeth, but no 2 year molars yet. Fingers crossed, they arrive before your new sibling does in January 😉 

• Food is your love language! “Nack, nack, nack” is something I hear 27 times per day and you really CAN put the food away. Based on what you eat now, I can only imagine how much you’ll eat 10 years from now! Raisins, cheese sticks, fruit, broccoli, green beans and chicken are some of your favorites. “Bite, bite, bite” is what you say to anyone with food…because *everyone* should share their food with you!
• You love books--all books! Some of your current favorites are the little blue truck books, books with cars and tractors, animal books and elmo books (of course!)
•  Oliver Frank, there’s no shortage of words from you! You mimic a good many things we say (and sometimes, it’s funny what you repeat!). Speaking of words, you’re SO LOUD. You call your sister “Mae mae” and I melt just a little bit every single time I hear it! 
• You're my child with seasonal allergies, but that doesn't stop us from getting outside! We couldn't keep you inside even if we wanted to! 

If the garage door is opened, you'll find Oliver right here 

• You wore the same shirt to pumpkin festival that you wore last year—an adorable, brown, 12 month shirt with a tractor on it. There are perks to having runt-children and being able to wear clothes for more than a few months is definitely one of them!

• Sweet Boy, you’re our entertainer! You manage to make people laugh wherever we go and will often jump, laugh or say “hi guys” to get people’s attention. 

At the fair...July 2018 {scowling at Uncle Jeremy}

• You are determined to “fix” things around the house, using various tools and other objects. You recently removed one of the register covers (using your screwdriver), then proceeded to raise it over your head and beat on the window. I quickly put a stop to that, so you immediately flipped over your dump truck and proceeded to beat on the tire. Daddy is VERY hopeful that your Mr. Fix It little self will be put to good use someday! :) 

• You’re sleeping in a crib and we plan to keep it that way for as long as possible! You’re very attached to sleeping with a thin blanket. You snuggle into your bed, cover you up and you say "night night". I'm just hear to say that it sounds a little cuter every single night! 

• You’re a reckless little climber and don’t possess a healthy dose of fear! I'm thrilled (and a little surprised) that we made it to your 2nd birthday without stitches or any knocked-out teeth. 

• A couple of weeks before your 2nd birthday, you came down with pneumonia AND your 1st ear infection (a double ear infection, at that). Thankfully, you recovered quickly--amazing what steroids, an antibiotic and around-the-clock neb treatments can do! 
• For your birthday, you got a basketball hoop and it has been quite the hit. I don’t want to forget how you say “almost” every time you miss a basket or how you hold your arms straight up in the air when you make a basket (and say “basket” in your little voice). 

•  You’re definitely in denial in regard to your coming sibling. When we say “Where’s the baby?” You point to yourself and say “me baby”. You don’t like it when the baby moves when you’re sitting on my lap and will point at my belly and say “nooooo”. 

• At 2 years old, you’re wearing 12 month, 12-18 month and 18 month clothes, as well as size 5 & 6 shoes. You tip the scales at 22 pounds and 3 ounces and 31.75 inches tall, both 3^rd percentile. 

Love always, 

 Mama