2.5

E turned 2.5 on Sunday.  I know that it's not necessarily a milestone, but he has had such a huge growth spurt of speech that I just have to blog about it.

Each day he surprises us with what he can say and sometimes we wonder if he has even heard us say these words before!

Some of my favorites include:
- Mamma milk NOW!
- Bess you, baby (when G sneezes)
- Tank you, Mama.
- Ok, Mama or Ok, Daddy
- Wood-wode (railroad...he likes to sing "I've Been Working on the Railroad")
- Tee-bee now! (T.V. now)
- Gayson (just started saying his name in the past few days)
- Hot dog (just about anything is a hot dog - airplanes, anything wrapped in foil)
- Tay (stay), sit doggie
- Tay, Daddy/Mama.
- Emma dog?
- Fi-men (firemen)
- Canny! or Canny Cane!  (candy, candy cane)
- Baby (in a whiny, yet loving voice - bay-beeee)
- Up, up, up!
- Speaking about his chicken nuggets at dinner tonight: Inside, cold. Outside, yum.
- Regarding temperature: everything is either too hot and needs to be cold.

He can count to 10 and knows what missing numbers come next when you ask him.  He get's a really excited expression on his face and says, "YEAH!" when you correctly guess what he is trying to say. Singing has become a big thing in our house lately (especially Christmas music), so has telling stories.  Paul has been playing/teaching E how to put out fires with his firetruck (a plastic carrot represents the fire).  He also seems to know his left from his right.  We ask him what his name is and most often he will respond with Daddy, but occasionally he will say E.

We took him to the dentist for the first time today just so that he can start having some positive experiences before we actually need to him to get a cleaning/check up.  He seemed to have fun until the hygienist tried to put the polishing thing in his mouth.  That's when he started crying.  But, the dentist was able to get him to look in a mirror and check out all his teeth!  Plus, E ended up with two new toys out of the experience.

Yep. I let him in there with his brother.

Sleeping with baby photos of Mama and Daddy.

Candy cane!

Someone has been having fun at bathtime!

Who new the Nativity scene would be such a huge hit?!  There have been a few nights where E has taken baby Jesus to bed with him.