Two, Part Two

I'm back as promised!  I realize that 99.999999% of those of you who read my blog could care less about each and every little thing that Miller has learned to do, but I still want to document and remember this time.  I got a little nostalgic and started looking through old pictures and decided to do a little comparison...

August 2, 2009

September 2, 2009 (One Month)

August 2, 2010 (One Year Old)

 August 2, 2011 (Two Years Old)

We went to the doctor today and she said that everything looks great!  Here are his stats and what he is up to these days:

Height 33.5 in (31%)

Weight 28.5 lbs. (59%)

Vocabulary:  Miller is calling me "mommy" sometimes now and he sounds so much older  when he calls me that than when he says "mama".  Miller has definitely mastered all of his colors (probably about two months back) and we're working on shapes, letters, and counting.  He's almost mastered identifying triangles, squares, and circles.  He still skips numbers when he's counting, but is starting to get a little better at one-to-one correspondence {actually counting objects, not just calling out numbers in order - or more often, out of order}.  He firmly understands the concept of "1" and "2", but that's all.  He can identify and tell you the sounds of letters "A", "B", "C", "D" and sometimes "M" and "R".  He is also speaking in two or three word sentences frequently.  He can also finish lines to songs and nursery rhymes, which I think is so cute and so fun.  For example, "Baa Baa black sheep have you any wool?  Yes sir!  Yes sir!  Three bags full.  One for the master and one for the dame and one for the little boy who lives down the lane."  I was able to capture of few of these skills on camera, but not all of them.

Sizes:  Miller is still in 18-24 month, but not for long.  I'm hoping we can make it to Fall before we have to go up to 2T to avoid buying summer clothes for only a couple of months.  The same applies to shoes.  He's still in his size 7 sandals, but there isn't any growing room left in them.

I hope it's just a phase:  This week Miller has cut his naps down to 30-40 minutes of sleep.  Not cool.  We also had a major naptime casualty the other day.  Monkey is in mommy's sewing hospital waiting to be fixed up.

Favorite Foods:  Most of Miller's favorites are the same, but he has a new love for raisins.  Today {after he'd already had two boxes} I found him in the kitchen with the trash dumped out, because he saw a raisin box in it.

Favorite Toys:  He is still really into driving trucks, etc. and has found a new obsession with "bridges" and ramps.  He is also starting to build with blocks a little more.

Other tidbits:  Not much else to share, besides this cute pic from lunch the other day.  This hat has provided a lot of entertainment for him!