Declan at 34 & 35 Months

Dear Declan: 34 & 35 Months

• You weight 29 pounds
• You wear 2t shirts and are wearing 2t jeans - we aren't having to tighten them up as much as we had to last year so thats great! 
• You sleep from 7:00/7:30pm - 6:30am during the week and a nap from 12:30-2:30; on the weekends we keep you up until 8 or 9 and you usually wake up right at 12 hours but will just play in your bed and let us sleep in for a little bit longer. (thanks for that!)
• We've moved you to pull ups size 2 so you can start learning to use the potty. So far, its not working.... you still don't want to do anything with the potty.
• You started PreK3 this month - So far you are doing great and you really like it.
• We took a trip to Chicago and spent the weekend! You did great and you loved every bit of it. And one of my dear friends lives there so we got to hang out with her a lot!
• We went to a local Pumpkin Patch with Mooh and Pooh and you picked pumpkins, rode the ponies (three times), and got to feed a bunch of animals. 
• You spent the weekend with Mimi and Poppi while we celebrated our 8 year anniversary in Eureka Springs.
• We have been going to Church almost every Sunday and you love it! We pull in the parking lot you and you say 'I see it, I see it!"
• We went to Dallas and hung out with your cousins and your Papaw meet us there and hung out with you while we went to a concert.
• We just found Paw Patrol and you love it so much. You went from not having anything to having a ton in the past few weeks!

You have grown up so much the last few months and getting an attitude!  You know that when I say something you know that you need to do it right then, you fight me but you do it. You say "yes, ma'am" or "no, ma'am" and whine/cry. You have a problem with eating, you don't want to eat unless its junk food. We don't let you eat a lot of junk food so you get mad at us and then you just don't eat. We need to fix that. I just don't know how right now! 

Declan, I don't know how its possible but you have 1 month until you're THREE... 30 days. Until. You're. THREE. I can't believe it. I need time to slow down. I need more days with you while you're still young. I need you to stay this age for just a little bit longer. You're so innocent at this age. You love the littlest things and you love them the biggest. 

{35 MONTHS}

{painting the ocean}

 {first day of prek 3}

{pumpkin patch with harper}

{trip to chicago}

{water park at millennium park}

{the bean}

{adler planetarium}

{cardinals vs cubs - cardinals lost}

 {you were tired and wanted to lay down}

{family picture}

{waiting on the carousel}

{farris wheel}

{field museum}

{illinois state capital}

{34 MONTHS}

{grandparents day - we took m & p to hurts donuts for the first time}

{build a bear - you got chase from paw patrol}

{trip to dallas}

{waiting on pizza}

{playing with papaw}

 {playing with cousin taylor and brenley}

Happy 34 & 35  month birthday baby boy!

I'll love you forever

I'll like you for always,

As long as I'm living

My baby you'll be.

xoxo

ac

Declan at 33 Months

Dear Declan: 33 Months

• You weigh 31 pounds and 34 inches tall
• You are still wearing 12-18 month shorts and some 2t shorts (depending on the brand) and 2t shirts
• You sleep from 7:30-8:00pm-6:30am during the week and a  nap from 1:00-3:30 sometimes until 4; on the weekends we keep you up until 8 or 9 and you usually wake up right at 12 hours but will just play in your bed and let us sleep in for a little bit longer. 
• We've moved you up to size 6 diapers! 
• You love saying 'no likey' to everything that you don't want to do. It's so annoying and funny at the same time!

This past month we've been busy! Almost every weekend we've done something fun! We've had swimming lessons, a baseball game, birthday parties, your first dentist appointment, a family reunion, a trip to Silver Dollar City, AND we went to Florida this past week! You absolutely LOVED the ocean and the sand. We left Friday morning, stopped in Little Rock and had lunch with Gigi, we stopped in Jackson and got a picture with you and the capital and then spent the night in McGee.  We got up Saturday and headed to Perdido Key and spent the week in a condo. Your aunt Jennifer and cousins and Uncle Scott and cousin meet us there Saturday night and stayed in the same place just different condo's. Gigi and Papaw met us there a few days later. We went to the beach, went and saw Cars 3 movie, rode a ferris wheel, bowling, shopping, saw the Blue Angels practice and of course went to the beach. We ate out way to much but we had so much fun! 

We left Perdido Key Friday morning and headed to New Orleans! Your uncle Adam and aunt Allison just moved there so we made plans to meet up at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas and then we all went to dinner! You saw the cable cars when we were walking to the Aquarium and called them trains and wanted to ride them! After dinner we went back to the hotel and road the cable cars down to Cafe Du Monde, you loved the 'train' but not so much the beignets. Saturday morning we got up and rode the cable cars to Cafe Du Monde and meet Adam and Allison again. We got to hang out with them for about an hour before we got back on the road, this time you actually tired the beignets but still didn't like them. We stopped in Baton Rouge for a picture with the capital and then got home at 11pm!! Whew, what a week/month!! Little boy you only have 3 months left until you're 3 years old!

{33 MONTHS}

{riding the cable car in new orleans}

{at the aquarium}

{you loved the frog and looking at the alligator with adam}

{you didn't want to touch the sting rays but you loved being in the tunnel looking in the water}

{you loved everything about this place!}

{your first time at café du monde}

{aunt Jennifer's hat}

{you loved throwing the sand and having the waves come and go}

{family picture, my favorite!}

{aunt jennifer and you / uncle scott and you}

{the life}

{you didn't like the ocean at first so we put water in a bucket}

{finally at the beach!}

{the coach gave you a ball at the game - you sleep with it still today}

{dentist visit - you said my teeth}

{hair cut time - you did great}

{concert in the park with mimi and poppi}

{birthday party for emmy}

{you found a turtle at mooh and pooh's house}

{family reunion in missouri} 

{nanny b took you and taylor to turpentine creek}

Happy 33 month birthday baby boy!

I'll love you forever

I'll like you for always,

As long as I'm living

My baby you'll be.

xoxo

ac