Declan at 28 Months

Dear Declan: 28 Months

• You weigh 26.7 pounds

• You are wearing 18 month and they are short! 2t jeans (for length and we had to let some buttons go in the adjustable waist!!) 2t shirts, size 4 diapers size 5 over night diapers and and size 6 shoes.

• You have been very picky this month with food. We will offer you everything and anything and you won't take it or eat it. We have to sit you in timeout to get you to eat. You like Chickfila chicken and pizza! You will eat a bunch of fruit and snack food but you won't want anything we eat. Nanny B says you eat good at her house so I don't know what to do!

• You sleep from 7:00-7:30pm-6:30am during the week and a  nap from 12:30-2:30 sometimes until 3; on the weekends we keep you up until 8 and you usually wake up right at 12-14 hours but will just play in your bed and let us sleep in for a little bit longer. 

• You can count to ten and say some of the ABC's with help! 
• We've had the bug again this month! We were getting ready to leave to go out of town and you threw up. All. Over. Me. the couch, and the floor.... We decided to go ahead and just stay home, good thing daddy and I go it 2 days later. 
• Valentines was this past month! We went to one of our favorite restaurants and had a sweet little dinner. You looked so cute in your little robot shirt we got you to wear!

Your terrible twos are in full swing.  You don't want to eat, you don't want to mind, nor listen. You get grounded from your tablet more than you get to use it and you have been in time out a lot. You like to cross your arms and say NO and hit at us. You crossing your arms is cute and I have a hard time from not laughing at you. Declan you can get on my last nerve but I can't imagine life without you. You are my everything!! 

{28 MONTHS}

{helping poppi opening his birthday gift}

{birthday dinner for poppi oh and SNOW!}

{birthday party for leighton}

{went to visit poppi for his birthday}

{you love lining up your bath toys}

 {riding in your jeep, you tell me to sit and you tell daddy to push}

{i asked you if you wanted to take a selfie, you said cheeeeeeseeeee}

{i asked if you needed help taking your socks off.... i got this face}

 {love watching you sleep}

{valentines day at the nanny's house}

 {valentines dinner/dessert}

Happy 28 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 27 Months

Dear Declan: 27 Months

• You weigh 26.5 pounds and 34 inches tall!

• Your two-year-old molars came in this month!

• You are wearing 18 and 24 month and 2t jeans (only for the length though, they are adjustable waist and are as tight as we can get them) 18 month shirts, size 4 diapers size 5 over night diapers and and size 6 shoes.

• Your favorite foods are: Banana, blue berries, apples, grapes, oranges, Chickfila chicken, ketchup, bread, yo baby yogurt, gold fish, Veggie straws, Cheerios, french fries, crackers, cookies, pizza, breakfast bars (you call them cookies) and anything that's on our plates.

• You sleep from 7:00-7:30pm-6:30am during the week and a  nap from 12:30-2:30 sometimes until 3; on the weekends we keep you up until 8 and you usually wake up right at 12-14 hours but will just play in your bed and let us sleep in for a little bit longer. 

• New word this month! Apple Sauce! (But only in the green pouch not the red!)

We went to Hot Springs this past month and you stayed with Nana, Papaw, and Mawmaw while daddy and I went to the races. You had so much fun with them! You love playing with their dogs learning how to go up and down their stairs. We stopped and got Gigi and Papaws dog on the way home and dog sat for them while they were out of town. You loved having Shorty here and he loved being here. He wouldn't leave your side! 

We started a new church this month and we really like it! Your uncle Garland teaches there too! You're not a big fan of the nursery, you cry when we drop you off and if we don't get there to pick you up before the other kids leave you start crying. The teachers say you are good after we leave and you play but it just breaks my heart that you cry as soon as we check you in. We are hoping that it gets easier the more we go.

Big news of the month is that we are finally a paci free house!! You would only take it at night but we took it from you and you only asked for a few times and then was over it. Now to get on to the potty training!  

We are planning a lot of fun vacations this summer. So far we are going to Tulsa, Kansas City, Dallas, Florida, St. Louis and Chicago! Of course we still have our trips to Little Rock/Hot Springs and Springfield to see family! We can't wait to take you to all of these fun places and have you experience new things!

{27 MONTHS}

{playing at chick-fil-a}

{fun a hobby lobby, you were smelling the flowers}

 {mommy gave me cookies!}

{fun times at amazeum}

{toast popping out is funny!}

{hair cut and dinner at 5 guys}

{fast lanes for austin's birthday}

{the nursery at church}

{baseball in pjs}

 {dinner at penguin ed's and eating pickles}

{playing with your truck, again shorty!}

{shorty was by your side the entire time}

{we brought shorty home with us to dog watch}

Happy 27 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 26 Months

Dear Declan: 26 months

• You weigh 26.3 pounds

• You are wearing 18 and 24 month and 2t jeans (only for the length though, they are adjustable waist and are as tight as we can get them) 18 month shirts, size 4 diapers size 5 over night diapers and and size 6 shoes.

• Your favorite foods are: Banana, blue berries, apples, grapes, oranges, Chickfila chicken, ketchup, bread, Fettuccine Alfredo, yo baby yogurt, gold fish, Veggie straws, Cheerios, french fries, crackers, cookies, pizza, breakfast bars (you call them cookies) and anything that's on our plates.

• You sleep from 7:00-7:30pm-6:30am during the week and a  nap from 12:30-2:30 sometimes until 3; on the weekends we keep you up until 8 and you usually wake up right at 12-14 hours but will just play in your bed and let us sleep in for a little bit longer. 

• Christmas and New Years was this past month! You LOVED opening gifts. You passed out the gifts at Mimi and Poppi's and at Uncle Scott's house! You had so much fun playing with all your toys and now the living room looks like a toy store. We had dinner at our favorite restaurant for New Year's celebration and went and got ice cream at Cold Stone. You loved looking at the ice cream and watching the people make ours but you didn't like it and didn't want anything to do with it. You take after your dad on that because I love ice cream!  

• We took down the Christmas stuff, put up the baby gates and..... your high chair! I'm so excited to have it gone and put up! You are sitting in a booster seat and you really like it!  

Declan, you have been learning so much this past month! You haven't gotten into a lot of trouble this month (good thing!) You were so good during Christmas and New Year's! You loved getting to open gifts and by the end of the weekend you were really good at ripping the paper off the gifts. You did have to make sure that all the paper was off the gift before you would play with it.  We made cookies for Santa and you helped decorate them. We left them out for Santa and you were so upset Christmas morning when you found out Santa ate your cookies and you couldn't eat any! We took you to your first movie Christmas night! We saw Sing! You did great! You don't like popcorn but you loved the fruit snacks the kid pack came with and I brought some m&m's and you ate the entire bag! You sat in your seat for most of the movie and on my lap, Gigi's lap and then you sat on daddy's lap for the last 20 mins. 

{26 MONTHS}

{you wanted to get out of the tub to sit on the potty}

 {new years day}

 {happy new years}

{running some errands}

{hanging with cousins while the razorbacks were losing the game}

{no more highchair}

{finally able to play with your truck} 

{christmas dinner at ihop}

{christmas evening - first movie - SING!}

 {christmas eve - making cookies for santa}

{before - hair cut - after}

Happy 26 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