2 years + 6 months

Here he is with our advent Christmas tree and a reindeer we made:)

2 years and 6 months?!  That's 2 and a half, 6 more months til he's 3, half way to 5!  Ahh!  Our boo is getting big:)  He is every bit of 2 and half he can be and we're loving it!  Here's a couple of silly things he likes to do...spread out blankets or towels and have a picnic, say hello and good bye to the mailman, not sleep (oh wait, that's not silly, it's nuts, I mean he doesn't like to sleep, it's normally 9:45 pm or later when he finally falls asleep), get out all of his toys from the toy box in order to find one thing (that was probably on top), play with the spice jars (he likes to smell them all).  For almost anything he'll say "Oh that's my favorite" or "I like that", he said he liked garlic salt when he asked to taste while playing with the spices:)  He's getting really excited for Christmas.  We talk about leaving cookies for Santa and a carrot for the reindeer.  He knows that it also baby Jesus' birthday, but "now he's big" he'll tell us!  Declan is the best reader I know, he loves to read books at night and he likes to read them himself:)  He's currently into Perfect Soup, it's about a little mouse that needs a carrot for his soup but finds a friend along the way. Mickey Mouse is still #1 in our house:)  He asks the best questions and has an amazing imagination.  He goes for his 2 1/2 year check up in January (it's a busy time of year at the doctors office I guess) so I'll update with his stats then.  We already know he's awesome and we love our boo to pieces (even though he doesn't sleep)!!