On April 20th Johnny was 2 1/2 years old! Here's a few things about Johnny right now:
- He had an extremely impressive vocabulary and knowledge of grammar, often surprising me.
- He can sing the entire alphabet and can identify roughly half the letters.
- He weighs 30.5 pounds, and is shorter than most of his peers.
- He loves helping around the house with chores.
- He goes to bed around 8 and wakes up around 7. He always takes his blanket and orange teddy bear to bed.
- He takes a 2 hour nap every afternoon.
- He's in a big-boy bed and has adjusted fully to that change.
- He understands things that are meant to be comical, such as seeing a picture of a baby pushing a mommy in a stroller - he laughed and said, that's funny!
- He likes running around the track at the gym with mommy.
- He likes to play around with identities, such as pretending he's Aunt Whitney and I'm Grandpa Wilbur. The characters are constantly changing.
- He loves "driving" the cars, especially Grandpa's Jeep.
- He sings along to numerous songs, and loves dancing with me to the radio.
- Some of his favorite songs in Nursery: The Wise Man, 5 Little Monkeys, I am a Child of God, 5 Little Ducks, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
- He's very obedient with time-out and goes without any trouble.
- Still doesn't watch much TV or movies. Movies he does like: Jungle Book, Finding Nemo, Charlotte's Web, and Winnie the Pooh.
- He's getting tired of having to sit in his booster chair, and wants to sit in the normal chairs.
- He counts 1-11, then 13, then 16. Then lots of random -teen numbers.
- He loves playing at both Grandparents' homes.
- When he goes to bed every night he waits til I'm in the kitchen with the door shut then yells, "Love You! Goodnight!"
- He can say his own prayer on the food, and prayer at bedtime. But I often help him to increase the variety.
- He holds his pencil/pen/crayon the correct way.
- He's mostly right handed.
- We haven't started potty training, but talk about it often.
- Working on some of his sounds, like F.
- He has an extremely happy disposition, is a generally well-behaved child, and makes my job so fun!
John would have been 29 years old today. I wonder how old he is in Heaven? 5.62318934 billion? Do they even keep track there? Hmmm...
