A Snapshot at Age 2

Jace as a 2-year-old.....so much to say!

First and foremost: Jace, at age 2, LOVES Thomas. He eats, drinks, and breathes Thomas the Train right now. His favorite trains are Thomas and Diesel.

Jace also still enjoys Elmo and at times will even choose to play with Elmo over Thomas...although these times are rare.

Jace's other interests include: playing outside, reading stories, Curious George, jumping, spinning, tormenting Ozzy and telling him 'no', cars, and trucks.

Jace doesn't have his 2-year checkup until next week but Mommy's best estimations put him between 28 and 29 lbs. and around 34 inches tall......she will update this next week.

Jace is starting to put 2, 3, and sometimes even 4 words together in short phrases.

Jace has been working hard on learning his colors and loves purple. This fits a kid whose first word was 'shoes' and who loves hair! He is very manly in other ways though!! Jace always requests the 'purper' fruit snacks and loves to say 'Mas is bwue' (Thomas is blue).

Jace is obsessed with the alphabet and listens to and practices it several times a day. He can get many of the letters when he is singing but not in the right order. He can do A-B-C in the right order on occasion.

Jace isn't quite into counting as much but likes to say 2-3 GO! He then proceeds to jump on the bed or do some other action he shouldn't! Not sure why he avoids the 1....possibly because saying only 2-3 gets him to the forbidden action that much faster!

Jace is very outgoing 95% of the time and loves to make people laugh.

Jace really enjoys daycare...his favorite friend right now (we think) is Riley and his favorite teacher is MeMe (Missy). He is currently in the toddler room but will be moving up to the 2-year-old room shortly after he returns from vacation.

Jace is TERRIFIED of the bath. This goes back a month or so when he pooped in the tub. Mommy made a big deal of it (out of instinct at the time) and has been regretting it ever since. Jace apparently thinks the turd was a giant monster coming to get him. He will not sit down and is constantly looking for any foreign object in the water. Lesson learned by Mommy.

Speaking of potty....Jace loves to sit on the potty....with his diaper on. He refuses to take it off at this point. Mommy is not pushing it however and knows he will do it when he is ready. He is able to tell Mommy when he has to poop, but again, this is pointless as he won't sit on the potty without a diaper!

Jace has really developed a mind of his own in the last few weeks. He loves to yell 'NNNNNOOOOO!!' and hold out the N as long as possible. It sounds really annoying but half the time he doesn't mean anything by it....mind you, the other half of the time, he REALLY means it!

Jace and Ozzy have a love/hate relationship. Ozzy is awesome with Jace and doesn't mind if Jace pulls his nubbin, takes his toys or bones, or tells him no 900 times a day. Jace also likes to love on Ozzy and gives him plenty of hugs and kisses.

Jace and Daddy love to spend Wednesdays together and go to Godfathers buffet, play, wrestle, and learn 'guy' things.

Jace and Mommy love to cuddle, laugh, read, and just have a great time. Jace also loves to twirl Mommy's ponytail while he sucks his thumb!

Happy Birthday Mr. Jace! You are one cool dude!!!