Third Person: December 2013

Our favorite little man turned 2 on November 3rd! Lukie at age 2 is a total stinker and about the cutest, funniest little thing we've ever seen. His personality is far more laid back and goofy than Genevieve...he's just not as tightly wound as our type-a first born. But he is a lot more physical and wild. This makes for some hilarious moments and lots of silliness. Which isn't to say that the two of them don't fight or make.me.crazy, but overall they get along really well and for that we are eternally grateful.

Luke is a total jabber-jaw of a toddler. I don't know if he's just trying to keep up with GG or what, but he makes sure his voice is heard. Half the time we have to stop and really think about what he's saying (in Lukie-language) but he generally gets his point across. He's easily stringing 5 and 6 word sentences together, reciting passages from favorite books, and singing familiar songs. He's absolutely got the classic toddler mispronunciations ('t' sound for 'c' or 'k'...'d' sound for 'th' and 'g') which means he loves his sister DD, and his favorite food is deeps (grapes). Adorbs!

Luke is all about doing things 'self' and has very little interest in your assistance with...anything. At his 2 year appointment he came in at the 50th% for weight and 70th% for height. This string bean is a hard one to dress - all his pants fall right off. But he's still got some chubby thighs which I work hard to squeeze at least once a day.

Favorites for this 2 year old include roughhousing with daddy, riding his bike, anything involving Jake and the Neverland Pirates (I watch Tzake!), reading books, and copying anything GG does. He's not so much into puzzles or coloring, although he'll do it if Geeg is doing it first. Luke's a good eater and loves grapes and bananas (#1 snack request is nana-mop), anything crunchy, yogurt, mac & cheese...all the toddler essentials. All of his 2-year molars are in (can't believe we all survived it) and the tubes are still doing their job. And we get good reports from school every day which is basically all a parent can ask for.

Less popular for the young prince are being clothed, sitting still for anything, and getting his hair washed. We can deal with those.

After Thanksgiving last weekend Lukas decided he was ready to start going on the potty. I intended to avoid this fully until the springtime but he was insistent so we are now going back down that road. He's peed in the froggy potty every day since so it's off to a decent start, but we're not holding our breath. Time to stock up on disinfecting wipes in the bathroom.

Here are a few shots from his birthday weekend, along with some silly moments captured over the last couple of months that I didn't have time to blog. We heart this little man!