Jake is Two and a Half!!

Hey Jake, 

You are probably the coolest two year old I know...I'm pretty partial though. You are one smart guy. I'm convinced you are going to be a lawyer or at least a speaker of some kind someday, you are always negotiating and talking. 

You have a awesome imagination...my bed is a pirate ship. 

You are a fast little runner and you love to climb and jump. You jump well with two feet...that's a bigger milestone than I thought. You love to play and jump in our lovesac. 

As the weather is warming up you are enjoying playing outside. You love playing with your water table, playing trucks, sidewalk chalk, baseball, swinging and swimming. I'm excited to teach you how to swim this summer. We will practice kicking and blowing bubble and of course jumping in. 

You love to sing songs and listen to Daddy's stories. You love to sing, The Wheel's on the Bus, Itsy Bitsy Spider, No More Monkey's Jumping On the Bed, Jesus Loves Me and any other song you can convince me to sing. I make up song for you all the time and you just laugh at how silly they are. 

You know all of your colors, and can count to 10 usually...you like to skip 6 and 7! You are learning your ABC's this is how you say them right now 

'a,b,c,d,h,I,j,k,o,p, t,u,v, w,x,z and x' you've got most of those letters! It's really cute to listen to you sing the song. You recognize most of your letters and know their names so that makes up for the fact that you don't know the song all the way through. You have a huge vocabulary...more on that in a minute. You know the names of so many cars and all of your monster trucks. You love watching TV...so we try to limit your viewing time. You only watch children's programming and I'm really picky about what you watch. You watch Cliford the big red dog, Bubble Guppies, Little Einstein's and Jake and the Neverland Pirates...these are all on an episode by episode basis...if I hear anything I don't like we don't watch it. Sadly TV has been great with the new baby it has allowed me to rest and you to be entertained for a little while. By you get sick of watching too much, you'll get down and play. You are great at reading to your self and playing by yourself which has made this transition to two so much easier. 

You are very smart. We tell you something once and it sticks. It's great being able to reason with you when you do something wrong. Even to just explain concepts to you. We have always talked to you like you were an intelligent person, because you are. Now you understand so much and want to understand everything...like where the rain comes from!

Ok so your vocabulary...holy smokes...you talk so much!  Here are some of my favorite things that you say...or have said.

'just one more'...heres some of that negotiating

'does that sound like a great idea?'

'yesh' how you answer questions...no more yeah or yep

'okay Mommy'...I love that you say this when I ask you to do something!

'I love you the whole wide world'

'I just like ya Mommy!'

'you play cars with me?'

'I love Monsters In-co-pa-pated, it's my favorite!'

'I don't have to get down, I live here'...I'm not sure where you heard this but you said this to me when I told you to get down from the window seat.

'I don't like Daddy right now'...after Daddy had disciplined you for something

'Yea Daddy home!' I love to hear you cheer this 

'I don't fink so'...fink = think

If you say, thunk, it sounds like the 'f' word and if you say, bench, it sounds like the 'b' word...it's hysterical

'make it so' Uncle Steve and Grandpa are trying to get you to say this

'I'm super Jake!'

'I'm a pirate...yargg, matey!'

'Yo, yo, ho...let's go'

'let's rock and roll'

'I just working on the computer'...

'um...I don't fink I like that'...to anything you don't want to do

'let's play outside'...I love that you like being outside!

'look, I giggling'

'I handsome!'...why yes, yes you are

'Mommy, you are so pretty!'...melt my heart

'Daddy's works at Apple making computers'...close enough

These are just the one's that I can remember right now...I'm sure there are more. You say the funniest things and come up with some sentences that really surprise me. How you grasp concepts and form sentences around them is amazing to me...far beyond most 2 1/2 year olds...it's keeps things interesting at least...

Jake you are truly a joy...seriously...even on the days when I'm frustrated and just needing a break. You will walk up to me and say, "Mommy, I love you the whole wide world!" and give me a big hug. Then my heart turns to mush and I remember how truly blessed I am to call you my son! You are so much fun...I love playing with you and imagining stories together. Oh, life is great with you!

Look at how cute you are...Here are your 2 1/2 year pictures! 

Super Jake!

'I flying!!'

Zoom!

he's able to leap tall buildings with a single bound!

every super hero needs a friend

as we were taking these you grabbed Teddy and said, 'hold on tight Teddy, let's fly!'

being super is tiring

the never ending energy of Super Jake!!

that tongue is always out

flying!!

Well my sweet Jake, these two and half years have flown by. So much has happened in your little life and you are becoming quite the little boy. I am so proud of who you are becoming and am excited for the future. 

I love you my Jake-a-do!!

Love, Mommy/seriously blessed!