Rody: 2 1/2 years

I've been dedicating monthly updates of AK as I did of Rody when he was younger, but thought a Rody post was in line next...Rody turned 2.5 years old the end of September and boy does he bring us joy and laughter every day!

Some highlights at 2.5 years

• You are potty trained..whoo hoo!
• You still sleep A LOT...you sleep till 9:30 or so every morning and take a 2 hour nap in the afternoon
• You are all boy...full of wild and fun energy...
• You've learned how to ride your tricycle and will go and pick tomatoes and put them in your bike trunk
• You are a good eater...oatmeal, all fruits, most veggies, love salad
• You drink LOTS of water...we don't give you juice (I think you get it at church though...explains the craziness)
• You still like to watch Dora
• You've know your ABC's for a while now and can recognize most of the letter
• You spell your name
• You sleep with your 2 blankies and some stuffed animals
• You are very methodical
• You love your matchbox cards and your trains
• You speak so well. Your sentence structure amazes me...
• You are so loving...and you are learning your manners. I love when you say "thank you mama" totally unprovoked
• You are usually nice to AK...this has been an issue lately, but we are working through it!

You have the cutest blonde curly hair!
You love to wrestle around with daddy...and you have started in on imaginative play. I love to watch you play as you commentate what your toys are saying to each other

Pretty good 3 point stance here...randy and rody work on this a lot

This was his face when I told him to look "mean"

You are really funny and make us laugh all the time. You are the total jokester and will do anything for a laugh

You are full of life, full of energy, and the sweest 2 year old boy I know!

And you find AK hair bows around and put them in your hair...

You have an incredible memory, don't forget a thing, love to sing, love to dance and don't like being told "no" when you have it in your head to do so...Randy says he is getting what he deserves (as in this is how Randy was when he was little) and I'm thinking "what did I do to deserve this??" (as in, I was perfect when I was little).. ha ha peeps..

Oh yeah, Rody walked in to me and nanny two talking (our neighbor) and says "what's up peeps"? He is always coming up with stuff like that...just out of nowhere...it is so funny!

We love you Rody Barnett!