beau andrew | two years old

(taken at Easter by our talented friend Brad)

Today is a day of catching up on things and that includes my blog posts! I started writing this post a couple of weeks before Beau's birthday with the intention of taking some good photos of him and posting it on his birthday...but time got away from me. Things are still a little crazy right now (I'll update you next week in Davis' 2 month update) so I'm just now getting around to posting this, and I never took good photos! Oh well. It is what it is! 

Beau turned two last Friday on September the 8th. He is growing by leaps and bounds and is shocking me every day with what he is soaking up. I've tried making a list of things he's doing right now so I can always remember him at this age but it is definitely not complete! He is turning out to be a sweet little boy that loves to hug and kiss, likes to show off and get some laughs (after he warms up to the room), enjoys adults over children most of the time, and can work a mean puzzle! His obsession with trains lasted almost 2 months and he has now moved on to puzzles. He still loves his Thomas the train and cars and construction equipment, too! He loves to be by my side most of the day and brings his toys to follow me around the house when I'm changing diapers or doing laundry. When Mark gets home, all bets are off and it's time to wrestle! Beau loves to tell stories and will use just a few words to tell you about something that had happened in the past, like when Haha played trains on the floor with him, or when he fell on the ground...it's always funny seeing him remember and describe things in his own way. I could go on and on but I'll save it for his baby book! Here's what he's up to:

things beau says:

-some colors: blue (he's been calling things blue for months!), black, purple, yellow, pink, grey, red (sounds like 'yeah'), green

-nana, 'poppa' (pandy-my dad), gibi, haha, gigi, 'ti' (chris), 'oh-ah' (noah), audrey, mot-mot (motley), kitty, bubba (brother), pawpaw, mama, dada, beau

-ey-ya (his friend ellie)

-"are you?" (where are you?)

-please, thank you, yes, no, help, more (he signs most of these as well but is still signing 'play' and not saying it), sit (while pointing at the floor)

-truck, tractor, car, vroom, choo-choo, ta-ta (thomas), go-ga (gordon), percy, bob bil-ba (bob the builder), melmo (elmo), mi-mee (mickey) 

-'yuh-yuh' with a scrunched up nose, for yucky

-mac-mac (mac and cheese), 'sss' (cheese), 'ca-ca' hot dog OR avocado...these are similar, apple, nana (banana), cookie, za (pizza), milk, agua (seriously sounds like this when he says water), bar, still signing hungry

-night night, bye-bye, 'side' (outside)

-roll
-kroger

things beau does:

-climbs out of his crib (as of 8/22)

-'smells' (combo of blowing through his teeth and sniffing) flowers, plants, stinky feet (thanks to dad)

-gives open mouth kisses frequently to mom, dad, and brother

-'loves', 'snuggles', or hugs us all frequently as well

-shows his muscles

-puts his arms out to fly around like a plane

-puts his arms straight behind him to fly like when daddy carries him around

-holds his hands out with palms up and touching and says 'yol'? for when he wants to hold something, usually Davis

-holds his hands up to us and says our names when he wants us to pick him up
-says "two!" when we ask him how old he is and holds up his hand with all five fingers splayed
-identifies 1, 2, and 3 plus B ("stands for Beau")

helping mama put together shelves for Davis' nursery

praying for his food ;)

modeling his Thomas jammies from Nana

early morning watching Thomas

being silly in Dada's hat, passed down from Haha

the morning of his birthday!