DAVID

Our boy is 2 years and 10 months.  And I promised myself I wouldn't say anything about flying time.  So, moving on.....

He is a hoot.  David has become quite the entertainer and little silly pants.  He loves to run around doing funny struts while making exaggerated animal noises.  He often pretends to be a dinosaur.  His dinosaur of choice is always the T-Rex.  He is full of questions and 'whys' and 'what does this mean'.  I am astounded at his memory and sense of direction.  He is still obsessed with singing, guitars, and performing his 2 favorite songs: the ABCs and Amazing Grace.  As every near 3 year old, he is extremely possessive of his things and has a near come apart at every sighting of a crawling sister.  He has even tried to stand on her hands to keep her from crawling towards a beloved toy :).  Other than sharing and aggressive hugging, David is extremely sweet towards Evie and is very tender with her---as long as she stays on her side of the room :).  Big man is COMPLETELY potty trained and has been since about mid July.  It has been such a relief to trust him in the car and while out on playdates or running errands.  I am also excited to say he has had dry nights and naps for over 2 weeks now!!  David's all time obsession are fire trucks.  He also loves the fire chief car, police car, and garbage truck.  As of now he says he wants to be a 'fireman to the rescue' when he grows up.  His favorite shows are Chuggington and Little Einsteins.  He loves to recite the ABCS all.day.long. and always says TVU instead of TUV.  I kind of like it that way though :).  Books, books, and more books.   His favorite series is The Berenstein Bears or 'Bears Bears Bears.'  It is amazing how those super long books hold his little attention span for so long!!  His favorite foods are very limited: oatmeal, golden raisins, blueberries, granola bars, CAKE, chips, and peanut butter/honey sandwiches.  He is very weird about meat and will eat carrots or broccoli on a good day.  He is very particular and has a lot of texture issues.  Though he loves to swim, he HATES having water in his face.  I think we are going to wait until the Spring to start swim lessons to lessen the trauma.  It will be a huge relief once I know Daveman can swim!  Speaking of, he will not let me refer to him as 'Dave.'  He is always quick to say, "I not Dave, I DavID!"  DavID went through a long few weeks of absolutely no naps.  It made July VERY hard and I am being extremely diligent to get him down every day--he stays in there and "reads" even if he won't sleep.  Let's just say, I am thankful it is August.

We have had a really fun summer laying low and spending lots of time in the water.  However, we are both really looking forward to him starting "school" in the Fall.  I think he will really love it.  Until then, I need to get crackin' on his THREE YEAR OLD birthday party---aah!!

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