Mason: 2 years old!

I can't believe my tiny little baby is now 2! Time sure has flown since he came into this world. Except the first 6 months. Those went really slow. He was such a bad sleeper lol. We sure love our little ball of energy though! It is so fun watching him learn and try new things every day.

Likes:
-making animal noises
-watching the animal screen saver on our Apple TV
-loves animals. The Bean Museum on BYU campus, the zoo, pictures, anything. Animals.
-the Provo Rec Center. He will bring me his suit and shoes... smart kid.
-being around people, but mostly people he knows. He is starting to recognize and remember people outside of family, which is great!
-jumping. Especially when someone comes over. He will run to the door when he hears a knock, and as soon as whoever is inside he starts jumping around. So fun!

Dislikes:
-diaper changes. Nowhere near ready for potty training at this point either. Sigh.
-when we tell him "no". Like, "no you can't have an Otter Pop at 10am." Lots of tantrums ensue this daily conversation.
-eating. He loves food, but eating is bothersome to him. Also he hates when he has to use a spoon. He hates that stuff drips.

Words: mom, dad, shoes, no, yes (with encouragement and prompting), ball, balloon, truck, train/train noise, Tim (my brother), boom, hiya, bye, oh no, "bless you" (granted this is not clear, but he says the same thing every time someone sneezes), ow, all gone/done, juice, amen, and he tries really hard to say popsicle, giraffe, and dinosaur. Animal noises include dog, cow, elephant, bird, duck, snake, monkey, cat, pig, horse, sheep, bird, lion/tiger/bear/dinosaur/monster, fish, wolf, and alligator/crocodile. Like I said, he loves animals. And their noises.

Other notables:
-first bloody nose was March 19, 2015. He was pushing the stroller and it fell on him. He busted his lip and gave himself a bloody noise. Neither were very bad.
-March 25, 2015: first trip to the instacare. He had had eye goop in his eye for a few hours so as soon as Sean got off work we went. Three days worth of drops in his eyes and he was totally fine.
-finally loves nursery! The first couple months were rough, and we weren't allowed to leave, but now he loves it.
-understands possesion. Like, really well. If he sees a toy that he knows is someone else's, he tries to take it to them, whether they want it or not. We first noticed it at Christmas with his cousin Oakley but he's gotten really good.
-still hasn't had his first haircut. I love those little curls!

I'm sure there is a lot more that I haven't been writing down. But we sure love him! We celebrated his birthday by going to dinner at Red Robin. They luckily seated us right near the bar, and there is an electric train that goes around that he spent the entire time watching and loving. It was great! He dropped his apple juice, hence it looking like beer in the picture below. I promise we did not treat him to alcohol for his second birthday lol.

A couple days later, we took him to the rec center, and he had a blast! We swam around the lazy river and he was actually okay with getting water on his head! This is a major accomplishment, because normally he hates getting splashed! But I kept making him get his head wet and eventually he laughed instead of whining. I'm such a great mom haha.

He loves chicken nuggets. Loves.

A few days later, we had a small get-together with Sean's family. Carly, Bryce, and Oakley came down too for the celebration! They had fun eating animal cookies and being pulled around the yard in the plastic pools :)

He had no idea how to blow out the candles. I guess I should have practiced with him, I'm sure he would have figured it out real quick!

We had an "animal" themed party. I use air quotes because it was very unregulated. We had hot dogs, lemonade (my idea was "lion"-ade), animal cookies, pasta salad, and chips. And dirt dessert instead of a cake.

He got some great presents (he loves the Baby Iron Man, thanks Ian!) and has been enjoying his spoils ever since :)

We love you Mason!