Noah in July 2016

Noah - turned 2.  I can't believe he is so old already.  I brought him into the doctor when we went to Logan's ear appointment and the nurse asked where the baby is - no one can believe he is so old already.

And, oh, boy, is he 2!  I swear, from the day of his birthday, he has been throwing the biggest fits ever.  I think they are maybe the worst of all the kids.  Or maybe not quite as bad as Andrew.  He will scream and writhe around on the floor for like 20 minutes and nothing will calm him down.  It could get interesting.  And, in typical toddler fashion, they are for ridiculous things, like when we couldn't figure out what he wanted for breakfast, so I let Andrew eat the fish because I thought Noah didn't want it, but in fact, he just wanted it cut.  He is a handful.

Noah sleeps pretty well.  He doesn't wake up every night anymore, maybe just every 3 nights or so.  It is so nice to pretty much have everyone sleep through the night.  Thought that would never happen.  He is pretty resistant to going to sleep, though.  Unless he is really tired, it can take a good hour of laying next to him to get him to sleep.  If he had his way, he would read 10 million stories, but I am trying to get him into a pattern of 3 books only.  He takes naps at least half the days.  But often, after laying down for 30 minutes, he still won't sleep.  On the days he does sleep, he will take a long nap usually and sometimes we have to wake him up.  So, kind of a weird schedule.  Maybe when school starts up again, it will be better.

Noah still loves to eat.  He also knows exactly what he wants to eat.  He can eat more fish than almost all of us.  He is done with sippy cups and does pretty well without spilling.  He is also done with his booster seats, so he pretty much eats like the rest of us now.  He just needs help with cutting things, which he is very demanding about.

Noah is starting preschool next month.  I am a little worried about him being in 3 days a week, but it will be better for my work schedule.  He is loving nursery finally.  They said he is talking and playing and laughing and just participating really well, so hopefully preschool will be good, too.  We have been talking it up a lot, so we'll see.

Noah is really good at playing by himself.  He also loves to play with his brothers.  He loves to run around in costumes and hats and swords and rough housing with everyone.  He likes to play with trucks and trains and little animals and people and blocks.  He is obsessed with guns.  He loves any and all guns.  He also loves ducks (which are any birds), so he had the best time at the farm.  He loves baseball and soccer and really any sport.  He loves to walk around with a bat and a hat on - all the time.  He likes to talk about "foul ball" and is starting to say baseball, too.

Noah loves reading and wants to spend a long time reading with me every day.

He loves to look at letters.  He calls them all "s", but he is interested in how they work.

He is talking more.  He has a pretty big vocabulary, but he isn't really putting words together in sentences.  They said if he still isn't in a couple months, call for a referral, but I think he might be starting to put some words together in the last couple days, so hopefully not.

Noah is a really sweet boy.  He kisses and hugs, but he is going through a huge Mommy phase.  He loves Katsu and runs to say goodbye to him in the morning and runs to him in the evening when the garage door opens.  He also really likes Seth - I think because Seth is athletic and they are a lot alike.  He talks about Seth all the time.  He will probably be sad when school starts again.

I am probably going to have a go at potty training with him this week to see how it goes.  I got annoyed when Noah was pooping in his swim diaper, so he started telling me when he needed to go to the potty and he will.  So, he will poop in a potty, at home or away, probably every day.  He is interested, so maybe it will work.  We'll see ...