Two and a half years old

Carter Owen,

     Today you are two and a half years old.  It has been so fun to watch you learn and grow.  You have an amazing personality and love life.  You love to laugh and joke and I hope you have your Daddy's sense of humor.  You love being around other kids and interacting with them.  You are a protector of your little sister and can make her laugh and giggle like no one else.  Here are some of your favorites right now:

• Cars and trucks, trains and planes
• your drum
• your favorite movies:  Cars and Veggie Tales
• favorite clothes:  football jersey shirt and pajama pants
• you like to play grocery store, pretend to be an airplane, and play in the snow
• your favorite foods are burgers (cheese and ketchup on a bun) grapes, milk, raisins, cheese, pizza
• your favorite treats are cookies, cake, mints and gum

You are talking up a storm right now and saying new words every day.  Most of your phrases are 2-3 words.  You are counting to 14 independently, know all your shapes except for square and can identify 14 upper case letters.  Just recently you started broad jumping (jumping over an object, forward about 6 inches) and you love to do it.  Your biggest accomplishment recently is potty training.  We are still working on number two but you are doing awesome.  Lately napping has not been your favorite thing to do even when you really need it. 

Carter, Mommy and Daddy love you through and through from here to the moon.  Happy un-birthday to you!

Mommy