So he's 2

Now that Jeremiah is 2 years old, I figured it'd be appropriate to submit an update.


-he can communicate really well. In fact, tonight when we were in the check out lane at wal-mart he said "I want chocolate. I want candy. I want chocolate."
-he LOVES to go shopping. Here's my best shot at listing the phrases he says the most:
-Shopping?
-I want play toys
-hold you mommy. hold you daddy.
-I want_______
-Look at this!!!
-If we deny his request of any sorts, he usually replies "but I want to!"
-Our house can go from tidy to scattered in less than a minute because of him
-He misses all of his MN family and regularly calls them on his Elmo phone

There are so many new and exciting things about raising this little man that I cannot fit them all into this post while keeping your attention. But I will reemphasize how much I love him, and love being a dad. So many times when I'm playing with him, and he's thinking about the tower we're building, or Thomas the train, or maybe that he's peeing his diaper from laughing so hard at the tickling, I'm only thinking about the indescribable amount of love I have for him, and how much I am enjoying that very moment with him. It's amazing that I have the capacity to love him as much as I do.

JJ Update

I'm running late for work, I'll add more to this post later, but here's a short video clip of our son opening a door on his own for the 2nd time. We witnessed the first time without the video camera :)

enjoy

Mr. Mint and Friends

We dressed up. We decked out our trunk. We passed out candy to anyone who wanted to play the real life version of candyland.

I made a fool of myself; probably drove all nearby "trunkers" nuts with my completely ridiculous made up lumberjack accent.

In our costumes:
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Life size printouts to complement the game. Notice any familiar faces??


Princess Lolly and the Candy kid, and Mr. Mint too


Princess Lolly and a nearby cupcake!


Another trunk neighbor; the cowboy/cowgirl family. They brought live chickens for their theme!


Overall, we had a great time. Our church does an amazing job with events like this. Next year, I think we might just bring a camera instead of trunking it, and take pics/video. These are the only shots I got all night, and there were a lot more to be had...