Our sweet baby boy is two years old today! I just can't believe it! I said it last year and I'll say it again, but it really seems like just yesterday coming home with him and now here we are two years later! He has blessed our lives more than words can say. I can't even imagine what we would do without him.Tripp loves loves LOVES trucks, tractors and trains. No matter where we are going, he can spot them a mile(s) away. I will not even see them and I here "big tractor mommy" and its way off in a field somewhere. He also loves playing outside. He would stay out there all night if we let him. He is talking non-stop, often repeating what we say. I love carrying on a "conversation" with him. His favorite words right now are no and mine. It is funny to see him react to something he doesn't like, he gets a stern look on his face and says "no mommy" or "no daddy." It's so cute and hard not to laugh, but we are trying to teach him that he can't say no to us. He really isn't a good sharer (is anyone at this age??), but we are working on that too. He says "my truck" "my tractor." It is cute like when I hug my mom or Lee, Tripp gets jealous and says my daddy or my mimi.
Oh and he has an obsession with shoes. Not like having too many, he just always wants his on. And if he gets to pick, he always picks his gator shoes (we have the navy ones). We're going to have to get another pair soon. It's usually a little battle if I want him to wear his sandals or tennis shoes. If I or Lee walk around barefoot, he goes and finds our shoes and bring them to us and says "shoes mommy." If I am riding in the car and slip them off and prop my feet up, "shoes mommy." He wants them on when he wakes up and doesn't take them off till bath time/bed time. Crazy... He is still sleeping good, I haven't even thought of moving him out of his crib. He's never attempted to climb out and he does so well with going to sleep on his own that I am scared to try anything new until we have to.
His two year check up isn't until next week, but I swear he's taller and heavier! He can get stuff off the ends of counters and reach the door knobs. Pretty soon he'll be turning them and I'll have to keep the doors locked. He is so smart and it's so amazing to watch him learn. I do miss my baby tripp, but I just love this stage when we have so much fun together. I could go on and on, but I'll stop.
Since he has a love for trains, I really wanted to get him a train table. So I searched and searched and ran across a steal of a deal on Ebay. (I love Ebay) So I found a brand new one for $50.00 in Minnesota. It had a high shipping fee. But coincidentally Lee had a truck up there and picked it up so we didn't have to pay shipping. It came from the Sportsman Guide Outlet store and the original price was 5x the price we paid. It even will convert to an art table and came with two long rolls of white paper!
Normally we would have saved something this big for Christmas, but we decided he really doesn't know the difference right now. So we set it up last night (it was kinda like Christmas Eve) and woke him up early this morning to see it before Lee left for work. He was so excited!!
He definitely did not want to leave it to get ready and go to school. He has a few other small things waiting on him this afternoon to open. And we are looking forward to his little party this weekend with friends and family!
