William's 2nd Birthday

Poor Will, the forgotten middle child.  I never got around to posting about his 2nd birthday way back in July, which has been on my list of things to write about for months now.  Better late than never...

To celebrate William's birthday, David's parents and brother came to our house along with my brother Michael, Melissa, and their daughter Claire.  We had cake and ice cream (Will doesn't actually like cake - just the icing on top), played outside in the sandbox, and checked out his new toy truck and soccer goal.  I didn't get many pictures because, like I mentioned above, William is the forgotten middle child.  :)

Singing happy birthday

Blowing out the candles.  Eliana wanted to see if he needed help.

Enjoying some birthday cake!

Hanging with his best friend Claire.  She is the closest in age to him of his cousins, and they play together really well.

William was reading her a book.

At his two year check up, William was 34.5in tall and 28lbs.  I will have to look that up for the percentiles.  He talks a lot for his age!  He says full sentences, which I always find so cute and surprising with his little baby voice.  He can recognize the letter W and knows that is his special letter.  He knows most of his colors and Eliana says his favorite color is green.  He likes riding his "moto" (big wheel tricycle), playing with balls, hitting things with sticks, and playing with dinosaurs.  He understands a lot of Spanish but at this point he mostly talks in English.  Although a few words still hang on - ardilla for squirrel and oso for bear.  He loves watching the garbage men take away the trash and has told me that he wants to be a garbage man when he grows up.  He also likes to walk around carrying books above his head, saying he is a priest, and offering you the "Body of Christ."  So who knows, maybe he will be a garbage truck driving priest.  His favorite food is pizza.  And he wants to go to preschool so bad.  He has his own little backpack that he fills with dinosaurs and says he is going to "pretend preschool."  Sometimes he is so sweet - giving kisses and hugs, while other times he is really aggressive - he loves to pull Eliana's hair.  His latest thing is to give "head bumps" which is like a fist bump, except with your head. 

Here is my latest funny William story:

Eliana was talking about getting a pet, and I said, "If you could have any pet, what would it be?"  Eliana said, "A cat!"
"And what about you, William?" I asked.
"A Dinosaur!" he replied.

I sure love my sweet little boy!