August is 2 years old!

Wow!  I can't believe how long it has been since I have blogged!  We have been so busy around here I just couldn't find the time to do it.  So much has happened since my last post.  We celebrated Thanksgiving by making a flying trip to Colorado to get all of our "stuff" out of storage, celebrated Christmas with some super special company from Chicago, Tyler and Dana, then celebrated New Years at Marcus and Shandas.  Then, we celebrated August's 2nd birthday!!!  Mom and Dad and Jill and the kids came for the weekend and we had tonz of crazy fun!  August had a great "happy day" and got lots of new toys to play with.  Aunt Cinda and Hayden came to see us the week after his birthday!  So, we've had lots of wonderful company and a fun time the past few months.  

We can't believe that August is 2 years old already.  I don't know what happened to my little baby boy!  He is growing up WAY to fast.  So far, the two's have been good to us.  I hope that I don't jinx it by saying that :)  I really think that he acted more like a two year old when he was one!  One thing that I think helped him is that we had tubes put in his ears just before Christmas.  7 ear infections in one year was a little bit too much for us to handle, especially when antibiotics caused him to be a crazy child!!!!  Now we are getting into the very independent stage.  Everything is "I do it!"  August has a very extensive vocabulary.  He will say everything you tell him to...and lots that you don't want him to say.  He talks non-stop and is very observant about the world around him.  He has an amazing memory and can remember things that he did weeks ago.  He can count to 11 and say most of them in Spanish as well, say his ABC's (sort of), knows all of his shapes, can sing Intsy Bitsy Spider, How Much is that Doggie, and Twinkle Twinkle little star.  He loves to play with his new train set from Mamaw and PaPa, read stories, put puzzles together, and run, run, run and jump, jump, jump.  He still goes 100 mph alllll day long!  Some phrases that he is saying are "I can't",  "I don't want to", "Show me" (instead of show you), "Hold you" "Don't hit friends".  Whenever one of us leaves for the day he tells us to "Be careful driving" and our favorite is that he is finally saying "I love you to Mommy"...or Daddy"  Those are words that will melt your heart!  So, we are having a great time here with our 2 year old and know that we will have a great year ahead of us!!!!   

Driving his remote control car that he got from Daddy

His new chair!

I love this one....Skye with her finger in her nose and August with his hands in his mouth

The train cake that I made for August's birthday party!  I was pretty proud of myself since this was the first cake that I have EVER made!

Blowing out the candles

Happy Birthday August! 

Trevin, August, Skye, Drake, and Trace

August chowing down on some cake while we were singing

What was happening on the "other" side of the cake while we were singing.