My big little man!

So my little Ryan turned 2 years old the other day.

Like other mothers do for their child I thought I would jot down a couple things about Ryan. I wanted a bunch of fun pictures but that little boy, cute as can be, is not photogenic and really tought to even take a picture - therefore difficult to capture how cute he is.

Likes:

Blues Clues
Circles (really all shapes but circles are easier to say)
LOVES the alphabet
numbers
naming family members
singing
dancing
splashing in the bathtub
sometimes he likes to cuddles
sometimes he likes to give kisses
balls
fruit snacks
he loves to jump and swing
coloring - this is his #1 obsession
snacks - specifically cheese snacks or cheese flavored (when he sees anything that looks like a snack at the grocery store he yells as loud as he can SNACK)!

dislikes

Having to be strapped down in his chair to eat
putting on and taking off clothes
when he wants something his brother has
when his brother takes something from him
when people leave the house and he can't go with them
when he is not allowed to play with candles
when he is not allowed to color

Ryan is pretty happy and extremely adorable but he has started to get mad very often or at least he has been demanding certain things I cannot always give him which makes him scream, cry, hit and throw tantrums to display how upset he is. At the same time that kid gets so excited about certain things and it is the cutest thing to see him jump up and down frantically and yell in excitement.

It is amazing to me to have a child where the language just flows. He talks and talks all the time. Everyday he says a new word or many new words. I am just blown away every day how that comes naturally to almost every child. I don't say that to sound dramatic or emphasize my parenting experience with Brody but that is all I knew was child who cannot say or communicate the simplest request let alone anything else which Brody still has a tough time with. Ryan can say people's name, I can give him directions, we can talk about things we see and he can do simple interactions with language such as saying, "hello" when I say hi. He says "love you" sometimes without me saying it first. There are so many aspects of communication that I just did not realize what it would be like to be a parent of a typical functioning child that this past year with Ryan has been wonderful and a brand new experience for me.

We love our little Ry guy and the happiness he brings into our lives.