I'm a Big Boy!

"I'm a Big Boy" is not just one of my favorite phrases these days, it has also been medical confirmed at my 2-year old check-up I had with my doctor this morning. I am just over 3 feet tall (a half an inch over to be exact) and this puts me in the 95th percentile for height vs. age. I weighed 28 lbs. (50th percentile) which makes me officially "lean and mean", just like Mom and Dad have always said. Apparently, I also have a "big boy" head at 51 cm. that is nearly of the charts above the 95th percentile. That's alright, more room in there for good stuff like brains!

Other new examples of my "big boy" status are that I am now taking showers and doing some big boy things like coloring and working with flash cards. I take my showers with Dad, mainly because I have this recent and somewhat unexplained fear of the bathtub. Showers with Dad are pretty fun though. Daddy tells me "It's okay" and "You're a big boy" to help me feel more comfortable. So, the other day when Daddy was taking a shower, I told Mommy "Daddy is a big boy". I thought maybe he would appreciate the encouragement like I do.


I had a pretty fun weekend. On Friday night, I went with Dad, Mom and Teddy to take care of some errands. We decided to go to the Outback for dinner since we were out that way. There was a bit of a wait, but I made sure I was entertained by handing my new flash cards to the nice guy sitting next to me. He was nice enough to flip through them with me while I named off all the different items. After dinner, Mom and Dad took us to Toys R Us. WHOA! That is a fun place! I picked out a new toy for Valentine's Day...a new Harold the Helicopter. He is a friend of Thomas the train, except he is a helicopter. He goes everywhere with me now.

Yesterday, we took a drive up to see my Uncle George and Aunt Lou Lou after church. We spent the afternoon at their house so I could see my cousins, Sarah, Karlie and Jenna and we could have a nice family dinner. I was really missing them since I hadn't seen them since Christmas. Here is a picture of me and Karlie, and one of Sarah with Teddy. I don't have one with Jenna, but she is up visiting at Grammy's house this week, so I am sure to get some photos with her over the next few days that I will share with you.


I guess you may want to know about Teddy too, huh? He is doing good. He is growing a lot too. He isn't quite the big boy that I am, but he is showing signs of getting there. He is really close to crawling, and even though he doesn't really crawl yet, he seems to be able to get where he wants. He kind of rolls and stretches, and just moves somehow. People really seem to like his hair and comment about it when we are out in public. Grammy says he looks like Snoopy's friend, Woodstock, which I guess is a little bird with some crazy hair. It actually looks pretty tame in this photo compared to how it usually is.