Austin's 2nd Birthday!!

Austin coming home from the Hospital on January 1st, 2011:

Austin's First Birthday:

Austin's 2nd Birthday!!

He loves the balloons!

He's a big fan of cake!

I didn't get too many pictures because it is hard to capture a photo of an active two year old!  His well child went well.  No shots but they did recheck his lead levels.  They were 5 at his one year visit and this time they came back as "Under 3.3" so the office was happy.  Here are his stats:

Austin at 2yrs:
Height:  33 1/2" (25th percentile)
Weight: 26# (30th)
Head:  50.4cm (90th)

How much he's grown in 6months (aka, 18month stats):
Height:  31 1/4" (25th)
Weight:  22lbs 9oz (10th)
Head:  49.25cm (90th)

Brody's stats at 2yrs:

Height - 33 3/4" - 50th
Weight - 28 1/2# - 50th
Head - didn't get the measurement, but his percentile was over 100th/off the charts.

And as for Mr. Jacob at two he was...
Height - almost 33" - 10th
Weight - 25lbs (with clothes on!) - 10th


Austin's current Likes:

BOBBER BEAR.  Heaven help the person that DARE mess with Bobber bear.  At one point Austin had two bobber bears but he defiantly removed his diaper and PJ bottoms one night (lesson learned:  Austin MUST wear a onesie to bed!) and well, Bobber was compromised.  So now we are down to one and he's looking pretty close to retirement as well.  The Easter bunny would be wise to pick another one up.  PS - if any of you want an awesome bear, consider Bobber for $20!  100% of the proceeds go to the Martin Truex Jr Foundation helping children in need by supporting a wide range of charities with limited name recognition and budgets. 

His left thumb.  Austin loves sucking his thumb and uses his other hand to caress his face or the left arm.  Even though he is two, I still find this adorable.  Remind of that when we are paying his orthodontist bills.

Lightning McQueen.  Anything Lightning McQueen or CARS related can always be found near Austin or in his hand if he is not busy sucking his thumb.

Cars, Trains, Planes.  He loves to drive them all around the house and his particular favorite thing to do with them is to line them all up in the kitchen while I am busy cooking and then have me announce "GENTLEMEN, START YOUR ENGINES!"  Then he pushes them all away so they can trip me, oops, I mean race.  Sometimes he also likes to turn them all upside down and say CRASH!  Although I find it cute, I'm kind of over the tripping over cars and toddler while trying to prepare dinner thing.

Books.  Although he can only really tolerate one-on-one with the books.  We tried to combine our bedtime story routine with all the boys and it was like party city.  So we are back to me reading to the older boys and Aaron reads to Austin.

Removing his pants and/or diaper.  But yet it does not appear as though he is ready to potty train.  We are hoping this summer.

Brushing his teeth.  With YOUR toothbrush.  Note to visitors:  Keep toothbrushes locked up.

Screaming in public.  We avoid restaurants at all costs.  Meijers can go screw themselves.  If you don't want to hire more cashiers and think 30 minutes to check out is perfectly acceptable, you can listen to Austin's lungs.   

Wrestling/Chasing his brothers.  LOVES it.  He gets run over and bumped into, but he jumps right back up and limps back into action! 

Playing Air hockey!  Grandma & Grandpa purchased a small one for the boys for Christmas and surprisingly Austin is pretty good!  The only problem is he likes to keep his other hand on the table and sometimes it gets hit with the puck :(

Dislikes:
Wearing gloves.  It's amazing he hasn't lost any fingers yet, because he loves to play outside despite his loathing of gloves. 

Anybody messing with Bobber.  Not.  Cool.

Anybody messing with his cars.  (Even if they are YOUR cars). 

Sleeping in a bed.  He much prefers the floor in front of his door.

Eating things one bite at a time.  Gorging himself is much more efficient.


So there is his long overdue update!  We just love our little guy so much.  He's surprising us with new words all the time (yesterday he said his breakfast was "Delicious!") and becoming such a funny little guy.