Colton, 2 Years Old

Our little boy is 2 years old! He is such a joy. He is growing so much in personality and communicates so well. He makes us laugh and amazes us with all the things he understands and says. Here are some things about Colton at this age.

He has a love for all things transportation related. He loves cars, trucks, airplanes, and especially trains. He spent 90% of his time at the Children's museum for his birthday playing with the train table. He will hold little cars or trains in his hands and bring them everywhere and even sleep with them. He loves books about trucks and trains too so I always make sure to get a few from the library each time.

He has about 5 trains in his hands

He likes to point out bugs and lizards and frogs and tries to touch them. If there is a dead bug he will saw 'ewww gose!'. If there is one in the house he wants to be the one to try and kill it.

He is very determined to try things himself. He wants to get in his own car seat, always wants to push the close door button, wants to lock the car, push the garage button, turn lights off, put lids on, buckle up, etc. He is constantly saying 'yemme do it!' or 'yemme try!'.

He is not a big eater and is pretty picky. Dairy is his favorite food group - milk, cheese, and yogurt. He always seems to like mommy's drinks. He likes my coffee, la Croix, and protein drinks. Yemme have some!

He is like Cambry in that he likes clean hands when eating or playing.  It seems he does not mind a messy face though. One is a chocolate larabar and one is mud. Take a guess on which is which.

He likes to play outside and always wants to get into daddy's fishing lures. He carries lures around (without hooks obviously) for long periods of time. Greg took him fishing recently and he had a good time.

I am so glad I get to have him home with me during the day. He is a trooper riding along to all the places - school drop offs and pick ups, errands, and all the therapies. When Lainey does therapy on Tuesday/Thursday we play at the park and he loves seeing the turtles. He will spend 20 minutes finding tiny pebbles and dropping them off the bridge into the water to watch the turtles and fish swim around them.

He has the best run! I don't know if we have fully captured it on video but it makes us both smile so big. He kind of does this cute little bounce and runs with high knees up and his arms out. It is adorable.

He likes songs but has very specific requests. He loves the Sing soundtrack like his sisters, but also loves You Are Loved, Thunder, and some other random songs. He will sing along to You Are My Sunshine at bedtime.

This boy loves to wrestle. Greg has taught him to say 'You want a piece of this?'. He will also say 'let's wrestle!' and come charging at you.

He takes a nap each day and goes to bed between 7:30 and 8. He is a pretty good sleeper but occasionally wakes up requesting you to rock him. He still lays his head on my shoulder most times after getting him up in the morning or from nap. He has done this since he was a baby and I love it.

Happy birthday, Colton Brooks! We love you so much!