26 Month Update

• Says 2-word combinations, "No, dada", "No, mama", "Mama go", "Dada go", "Ashaw nigh night"
• LOVES! Asher from Nursery! Will talk about him all the time and can't wait until Sunday comes to see him. Interestingly though, when they are together, they are usually fighting over toys...
• Says "Amon" for jamon, "amey" for amen, "fwy" for fly
• Will sing "The Star Song", "The Wheels on the Bus", "The Itsy Bitsy Spider", "Skeeters and Mahoman", "The Clean Up Song". He does not sing in-tune, but tries hard and with our song at night will sing "sweep" and "fwy" and the "ooooohs".
• He threw his first temper tantrum last night. Has a really hard time getting prepared for bed (ie cleaning up toys, brushing teeth, getting pajamas on), but as soon as everything is finished, he settles down enough to pray, read from the Book of Mormon and then rock and sing with me.
• He is still sleeping from 8 pm to 8 am the next morning and will take a 2 hour nap around noon.
• Loves Toddler Time at the Mansfield Library.
• LOVES to play with his Dad.
• Loves to pretend fix anything with his tools--his car, my feet...
• Still will not tell us when he goes poop.
• When he burps, he will put his hand over his mouth and giggle.
• He will imitate the sounds of an ambulance, police car and firetruck. When he sees one of these types of vehicles, be it picture, puzzle or real life, he will start saying "We oooh we oooh wee ooh"...
• LOVES PARMESAN CHEESE
• Loves apples
• Will ask for parmesan cheese and apples many times over the course of a day
• Loves the "Max and Ruby" cartoon on Noggin
• Still loves Curious George
• Is still very ticklish...has just started to ask to be tickled or kissed when he points to an area on his body, he wants you to either kiss or tickle him
• Loves to bake with his Mama and will still taste-test everything
• Loves to play outside and is sad when he has to come back inside
• Will pretend talk on any phone...he has a cell phone where he will talk and the following dialogue will happen: "Oh! (babble), (giggle), Nooooo, (babble)" Will then whisper babble to whoever is standing next to him and hand them the phone or he will just say "Buh bye" if nobody is around to pass the phone off to.
• Has met with his speech therapist twice so far, will see if things start improving.
• Last weekend went off with Brother van den Berg without a moments hesitation. They went and saw the the horses, the pigs, the chickens and the garden. Brother van den Berg tried to feed him a raspberry, but he just sucked on it and then spit it out. They later went on a tractor ride! He loved it! It was the first time he had gone off with a stranger while we were still around.
• We've started flossing his teeth with flossers; it is still in the works in how productive this is. He will floss my teeth while I try to floss his. It is truly a sight to behold!
• His teeth brushing is going better--he won't bite down on the toothbrush anymore so at least we can get his back teeth brushed.
• Still will not say his name, but whenever we say his name, he will point to himself, so he at least recognizes that he is Andrew.
• Is very aware of everything. When Cesar and I are talking and something is said in reference to him, he will try to re-enact what we are talking about or will pick up on the words we are saying, especially if chocolate is mentioned.
• When he is asked if he wants to do something, like get an ice cream, he will respond with a very loud and enthusiastic, "UH HUH!"
• When he sees something or somebody do something wrong or get into an accident, he will say "Oh no".