Ethan at 2 and 1/4

This past month has been the most challenging time that we have had with you. The combination of the time change with the 2 year molars and the nap resistance and Christmas...it was a 1.2.3.4 punch to parenting within a routine. We did our best to stick with things - but this was definitely a time of flexibility and retraining (on both of our parts).
You show up as a blur in almost every picture I try to take without a flash. Still busy, busy, busy. You gallop and hop everywhere, still narrowly missing corners at every turn. Still need a helmet... You were even more of a hazard than usual because you spent so much time overtired.
You are using I and you and me almost perfectly now. The third person has almost disappeared. You even stick in a she, he, him, or her in your descriptions now. As in, "What's HER doin?".
You come up with 6 and 7 word sentences now: "That lady has a compuper like ours, mama." or "Me and mama are havin' oatmeal with raisins.". We sit together every morning and eat breakfast - but now we talk about what you want to do today, or what we should get from the store, or a million and one other things that seem to pop into your head at random. So awesome.
These pictures of you and your Dad sharing cereal are a typical scene at our house every day. One minute the crazy insane business of life with you as an overtired, psychotic toddler (and a baby brother too!) - then suddenly the most hilarious, witty, and charming character emerges and creates the most perfect moments.
The yin and yang of being two (and a quarter). We love you more than ever!

XOXO - Mama