Grayson is Two!

Gray's last day as a 1 year old

Grayson turned 2 on a Friday, so we blew up balloons the night before his birthday and then took them into his room and threw them in his crib while we sang happy birthday Friday morning.  We enjoy this little family tradition and hope to continue doing it every year (Grayson loves it, too!). 

Gray is changing every day it seems!  His words get clearer, his sentences get longer, and he understands more and more.  He is starting to have more temper tantrums as well.  He has started to have real opinions about things, and doesn't have a problem expressing them if we don't do what he wants.  A big tantrum starter these days revolves around sitting in the driver's seat of my car after we get home from work.  He wants to sit there every day when we get home, and even when I let him, he is still upset when I tell him we're going inside.    

Grayson's two year check up stats are as follows:
Height: 35 1/2 inches - 75%
Weight: 31 lb, 3 oz - 85%
This was our first visit with a new Doctor and Grayson was excellent with her.  He "chatted" with her and totally impressed her during his appointment.  She said that she didn't see any problems with his 2 year questionnaire that we filled out, so he seems to be on track developmentally as well.

Grayson seemed to understand "birthday" more this year.  I think he must have celebrated a lot of kid's birthdays at school recently, because anytime I would talk about party planning leading up to his birthday, he would say, "Ha pa tew," and then we would have to sing the happy birthday song.