Happy 2nd Birthday Reid!!

Dear Reid,

How are you already two??  I can't believe you are so big and I have loved watching you grow over the past 2 years.  Year 2 has brought so much joy and excitement as we've seen your personality start to develop.  You have such a great sense of humor, and you are such a silly little boy.  You seem to know what will make us laugh and know just the right time to do it.  My favorite right now is at meal times when you'll make silly faces at us until we copy you back.  You're in to the game of copy cat and it cracks you up every time!

I have enjoyed watching your vocabulary grow over the last couple of months.  And you try so hard to communicate with us that I still struggle to understand :)  But it's getting easier sweet boy.  Keep trying!  One day you'll be talking up a storm that I fully understand.  Some of my favorites that you have right now are:

"be-bap" (school bus)
"bieber" (birdie)
"ca-ca" (Micah)
"ree-rees" (Reidees)
"kikky" (kitty)

You're learning songs that we sing to you at bedtime, and I'm watching you be able to sing along with us to Jesus Loves Me, This is the Day, and I love you Reidees.  You don't quite know your colors yet - most are blue to you - but you do know all your letters!  I love watching you learn and be able to use it to help you communicate.  You also love animals and can talk about most of the animals you see as well as what the sounds that they make.

You also love the outdoors!  We moved recently and have our own backyard now, and you'll wake up from your nap and immediately say "Outside.  Big Truck."  You just love being able to play outside and have become a pro at moving the Big Wheel and Scooter around.  It'll be interesting to see how you do with your Balance Bike you got for your birthday...I'm hoping you love it!

Thank you for always providing humor for us Reidees.  Thank you for your fun loving personality (that Daddy and I discussed last week as resembling Frodos, haha.  Very cuddly but all on your own terms :)).  We've seen you blossom and look forward to many many more years with you baby boy!  You're going to be such a good big brother to your baby sister coming soon and I'm so excited that we're on this journey with you as part of our family.

Stay sweet baby boy!  Happy 2nd Birthday!

Love,
Mommy

2 year doctor stats (done on May 1, 2014):  Height = 2'10.6" (64%), Weight = 29 lb, 6.4 oz (67%), HC = 19.2" (53%)

As a comparison, Micah was almost identical to Reid...which really puts in to perspective how BIG Reid is going to feel once baby sister arrives!!  He still seems so little, but when Micah turned 2 he seemed huge to me.  Ok, Micah's stats:  Height = 2'10" (44%?? seems off), Weight = 29 lb (65%), HC = 19.76" (87%)