PT babies, please step up...

[Maresche]

Mimi turns 2 on the 28th of this month. She's in size 4 diapers and varies between 24 month and 2T clothes. Her biggest issue with clothes is the pants always fall off as she has no bum to speak of at barely 25 lbs. Overalls are a big hit at this house.

Mimi doesn't talk much but we know she's said "I love you" and "Daddy", not Dadda, but Daddy.

On Sat. night we caught her counting with her shadow. Not with the words but with "aaahs" and "oohs". She'd move 1 hand for 1 through 5 and both for 6 through 10, then clap at 10. And she's right 80% of the time and actually "counts" to 10. The other 20% varies between 8 and 12.

Mimi loves Terra and Terra is pretty fond of her. Terra has a triple coat and loves to be brushed and such and doesn't mind when Mimi rips out fur by the handful. A couple of nights ago, Mimi tried to pick Terra up by two handfulls of fur and seemed disappointed that it didn't work.

[Cataholic]

Hello. On Tuesday- 3/7/07- I turn 2 1/2, stand about 34 inches tall, and tip the scales at 31 pounds! I am a skinny one (NOT like my mommy). I wear 2T/3T shirts, and 24 month pants, anything larger on the bottom and I could hang out in the 'hood. I still wear size 4 diapers, and am not too interested in giving them the boot, despite having some eary success. Oh, well, maybe the spring will help this along? My shoes are a size 9.

I am a very active boy. I climb, run, hop, swing, jump all the time! Sometimes, I even do these things while looking forward! Mostly, though, I am looking back to see what mom mom thinks of it all. I brush my teeth, can disrobe, AND put all mom mom's lotion on my face in about ten seconds. I also have discovered that cats don't really love being held by their necks.

I talk alot. I call my mommy, 'mom mom', still say "dah" for yes, call work, 'gerk', candy= tan tan, Allie =ha ha, can count to 10 with a huge emphasis (aka, scream) on 5 and 10, and the words go on and on and on. I think mom mom finally has gotten over the fact that I was a slow talker. I even told her to drive real fast one time when I wanted pizza!

I still don't like much food, and eat fruit, cereal bars, peanut butter, grilled cheese, yogart, soy sausage and pizza, exclusively. Keeps mealtimes pretty simple . I don't eat any meat, and can tell when someone is trying to sneak something "foreign" into my mouth. I don't miss a trick when it comes to food.

I now sleep in a big boy bed with Allie, and my crib is moving to a new home soon. I don't get out of my bed unless it is morning, and finally talked mom mom into giving me two pillows so as to rest my head on at night. She is always muttering about her loss.

My world revolves around Thomas, a play tree-fort (doll house), and trucks. I can watch Thomas round the clock, and do sometimes! :0 I sometimes will tell mom mom, "mom mom tee-tee now?" and that means she is free to watch five or ten minutes of the evening news. Gotta watch her though, or, she will forget the household motto, "it is all about the kid"!

I love all the cats, and really do 'get' that soft pets are the preferred method of touch with them. I was a little cat herder when Minnie needed to be chased out from under the bed for medicine, and everyone lets me pet them, some just not as much as others.

I go to a little montessori based preschool/playgroup with Grammy on Fridays. We have SO much fun. AND, the good thing is? In a few weeks, we will then add a nature program to our week, on Wednesdays. I can't wait to go to the nature center program. I see climbing trees in Grammy and my future. (shhh...don't tell Grammy). I am ready for spring at Grammy's...where we can play on the front deck, and looooooonnnngg driveway, and blow the stink out of winter! I see lots of sand playing in my future.

Mom mom is always telling me I am the greatest thing in the world, and how blessed she is to have me in her life. I might start playin' on that soon.

Love,
Jones