Tommy's 2.75 Years Old: 33 Months Post

I'm trying to get Tommy to say he's 2.75 years old but he prefers to say "I'm almost 3!!!!"  In fact, he LOVES saying that.  He's ready to be 3!  Sorry bud, you still have 3 more months.  But it'll be here before we know it.  Just crazy.

 He is getting so big.  This is a preview picture of Tommy's school picture he just had taken recently (which explains the shoddy quality).  Look at that adorable hand in his pocket.  Cracks me up.  He is such a BOY! When did that happen?? He's so tall and skinny! (Andrew was ticked they didn't fix his hair before the pic.)

 He's got LOADS of personality these days.

 Just look at these faces.  He has a lot to say, that's for sure.

 Oh boy.  Making faces.  So it begins.

 I put this pic on facebook.  He was trying on his suit for the wedding and he decided to walk like a giant.  It's his new favorite walk.  We try to get him to walk other funny ways but he always goes for Walking Like a Giant.

 He still loves sleeping with ALL of his stuffed animals.  These are just the animals he keeps close to him.  He has tons at the foot of his bed and off to the side that you can't see in this picture.  That's a lot of friends to share a bed with.

Look who loves to try on new shoes!! Nice choice, Tommy Hawk! 

What else is Tommy up to? 

-He recently has started drawing faces.  Sure it doesn't sound like much but I am amazed by little developments like this.  He opened up his Oreo and poked two eyes and a mouth into the cream part.  What?? Then later he drew a face on the wall with a bathtub crayon.  I thought it was cool.  It's just one of those things that parents get excited about. He's a budding artiste! :-) 

-He recites lines and songs from movies randomly.  I can't remember where we were but out of nowhere he says, "She thinks the monkey is the sultan!!!" Another favorite of his is, "WHO DISTURBS MY SLUMBER?" and "WHAT'S GOING ON OVER HERE?"  He also loves singing Circle of Life and Hakuna Matata.  The Aladdin songs are a little fast for him to keep up.  

So can you guess what his favorite movies are??? :) 

-Since we got a new video monitor, we can actually tell when he goes to sleep.  So when he's rolling around playing, I get on the speaker and tell him to go to bed.  My mom was putting Tommy to bed one night and she asked him what it was.  He said, "My monitor tells me to lay down and go to sleep!"  Haha!! He doesn't know it's us telling him to go to sleep! I love it! 

-Speaking of sleep, Tommy has decided he doesn't like to nap at school anymore.  It has been entirely frustrating because he's the meltdown king at night.  With a lot of time and work, we can get him to sleep on the weekends but he refuses at school.  What a stinker.  We cannot have that once the baby gets here.  We are working with him on the school nap.  I really don't know what we will do but we have to do something.  NOW.  

-He's really growing up becoming quite brave and independent.  I was so worried about him being shy or sensitive but he's really changing these days.  He will try new things without clinging to us.  He wants to do everything himself.  He loves to do crazy things that we never thought he'd try.  It's great but also scary for us as parents to let him do all this stuff.  

-Ever since we started his daily asthma inhaler, he has been a different kid when it comes to being sick. He doesn't have colds that last for a month or more.  He doesn't have a constant runny nose or cough.  He doesn't have to go to the doctor once a month for some sickness that he picked up that got out of hand.  I'm really looking forward to this winter to see how he does with sickness. I was constantly taking days off because he would be sick but I am very hopeful that this inhaler will be a huge help this winter.  

What else is new in Tommy's World?? 

Scout is back from the dead.  Scout (actually I think it's Scout 2 or 3.0 by now) has gotten plenty dirty.  So we started washing him occasionally which made his computer system breakdown and stop working.  Tommy was pretty sad when Scout stopped talking.  I believe the last time he heard him talk was probably before Christmas! So just the other day, I thought it might be interesting to see if we put batteries back in him, if he would work again.  Well lo and behold, it took 9 months to dry him out but he WORKS! He is even still still programmed to say his name!  You can see Tommy was a little excited.  

So happy 2.75 years, my dear Thomasaurus! I'd love to keep you little but it's so much fun watching you grow up.