Two and a Half!

Nathaniel is two and a half years old today!  Wow these last 6 months have gone by so quickly!!  Nathaniel makes me laugh so much and brings so much joy to our lives.  Nathaniel has crossed some big bridges these last 6 months like putting more words together when he talks and gaining independence in being able to do a lot more things on his own, as he says, "I do it, I do it!" 

Another great leap has been accomplished- potty training!!  I was pretty amaized at how quickly he caught on! I had heard of nightmares and hearing that boys took much longer. My great friend Wendy decided to potty train her son Zach and I was inspired to try with Nathaniel.  I did the 3 day bare bottom approach with him and he did great!  I still put a diaper on him at nap and bedtime, but during the day he goes on his own and we have an accident on rare occassion and it'susually my fault for not making him go when he is distracted and having too much fun.  So all in all he is pretty much potty trained!  Hooray!

At two and a half I've learned what Nathaniel's love language is- pyhsical touch.  Which is sweet because he loves to hug his friends, but he hasn't quite learned to be gentle and not come off so aggresively, because not all people like physical touch! Ha!  So we are working on his being more gentle with his loving ways so his sweet little friends won't think he's being mean.

Getting in the car is getting much easier since Nathaniel can now climb in and get in his seat very easily which helps out this momma's back issues! He can snap his top buckle on his own and I only have to snap in the bottom buckle for him and adjust the straps.  It's so great!  This will come in handy when baby #2 arrives in January!  I haven't even made a post about that yet!  That's coming next week!

The child is obsessed with trains and cars-hot wheels or and cars that look like hot wheels.  He carries them wherever we go and always in the car.  Its a great distraction for him when we are out in about.  He loves to make car noises and making them crash!  I recently bought him Cars pancake molds and he loved that!

Here are a few pics of Nathaniel as of late! Oh and these are all taken with my cell phone, so they may be a bit blurry!