Perry, 26 months

We are having so much fun with Perry! He is such a silly little kid. Everything he does is cute and funny to us, except of course when he is disobeying. He is talking so much more these days and is able to formulate sentences and stories by using key words. He loves talking to people...our shy little boy has really come out of his shell. We might be the only ones able to understand what he's saying, but that's OK. He gives the cutest "Hi" and wave to people (and also to us when we get him out of his bed in the morning or after nap time). He says "yes" a lot. For example, random lady at the store: "Can you say "Go Tigers?"; Perry: "Yes". I love hearing him say "do you mama" (love you mama). He is also singing a lot. He'll mumble through parts of songs until we get to a word he knows. He's especially good at singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" and the "Clean Up" song. Over the past several months Perry has begun participating in prayer time. While we ask for the blessing at mealtime, Perry will point to things he wants to thank God for. With his head bowed and his hands clasped together, he'll use his two index fingers to point to his plate of food, his cup, the lamp, etc and we have to mention those things in our prayer. At bedtime, he always wants to thank God for Mama, Dada, and baby. Perry loves to "fall down" while playing. He always makes sure to yell a big "Oh noooo" while doing it. He also loves rough housing with Daddy. He still has lovie and paci, but is usually only allowed to have them in bed. I will catch him with them during the day and when he sees me, he'll run and hide. He thinks it's so funny when we hurt ourselves (either for real or pretend). I guess his sense of humor is just like mine. He enjoys lining up his choo choo's and cars and "counting" them, saying "by, by, by" or "two, two, two". We don't know where the "by" came from, but that's how he counts. I really wish I could record every day of Perry's life right now. I hear that life will only get more fun and interesting as he gets older, but I just can't imagine it being better than the present. We love our little Perry boy so much!