This little boy  turned 2 years old today.

I took him to the doctor before we left Reno, so as of September 24th, 2009 he was

29 1/2 pounds (75-95%)

35 1/2 inches tall (95th%)

He didn’t write down his head.

Jameson can do so many things. He is an ace on his scooter, jumps on the trampoline or bed or couch, talks in sentences, learns new skills after you show him one time, he’s defiant, and loving, and everything in between. He will literally shake it off after getting hurt, but still wants me to kiss it. He loves watching movies, but gets scared. This doesn’t stop him, he just makes me watch the scary part with him. Right now his movies rotate between The Rescuers, Jungle Book, Cars, Little Mermaid, Finding Nemo, and Lion King. He wants to do anything his dad does, and will sit on the counter to watch me cook. Mostly he just wants to get treats out of the cupboards. He looks for the baby in “mommy’s tummy,”  and loves his books. He knows so many animals and their sounds (our favorite is a lizard). He loves to sing in the car, and always wants “my songs.” Maybe one day I can get him on video singing. He will also count things saying, “one, two, one two…”

We actually celebrated his birthday on Sunday with some friends. I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it, since he won’t remember, but we did have cake.

I found a cute dinosaur pan, so that’s the kind of cake he got this year. I was going to use a lego dinasaur we got him last year, and decorate the cake a little different, but when I went to get the legos out, I realized I never unpacked them. Oh well, Jameson still liked the cake. He had a few presents to open: a boat from Grammy Brazell, a camera from us (so he’ll stop taking mine), a scuba man to go with his boat and a Cars tin also from us, and a fire truck and puzzle from the McCulloch girls. He loves playing with these girls. He insists on sitting between them and holding their hands when they’re walking anywhere. He’s never had girls to play with really. He still loves to see pictures of his boys, though.

     

He was so cute blowing out his candle. We missed a picture the first time, so we lit the candle again, and did a take 2. He knows how to blow, because he likes to blow in our faces. He thinks it’s hilarious.  Well, he also knew the candle was hot. So he got about a foot away from the candle, held up his hand, said “Hot,” and then tried to blow it out from where he was. Kevin tried to tell him it was ok to get closer, but it took a few tries.

They were so excited to decorate their dinosaurs. I pulled them off the cake and made colored frosting for them. We made sure to send them each home on a sugar high. 🙂 Jameson ate his entire dinosaur, I believe. Pretty sure that was all he had for dinner that night.

Today, we didn’t do much for his actual birthday. We did go to the post office and pick up our mail which had a box from Grandma and birthday cards from his great-grandmas. Here is Jameson checking out his box from Grandma and Grandpa Gordon.

   

He was so excited. It was a box full of Lightning McQueen. Here is a video for them to see. (Sorry it’s so unsteady.)

He was spoiled this year by everyone as he was last year. We just love our little man. He’s definitely one of a kind, and keeps us laughing in between his time outs. We can’t wait to see what new thing he will learn that day, as he picks up on everything.