Year 2

Jensen will be turning 2 tomorrow!  It is a great time to reflect on the past year.  I must say, year one was very difficult, and I think year two was very fun!  We had tantrums mixed in with the fun times, of course, and lots of teeth and late nights, but I have fully enjoyed this second year of his life.

He learned quite a vocabulary this year, and is learning more each day.  He is starting to string words together, and my favorite is Hi Mama (Eye Ma!).  He also has a new favorite activity, throwing rocks into the lake, and he loves to splash in the bathtub and swim at the pool.

Jensen and I flew to Virginia to visit with Maria for a couple days, and then we all went to New Jersey for my cousin's wedding.  He had a great time, and everyone thought he was super cute (I agreed).

Last summer was full of excitement with the baby pool and the hose, and his first vacation.  We went to the beach!  He absolutely loved it, he wanted to be in the ocean all the time.  It was actually calm enough for us to take him out one day too.  He got to see a baby sea turtle and go to the aquarium there.

We also had a very fun Christmas, visiting with cousins and meeting them for the first time, and playing at Top Golf back home.  He understood presents this time and enjoyed opening his gifts.  We got him pajamas and a book for the Christmas Eve, and a little chair his size for Christmas Day.  He also received lots and lots of other gifts from family and friends; he was quite the spoiled boy this year.  I think his favorite gift was the balloon though, closely followed by his new wagon.

A zoo trip was in order also, and we took him to the zoo one day.  He liked the reptiles the best, I think because they were close to his level and easy to see.

New foods he tried included popcorn, which is now one of his favorite snacks.  He also had pie for the first time, and that was a big hit too.  His favorite thing is to eat the salsa at mexican restaurants.  He dips his chip in to get giant bites, and then just licks the salsa off the chip and reuses it until it's too soggy to use again,