Ryan is almost 2! (23 months)

Sorry, bud.  We managed to knock one of these out every month for your sister, and you haven't gotten one of these updates in ages.  That's the breaks of being the second kid.  We are mentally filing away and enjoying these daily moments, but official documentation is spotty.

Height/Weight: unknown.  More than Laura when she was his age; he's already surpassed the 20 lb. marker.

Likes: "Walking" (going for a walk), "Cars" (organizing and lining up cars), "Bankie" (chewing on his blanket), "Teets" (treats/desserts), "Ahside" (going outside), "Futtin/Muffin" (banana chocolate chip muffins for breakfast), "Gah-ko" (Hello Baby! book with a gecko in it), "Esores/Di-sores" (dinosaurs) and "Yizzards" (lizards), "Fo-nin" (Frozen, both the music and movie), "Feeshees" and "cahcahs" and "cahkees" and "toh-ss" (goldfish, crackers, cookies and toast), "Baby" (Hush Little Baby) and "Ahpa bahtda wahso high" (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star) at bedtime; much to his grandmothers' dismay, he has a strong preference for his Bapa and Papa

Dislikes: "Mah-ters...coming" (not sure if this is really a fear, but he's always pointing down dark hallways and announcing this), when he can't go outside or go for a walk, having to get in his carseat "buckle...stuck!" HAIRCUTS.  Really hates the haircuts.  We had to leave one at Great Clips back in March; he threw the stylist's comb and the bribe M&M's before going into full-blown kicking and screaming.




















Any new tricks?: Doing good with counting and can get to about 10, definitely looks like a lefty as he chooses to pick things up and throw with his left hand, walking up and down stairs rather than doing his trademark "slide," really good at singing Happy Birthday, familiar with praying before dinner "Amen?Amen? Eat!!"

Other funny Ryan things:
"Bah bah basssh" for toothbrush (due to song lyrics "Brush brush brush, brush brush brush, brush your teeeeth!")
Somehow knows to twist open Oreos and eat all the filling first
Calls Laura "Rah Rah"
Likes to tell you which way to go - "ee fay" (this way)