pearson {3 years 10 months}

Oh my goodness child, you keep us laughing all the time! You are always saying the funniest things.  You are such a chatterbox too!! I wonder who you get that from?? This month has been such a good one.  You are really growing out of that "threenager" attitude and have just been a joy to be around lately.  Don't get me wrong, you still have your moment, but I think we are definitely nearing that "magical fours" age.  

• Every time I cut something with a knife you ask, "Is that knife shark"?
• You told me while I was nursing Nash that "To nurse means when a baby is hungry they can eat breastmilk out of their Mommy's tummy."
• In the mornings when I leave the scale out, you like to hop on and say "I need to check my feet!"
• A tennis shoe is a tissue.
• One day you asked me if Lolly & Pops had kids. I told you that I was their kid and you look at me funny and said "No, that's silly, you're not a kid, you are a Mommy!"
• We were eating pork chops for dinner and you asked what it was.  Daddy had the grand idea to tell you that it was pig.  I wasn't quite ready to go there yet, but then you asked, "Is this pig chicken?"
• Pops has a camper that he pulls behind his truck.  We were out and about one day and you saw a motor home and yelled out, "Look Mommy, that camper is driving all by itself!"
• I have been watching a lot of Fixer Upper lately and you love to watch it with me.  Your favorite part is Demo Day.  The other day you asked if those guys were going to come to Tyler and break our new house!
• You were trying to find Netflix on the iPad and you told me it was in the Potos and Videos folder.  I corrected you and said it's Photos.  You said, "No is Potos, it starts with a P." I explained that when P & H are together it says the F sound and you just said "well that's silly!"
• Anytime a thought comes you mind you say "Hey, I have a dea". (idea)
• Last week your idea what they your  bedtime could be at 6pm when you turn 4.  Sure thing buddy!
• You always want to know what time it is and you ask "What kind of time is it?"
• You want to be a deli guy when you grow up. 
• When we were in Denison visiting family we saw a head statue of Dwight Eisenhower. You began to ask who he was.  We explained that he used to be a president a long time ago but he got old and died.  You replied, "So he died and turned into a head statue."
• When parking in front of the barber the other day you said we were parked in "4 Hore Parking" in stead of 4 Hour Parking.  It caught me by surprise when you said that because I hadn't seen the sign yet! 

pearson {3 years 8 months}

• You have been such a delight lately! I think we are rounding out the "Awful Threes" and moving closer to the "Magical Fours".  
• We have had some nice days lately and you love to ride your bike. 
• If I take Nash's pictures, you automatically ask me to take yours. 
• You talk a lot about when your going to be FOUR.
• Naps are officially a thing of the past.  I make you rest with nothing in your bed for an hour and then you can read books until Nash wakes up.  I would say one out of every ten days you fall asleep for a nap, but it's a rare occasion now.  
• You have PJ's that have Grizzly bears on them and you call them Grizzle Bears.
• When I am eating something, you way of asking if you can have a bite, is "Do I like that?".  I always tell you no, and you respond with.  "Is it spicy?".
• If we answer one of your questions with Maybe or I Don't Know, you always say "Yes or No".  You need a definite answer!
• You ask "How many minutes is it?" for "What time is it?"
• You can completely tell time by yourself on a digital clock.  
• You can read so well.  I am amazed at what you can read.  You are definitely a sight word reader.  If we tell you what a word says, you remember it the next time you see it.  Such a good memory!!
• You got to go to a Valentine's Day party at Lolly's house.  One of your favorite things was the "hot chalk" or hop scotch. 

pearson {3 years 7 months}

• You always request to wear comfy clothes….AKA not jeans or jeams as you still call them. 
• Before we go out somewhere you remind me that you need your spikes! You love to have your hair spiked up!
• You have a bladder of steel.  I think most days you only go 3 times a day.  
• One morning when you woke up and I asked you to go potty, you told me "But I went yesterday!"
• You love to go to Wal-Mart and Target with me to get a cookie!
• One time I put on red lipstick and you looked at me when the funniest look and said "Did you put wips (lips) on your mouth?"
• We finally moved you to a big boy bed and you are doing awesome!! You took a nap the first couple days but every since it's kind of been a battle.  
• You call girls….."gores".
• You love to do puzzles on the iPad on an app called Jigsaw Puzzles.  It amazes me how quickly you can do the 25 piece puzzles.  They are pretty hard.  
• Nash and I had the flu so everyone was on Tamiflu.  Every morning when we made you take your medicine, you would ask, "Am I sick?" You were so confused!

pearson {3 years 6 months}

• For Christmas you are asking Santa for a bike.  We kind of talked you into it, because you originally wanted Power Wheels Car.  We told you that Santa couldn't fit that down the chimney! You agreed, but were then concerned that a bike wouldn't fit either.  We assured to it will!!
• You are all about Christmas lights.  You love to look at them anytime we are out in the evening.  
• You always ask us if things are close or far when we get in the car.  You like to know how long our drive will be. 
• I've know that you could read most sight words for a while now but I finally sat down with you are let you read some books to me and I am shocked at how much you can read.  It's crazy to say that my 3-yd old can read. 
• I love it when  you say "Oh man!" and "Ta-da!
• You are so rough with Nash, but thankfully Nash doesn't mind it one bit.
• You have turned into a little lego mania.  You love to look at all the pictures and build everything the exact same way. 
• You call Swiss Cheese, Squish Cheese.
• You want light up shoes for Christmas so bad.  It's all you can talk about.  
• In the car you always ask us to turn up the radio a "wittle bit wouder".
• You are SO afraid of automatic flushing toilets and hand dryers. 
• You know our address.

pearson {3 year 4 months}

• You call restaurants, "restronnets".
• You can easily count to 30 and if I help you out on the 10's you can count to 100.  
• When you sit in Daddy's spot on the couch, you always put your arms on the arm rest and say "I'm giving my arms a rest".
• You say "It's sparkling outside" when it's sprinkling. 
• You call pretzels, "princils". 
• You are doing better at going to church, but we are still struggling with getting in trouble at church on Sunday mornings. 
• You started choir at church on Wednesday nights last month and really love it.  
• You say you want to be a Daddy when you grow up.  

pearson {3 years 3 months}

This whole month was kind of a blur because we are really struggling majorly in the behavior department.  A lot of it, I feel like, is because I am majorly lacking sleep with Nash not sleeping at all.  I'm having trouble being consistent in disciplining and that not helping at all.  You are so strong-willed right now and know exactly what you want.  If it's not the same and what we want, we get a major fit.   While you keep us laughing most everyday, we have quite a few not so funny moments this month as well.  All of the sudden you have decided to hate going to church.  You scream when we drop you off, (you always calm down shortly after) and when we pick you up you have gotten in trouble for something.  That is so not like you.  We had to introduce "Sass Spray" or sometimes we call it "Disobey Spray".  It's part water & part apple cider vinegar.  If you are disobedient you get a spray in your mouth.  You hate it.  Most of time, just the threat of it is enough to made you change your ways.  I wish I would have taken better notes of some of the funny things you did or said this month, but this is really all I can write about.  This too shall pass!!!

pearson {3 yrs 2 months}

• You saw a handicap sign and said that it says "Sit on a wheel"!
• Cantelope is "Camel-yokes"
• Toothpaste is "Two face"
• After I took off my red toenail polish Pearson noticed and said , "Where did your red toes go? You have feet like mine now"!
• You love road signs and you are started to read some of them. 
• Your favorite book right now is Donut Chef.  You like to point out Donut shops now every time we see one. 
• You asked why Daddy's work is on fire because the B of Baylor has a flame coming out of it. 
• You call Nash's therapy appointments "airapy".
• You want a peanut butter sandwich everyday.
• I usually let you watch one Super Why a day and if we watch it in the morning you always tell me in the afternoon that you forgot to or you need to watch Super Why.  Nice try bud!
• You always have to poop right after I put you down for a nap.  It's your stall technique and it works because I can't say no.  At least you actually go and then still take a great nap. 

pearson {3 yrs 1 month}

• You fell in the pool at Nicole & Bryan's and shook you up pretty bad.  Thankfully Grandaddy was close by and jumped in to get you (with his clothes on). You used to love the pool but you have been pretty anti-swimming lately. 
• You call your swim suit a "swim soup".
• When it's sprinkling outside you say it's "sparkling".
• You have started telling us about the Poke Guys.  We aren't totally sure how you came up with them but they are apparently scary and always in your room.  
• Something happened the day you turned 3 and you have been so disobedient and defiant.  
• You HATE nap time but always fall asleep and still sleep for a solid 3 hours. 
• You will always agree to take 3 bites of food because you are 3 if it's something you don't want. 
• I love to watch So You Think You Can Dance and you love to watch it with me.  You call it the Cue Music Show since Nigel always says Cue Music!
• You love to dance and have some pretty good moves.  You can really feel the beat. 
• You are starting to tell time digital.  
• You love birthday parties!!! The cake is always your favorite. 
• I took you to the movies to see Turbo and you did great!
• Toast with beans in it is cinnamon raisin toast. 
• Everything has to come from a store. Chicken is from the chicken store.  Shoes are from the shoe store.  Phones are from the phone store, etc. 

pearson {36 months}

I CANNOT believe you are THREE!!!

Oh my goodness.  Weren't you just born yesterday???

You seriously continue to amaze us.  You are so sweet, so incredibly smart, and so funny.  

You really are a pretty well behaved little boy.  Every now and then, I see why people say 3 is harder than 2.  I can definitely see some hard days ahead.  But thankfully God made little three year olds so funny so we would forget those hard days. 

Some things about you……

• You continue to do amazing with potty training.  You only wear a pull up at night but rarely wake up wet.  Maybe once a week. 
• If you need to poop, you yell "Get out of my baf-room".  You need privacy!!!
• You love to watch Super Why!
• All you wanted for your birthday was Legos. 
• You are obsessed with your little brother.  
• You would eat oatmeal every single day, for every single meal if I let you. 
• Your favorite places to eat are Chick-fil-A & Taco Bueno.  
• You love when I spike your hair.  You call it "your spikeys".
• You love reading a Bible Story with us every evening before bed. 
• You are starting to recognize some sight words like…….go, on, stop, and LOTS of environmental print.  Taco Bueno, Chick-fil-A, Kroger, Do Not Enter, etc. 

Funny words you say…..

Burgers (Boogers)

Struction Site (Construction Site)

Dr. Pecter (Dr. Pepper)
Cookie Show (Cooking Show)
Gore (Girl)

pearson {35 months}

I seriously can't believe you are almost three.  Each year has flown by, but this year had gone really fast…..maybe because of the addition of your baby brother.  Also because of the addition of your brother, I didn't take too many notes things that happened this month.  Oops!! I still love you though!!

• You are officially potty trained.  We didn't really do anything special.  We just waited until you were ready and it just clicked.  You are still in pull-ups at nap time and bedtime, but the majority of the time you wake up dry so we will switch to underwear soon!!  I can't believe how easy potty training was. 
• You have started to get a little rough with Nash lately.  You LOVE to touch his face.  
• If you see our last name you always say "Hey, that's my Link"

Funny Words You Say….

Han-Za-Tire (Hand Sanitzer)

Yittle Room (Living Room)

Cata-Killer (Caterpillar)

Over (Oval)

Tock (top)

pearson {34 months}

I can't believe you are two months away from being THREE.  Three has always seemed like such a big kid age to me, but now that we are here you are still my baby.  I guess it doesn't help that you still sleep in your crib, wear diapers, and have a paci at nap time.  We've got to work on those things so you can be a real big boy for your 3rd birthday.  I would like to have the diapers and paci gone by three, but I'm totally okay with you sleeping in your crib as long as you are okay with it!!  Just like last month, you have continued to adjust well to being a big brother.  You really and truly love Nash so much.  You can't keep your hands off of him and you always want to be close to him…….sometimes too close!!  We occasionally have little crying fits over the silliest things, but overall you are such a sweet boy.  I feel like we have been so lucky with the "terrible two's".

• This month you got sick twice.  You had pink eye and you got a stomach bug.  
• You love to watch Super Why!  Anytime you see words or letters you tell us "I have spelling power!"
• We went the the neighborhood Garage Sales a few weeks ago.  While we were driving around you kept saying saying "There's another Garage SELF". 
• After nursing Nash one day I had leaked and had a little wet spot on my shirt.  Pearson asked me what was on my shirt.  I told him it was milk.  He responded "Mommy's got milk!"
• You pooped in the bathtub for the first time.  Ugh!!!
• You love to try to make Nash talk by saying "Ooooo" or "Ga-gah".  One day I was burping Nash and he burped really loud.  You immediately said, "Mommy, he's talking to me!"
• For the last few weeks you have been going tee-tee in the potty at least once a day.  Your reward for going in the potty is either an M&M or a marshmallow.  The other day after you tee-teed you said "I get a mushroom!"
• You love to do "Tummy Times" with Nash.
• One day when you were in the bath tub you said, "I washin' my penis.  P is for penis." Oh boy!!!
• You can spell all of your color words and this month I discovered that you know most of your colors in Spanish too! You must pay attention in Spanish class at school!!
• For some reason you call Nash "Needy Nash".  I have never called him needy and I don't even know if you know what that word means, but you call him that all the time.  It's so funny!
• Every morning you ask me "Where we going?".  You love to go places, whether it be to school, church, a playdate or even the grocery store.  
• If we are out of some sort of food, you always tell me "We get more at Wal-Mart!"
• You are obsessed with your little stools.  The main uses for it are your tool bench and brushing your teeth, but I almost always find one in Nash's room because you love to stand on it while I change his diaper or to look in his crib.  
• When you sing the BLUE song you always say "Bee-F-Uh-Me spells blue" instead of B-L-U-E.  We have told you over and over again what  you say but you always say it wrong!

Funny Words You Say…

Funder (thunder)

Crab Racoons (Crab Ragoons)

Wash Cwob (Wash Cloth)

18 Wee-Were (18 Wheeler)

Rice Christmas Treat (Rice Crispy Treat)

Squee-Gee Patch- Squeezy Pouch

Flashing Light (Flash Light)

Two Face (Toothpaste)

pearson {33}

Life has been crazy this month with being a new family of four, but you have really adjusted well.  You are such a good big brother.  You love Nash so much and are a good helper most of the time.  We have only had a few little fits but I'm not even sure I can blame that on Nash, we have to remember that you are still two!!  You continue to amaze us with all that you are learning.  You make us laugh all the time.  I wish I could remember all of the funny things you say each month, but I can't even keep track of them all.  Here are a few of the things you have done or said this month…..

• A friend that has a little baby girl came over one day and I told Pearson that they had a different baby….it was a girl.  When they left, he kept asking "Where that different baby go?" then all week he kept asking "Where the girl baby was?"  He was so intrigued by this "different" baby.
• You absolutely love to sing.  You want to listen to music all the time.  I am amazed at how quickly you can learn a song.  
• You can spell all of your color words and you are working on spelling number words.
• You can write your name.
• You can tell us what just about any word starts with.  
• You LOVE to write letters and numbers on your Magnadoodle.
• Every time you wear your Big Bro shirt you ask where your "L" is.  I had to break it to him that he wouldn't ever have an "L" on his shirt because he isn't a Lil Bro.
• One day you told us you needed your "hand nails" clipped.
• You can FINALLY watch a TV show and not throw a fit when it's over.  I happily let you watch one show a day now(you usually pick Super Why) and you alway remind me "Just one show!"
• The newest phrase we hear multiple times a day is "I don't want to." Ughh…..
• You love taking pictures these days.  I think it might stem from the fact that I take lots of pictures of Nash.  I think you might be a little jealous. 
• You are obsessed with a little girl at church named Alice.  You talk about her all the time.  
• If you see Link you always say "Hey, that's my Link"
• You got a new big boy carseat this month.
• You still take a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoons and still take your paci….just at nap time. 

Funny words you say:

Prize- Surprise

Comboose- Caboose

Home Be-Po- Home Depot

Microphone- Microwave

pearson {32 months}

• You are obsessed with singing songs.
• You love to draw on your magna doodle.  You love to tell us to draw numbers and letters and names.  
• You know what all of our family members names start with you and  you say O is for Olivia, L is for Lolly, etc. 
• You are always asking us random questions "What Logan doing?" or "Where did Lolly's house go?"
• We tried to give up the paci at nap time but turned your naps into 45 minute naps so I gave it back to you because I didn't want to mess with your 3 hour naps before Nash got here.  
• You have tee-teed in the potty a few times this month but we haven't really started potty training yet.  I don't think you are totally ready yet. 
• You love to sing "Counting Stars" by One Republic.
• If you don't like the song in the car you'll say "How bout different song!"
• You only like to wear diapers with Mickey and Pluto on them.  
• Any word that has a "V" in it you change it to a "B" (covers=cobers, I love you= I wub you, heavy=heaby, movies=Mobies, drive=dribe, silver=silber)
• You started tell us NOPE this month. Ugh!!!
• Everytime we always go outside you always say "It's sky outside" but you mean "It's light outside or It's dark outside
• We got a new "big brother" carseat for you and it has cup holders in it.  You call them your "water hole" and your "milk hole".
• Before I had Nash you would pretend to call him and sing him Happy Birthday. 
• You became a big brother this month.  You are really adjusting well.  So far you haven't given us  a hard time but Daddy has been home the whole time to we'll see how it goes after he goes back to work!!?
• You call Nash "that baby". You say "What that baby doing? or Where that baby go?"

Funny Words You Say…..

Eff-Uh-Went (elephant)

Guh-wuh (girl)

Seh-Men (Seven)

Bou-Em-Time (Valentine)

pearson {31 months}

I think I say this every month, but you get more and more fun each month.  You keep us laughing all the time and bring us SO much joy to our lives. 

• You are a super cleaner upper.  You know where all of your toys go and you always help us in the evening to clean up all your toys. You definitely didn't get the clean gene from me!!
• You follow directions so well. We can tell you to go get something or go do something and you know just what to do!
• Your vocabulary is expanding every day and that is mainly because you ask "What is dat?" about EVERYTHING.  Last month you said "What's dat" but this month it's "What is that?" You literally ask this about 100 times a day!! I love your curious little mind though!!
• You had strep this month and you loved taking your medicine.  Each morning and evening you remind me that "Pearson need medicine!"
• You say two different prayers at dinner time.  Either the ABC prayer for the New Blessing.  The ABC prayer is "ABCDEFG Thank you God for feeding me." We call the other blessing the New Blessing because we introduced it last month.  It's no longer new, but that's what you call here.  Here is how you say it.  "God is great, God is goot, let us thank him for our foooot." I love how you make all the words rhymes.  It's the cutest thing ever. And you always drag out your Aaaaaaaaa-men.
• Anytime you fall or hurt yourself you say "I hurt da head" or "I hurt da hand"
• You don't say "my" you say "I" so it's "I milk" or "I shirt".  I guess we live in a world of I's with our iPhone and iPad so it's quite confusing!!!
• You like to dip your green beans in ranch.
• You love cucumbers and celery and ranch.
• We hear you say "Wemme do it!" a lot!!
• You have asked about a million times this month "Where Christmas go?".  You were so sad to see all the Christmas lights and our decorations come down.
• Anytime you see a P you say "Hey, P Pearson!"
• We started associated letters with words this month and you know can tell us what all of our family members names start with and you can tell us at least one word that each letter starts with. (ex. A-Ashley, D-Daddy, M-Mommy N-Nash R-Rocketship, Z-Zipper, etc.)
• One night I made Tator Tot Casserole and I told Matt that you probably wouldn't eat it.  Much to my surprise you were scarfing down the beef mixture and saying "Dis chicken is good!!"
• You are constantly asking "What dose people doing?" You want to know everything about everybody.
• One day when we were eating at Firehouse Subs and really large man walked in and you said (quietly thankfully) "Hey, wook, it's a giant!"
• Your longest sentence you said last month was "Hey Mommy, Yook at Dos Christmas Yights Ober Dare." 
• Anytime you say something is big you say "Big-O".  I couldn't figure out why until I caught myself always saying "Big Ole".  For example, I made a Big Ole pot of Taco soup for dinner tonight.  Or that's a Big Ole truck over there.  

Funny Words you Say
picko- Pillow

puter- Computer

jommas- PJ's

fwippers- Slippers
wakkles- Waffles

pearson {30 months}

Oh my goodness, I can't believe I have a 2.5 year old.  This month has been so fun.  You are talking so much.  I am constantly amazed at how quickly you pick up new words and how you form full sentences.  You are so curious and want to know what everything is.  This month has been especially fun celebrating the Christmas season.  You love anything Christmas!!  We love you sweet boy!!

• You have started giving us hugs and kisses at night again.  And not just a little kiss on the cheek. You have to give us a kiss on the lips and a big bear hug.  I love it!!
• Your prayers are night melt my heart.  You used to just repeat after what we said but now I just say "Thank you for......" and you say something.  Most nights you always say, Mommy, Daddy and Pearson and then all the other things vary.  Some cute things you have said are all the walls, my shirts, the fan, Mickey & Goofy, the windows, the dark outside, my new Christmas books.  If you can't think of anything to say you look around the room and say whatever you see.  It's so precious. 
• We have entered the world of "Wus Dat" (What's that?). You literally ask "What's that?" 100 times a day.  You even ask when you know what it is.  You are a very curious boy.
• You love Christmas songs.  You can sing along with so many songs.  (Feliz Navidad, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bell Rock, Santa Clause is Coming to Town, and Rudolph are some of your favorites.)
• You love to look at Christmas lights.  Everytime we are in the car at night you say "Yook at dose Christmas Yights Ober Dare" (Look at those Christmas lights over there.)
• You are very picky with your clothes and shows now. I will pick something out and then you will say, "How bout truck shirt" or "How bout grey shoes".  Most the time I win the battle but sometimes I let you just pick what you want to wear!!
• At night we started wrapping you up in your blanket and we call it a "Blankie Taco".  The next night we asked him if he wanted us to make him into a Blankie Taco.  He said "How bout Quesadilla"
• We got to see my cousins from Tennessee alot over Thanksgiving Break.  He is obsessed with the girls, especially Kennedy.  One night when we said our prayers he said Thank You for Kennedy 5 times!!
• You love Cheese Sticks. 
• You talk about your friends at school and your teachers all the time.  
• You have started to snuggle with us on the couch.  You tell us "Come Snuggle".  It's so sweet. 
• You still don't fully understand that you are going to be a big brother soon.  You talk about Baby Nash alot but don't really notice my ever growing belly or realize that an actual baby will be living with us soon. 
• You remind me every morning that we need to take your vitamin. 
• When you play with your Nativity set the 3 Kings always give Baby Jesus a gift.  I love that you are already grasping the true meaning of Christmas.  You also love to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus.
• You play independently really well.  

• Cute words you say
• Jeams (jeans)
• Pee-No (Piano)
• Quesa-Ditta (Quesadilla)
• Cu-WuWu (Computer)
• Jo-Fuff (Joseph)
• Tire Shirt (shirt with a tie)

pearson {29 months}

I didn't do a very good job this month (or last month) keeping track of funny things you said and did.  I'll have to do better next month!! Here are a few little things I can remember

• If we ask you if we can help you, your response is always "No, I help you"
• I let you have juice boxes for the first time this month. Big mistake. You are obsessed and think you should have one everyday.  We ran out last week and I won't be buying anymore any time soon. 
• You LOVE to sing songs but you do not like to perform for us. You sing the ABC's and Jesus Loves Me alot, but you are always buy yourself or where we can't see you.  You come home singing all sorts of songs from preschool.
• Your favorite snack right now is hummus and pita chips.  You wake up some mornings asking for it.
• We  turned your room into a "Big Boy Room". You are still in your crib but you have a little play area in your room now where the rocking chair used to be.  
• We got Nash's bed and bedding all set up and sometimes when I put you down for a nap you tell me "No, dat bed."  You love to be in his room. 
• Another phrase we here alot is "I dood dit" (I do it) or "My dood dit".
• When sports are on the TV you usually say "Go Cowboys" or "Go Bay-Yer" (Baylor). Last week when Matt was getting really excited during a Baylor game, he looked at me and said "Daddy's so-wee" (silly).
• You have started taking showers with us.  You think it is such a fun thing!
• You won't let us change your diaper on the changing table anymore. You have to choose where you lay down now.  You are not interested in potty training at all and I am A-Okay with that.  I'm not ready for it.  After you poop, you promptly tell us "Diapa Change".
• We have had to pretty much quit letting you watch TV.  It's such a battle with you after the show is over that it's not worth the 30 minutes of peace and quiet it give us to let you watch a show.  
• You love to go to Chick-A-Way (Chick-fil-A) with Lolly & Pops on Tuesday mornings.  Some mornings when I ask you what you want for breakfast you tell me "Chick-A-Way wif Ya-Yi and Pops".
• You still take a great 2-3 hour nap every day.  If it is not a school day you usually go down around 1pm. On school days you go down at 2pm and usually sleep until 5pm.  School wears you out. 
• You have become an apple snob like your Mama! You never liked apples until I started offering you Honeycrisps. 
• You have discovered that your pants have pockets and you call them your "Phone Pocket".
• Anytime we pass a fire station you like to see if the fire trucks are out.  If the doors are closed I always say "Ah man, the doors are closed."  The other day as soon as we passed the station you said, "Ah man da doors are closed." It's so funny to hear you mimic what we say. 
• You are talking in lots of sentences and phrases.  You amaze us with all that you can say now. You can really communicate well.  
• At night when we say it's time to say our prayers you say "Talk to Jesus". You put your hands together and squint your eyes together where you can still see. Some days you will repeat after us and some days you won't.
• A while back I told Pearson that he was going to have to start going tee-tee in the potty soon so we can give Baby Nash all of his diapers.  He quickly responded, "No.....Baby Nash go tee-tee in the potty."
• You like to tell us what the weather is like each day (raining, windy, hot, cold, cloudy, dark).
• All shirts with collars are coats to you.  When you wear a dress shirt you like to say "I handsome."

• Funny words you say....
• Smoo-Bee (Smoothie)
• Tee-Bee (TV)
• Ya-Wer (Water)
• Bwank (Blankie)
• Don't Truck (Dump Truck)
• Es-Ta-Bater (Escavator)
• Ro-Yer (Roller)
• Yo-Gurk (Yogurt)

pearson {28 months}

I should probably get this posted since Pearson will be 29 months on Saturday.  

I'll post all the things he's doing and saying combined in the 29 month post.  The last two month are all starting to run together since I'm behind!!  

pearson {27 months}

• Monthly pictures are next to impossible to take these days.  This was the best we could do.  Actually, pictures in general are so hard to get.  I want some updated family pictures before I get too pregnant but it looks like that won't be happening because I'm positive you wouldn't cooperate!
• You started preschool this month.  You go 2 days a week from 9:15-1:45.  You are doing great so far.  You love talking about your new class and new friends and especially Logan. 
• You started carrying a "Tack-Tack" to school and you love it!
• You have finally learned all of your colors.  You still call brown black sometimes and purple pink.  But other than that, you know them all!!
• You are obsessed with Stickers and Stamps.  We do sticker books all the time at home and you get a stamp somewhere on your body everyday at school. 
• You love to dance in the car but Mommy and Daddy are not allowed to.  If we start dancing you say "No Mommy dance".  I guess you are already embarrassed by us.  
• If the radio station is not good dancing music you will tell me "New Station" and then if it's a good one you tell me "Up  Mommy" to turn the volume up!
• You got sick this month with the croup and strep and had to miss school one day.  The steroid you took for the croup made you CRAZY!! We had a rough week of really bad behavior, lots of tears, fits, time-outs, and spankings.  
• You will no longer give us hugs and kisses at night.  You lay in your bed and then say "Bwoah Kisses".  
• "Mo-Mo Cycles" (motorcycles) are you automobile of choice these days.  Although, big trucks and "Twawers" (trailers) come in a close second.  You also love looking at construction sights and love the cranes that we pass every time we go to church. 
• You think all houses with a round pointy part is a castle
• After watching me play Candy Crush you have learned the words, delicious, tasty and sweet. Everytime I brush your teeth you say "Yi-tious". It the cutest thing ever. 
• You used to call all churches castles because of the steeple.  We finally taught you they are called steeples and that if they have a steeple it's a church.  You can now spot all churches and steeples. 
• One day I went shopping for fall clothes for you and when we got home I showed Daddy.  I kept  saying "Aren't these cute?" Now when we get dressed you always say "Cute"......about yourself and about me and Daddy!
• This month you have become a very picky eater.  I never know what you are and aren't going to eat.  It's hit or miss everyday.  Some days I swear you only eat bread, crackers and fruit. 
• No is your favorite word and it's about to drive Mommy and Daddy crazy!!
• You have started playing soccer with Daddy in the living room. You love to kick your little soccer ball. 
• When we drive places you like to tell us to go "dis way" or "dat way".  You can also tell us exactly how to get to Lolly's house.  
• When you see a stop sign you tell us to stop and you also tell us "Green-Go" and "Red-Stop".
• You are convinced we are having a baby girl. If we say it is a boy you say "Nooooooo, baby gull"
• Every night when we say prayers we ask you whose turn it is to say prayers and you ALWAYS say "Mommy's turn".  One night when Daddy was playing softball and went and ahead an asked him whose turn it was even though Daddy wasn't home.  Of course he said it was "Daddy's turn".

pearson {26 months}

• This month you have really started to throw screaming fits when you don't get things your way.  i.e. when a TV show is over, when it's time for bed, when we have to leave somewhere, when it's time to clean up, etc. Please tell me this is normal 2 year old behavior and we aren't the only ones in that boat. 
• You know ALL of your sounds and all of the little motions that I used with my Kindergarteners. You are so incredibly smart.  
• We are working on learning your colors, but those just haven't clicked like numbers and letter did.  You know all the names of the colors, but when we point to something and ask you what color it is, you get it wrong about 90% of the time.  You confidently throw out a color, but you are almost always wrong.  This week I think we finally mastered orange, red, and blue. 
• We are having you put your dishes in the sick if they are totally empty.  We tell you to "Go put it in the kitchen sink", but you call it the "Chicken Sink". Love it!!
• Anytime you hear the song "Up all night to get lucky", you sing "Yucky, Yucky Yucky" over and over again. 
• You are obsessed with trailers. 
• Anytime you spot a fire truck, police car or ambulance on the road, you let us know!!
• You started crying this month when we drop you off at the nursery at church.  You only cry for like 2 minutes, but it's so weird because you have never done that. 
• You love to dip your food into any kind of dip.  Ranch, ketchup, BBQ sauce etc.  However, you call it "duck".
• You are very much into yourself.  Everything is "Pearson's ball", "Pearson's turn", "Pearson's cup" etc.  The other day I gave one of your friends a horsey ride on my lap and you came running up to me say "Pearson's Horsey".
• When we drive by Lolly's house you say "Go dis way".  You get very sad when we don't stop by there house, so most of the time I avoid going into our neighborhood on their side to avoid the tears!
• When we ask you where the baby is you point to my belly, but then you lift up your shirt and say baby as you point to your belly, and then you do the same thing for Daddy. Apparently we have babies in our bellies.  
• First thing every morning you say "Daddy Work" and I have to tell you Daddy isn't at home because he's at work. 
• Your favorite book right now is "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom".  You love to say "OH NO" when the letters fall out of the tree. 
• When you play peek-a-boo you say "Pearson Doh" (Pearson Go) until we say "Where did Pearson go?  You will not come out until we say that to you!!
• When we drive on the road that goes to Chick-fil-A he start say "Chick-A-Way!".  He loves our weekly trip to Chick-fil-A for breakfast. 
• We started giving you gummy vitamins this month and you love them.  You call them "Bia-Mints".  He always wants more than one but he always reminds us that he just gets "One Bia-Mint".  He holds his finger out.
• You are obsessed with things being too hot. 
• You always say "Bless You" after we sneeze and you are really starting to say "Thank You" at the appropriate times. Most the time you say "Qweeze"(Please) when you want something. Hopefully you will be a little boy with good manners!
• You used to always shake your head and say "No, No" but lately you have started just saying "Noooooooo" in really whiney voice.  It is driving me crazy so I'm trying to teach you to say Yes Ma'am and No Ma'am.  When you do say it, it comes out "Yes, Man" and "No, Man".  We've got a little Jamaican!!
• You have a good understanding of what it means when the stove it too hot.  If I'm cooking, you will put your hand in the air and say "Too Hot".  However, you always think your food is too hot forever.  You will even touch cold food and say too hot. Silly boy!

pearson {25 months}

I know, I know....you probably thought Pearson's monthly posts were going to be over since he turned TWO last month.  Honestly, I thought they would be over too.  

But.....

I don't keep a baby book.  This is Pearson's baby book.  And he keeps doing funny things and saying funny things and I have to have a place to write them down.  I'm going to keep it simple and just take one picture and jot down a few things he's done or said each month.  I don't want to go overboard because I'm going to have to keep up with my Baby No. 2 weekly pregnancy posts and then Baby No. 2's monthly posts once he/she is born.

• I chose this picture of you with your tongue sticking out because this is how you have been for the last month.  I swear your molars are coming in, but you won't let me in your mouth to see.
• You have been an incredible eater this month.  You will literally eat just about anything I put in front of you these days and you almost always clear your whole plate. 
• You sign "more" but say "Queese" (please) when you want more food.
• You know 20 out of 25 of your letter sounds.  I started doing the Kinesthetic motions that I did with my Kindergarteners and you caught right on.  By next month I bet you will know all of your sounds!!  
• You are obsessed with napkins, however the way you say it, it sounds like "nut-megs".  You like to wipe your face after every bite.  
• You love to put your clothes in the dirty clothes.  
• Any kind of car or truck is still your toy of choice. 
• We have had our fair share of little 2 yr old fits this month.  
• Time-out is an almost daily activity in our house.  Thankfully you respond to it well and usually change your behavior after we take 2 minutes to think.
• You love to watch Mickey Mouse (Me-Mouse), Jake & The Neverland Pirates (Pirate Show), Chuck the Truck (Chuck Truck), and Handy Manny (Han-nee Mi-nee).  We usually just let you watch one show a day.  If you had your choice you would probably watch TV all day long.  Thankfully you play well independently and we usually just use TV in the evening while I'm trying to cook dinner. 
• Every since we made our "Bun in the Oven" video you love to help me in the kitchen.  If I say the word cook, you pull up the chair to the bar just like we did in the video. 
• You can't get enough watermelon.  You call it "Na-Na-Me-Yuh".
• You will repeat anything we say, so it's hard to know what words are new.  You can pretty much say anything we tell you to, it's just not always clear. 
• You are really starting to talk about your friends and family when we aren't with them.  I love that you love your friends and family.

That's all for now!