27 Months Old

Today Isaiah is 27 months old. It's not really an even number, but he is growing up so fast that I wanted to write about the way he's changing. 

He's pretty tall for his age. He is the tallest in his age group at his babysitter's house, and he is about the size of several of the three-year-olds at church. He is about 36" tall and 32 pounds. 

His vocabulary is amazing. I am a biased mom, but he really is very verbal for a 2-year-old boy. He speaks in complete sentences most of the time. Here are a few things he said today: 

"I hear a bird." "I hear a dog." "I hear a fire truck." --we are learning about hearing, obviously. 

"I want to play outside." "I throw the ball for Rigby." 

He really does a good job of creating sentences and using the parts of speech properly. Something else that I think is really cool is the way he can contextualize vocabulary. For example, the other day he told D. that he wanted a granola bar for lunch, and D. suggested something else, like a sandwich. Isaiah said, "No. I want a granola bar first." That was the first time we heard him use "first" in the correct context. We've noticed this with a few other words as well. 

Things Isaiah likes: Clifford the Big Red Dog and his owner, Emily Elizabeth, granola bars, blueberries, playing outside, tractors, dogs, our friend Matthew, and baseball. 

Things Isaiah does not like: being told what to do, staying in bed, getting out of the bathtub, time outs, and putting on pajamas. He often says "I don't like it" in order to express his opinion. 

So we have a strong-willed, opinionated 2-year-old on our hands. But really, is anyone surprised? We are both slightly opinionated ourselves.