You are a truly sweet boy. You have the kindest little heart with a soft spot for your Nana. I love watching you look after her. You always make sure she is included in whatever is going on and guide her around the house by the hand. You most recently took her hand while leaving church and led her out to the car. I was following behind you as you guided her across the street and to the front seat where you pointed and in your own talk told her to get in and sit down. You make her smile every morning as you run in the kitchen where she is eating and yell "Hi" quickly followed by a kiss and hug. You often feel it is needed to come supervise as I change her into her pj's and put her to bed, you pat the bed for her to get in. Yall have a very special connection of your own and it means so much to me. You have such a heart of compassion already for those in need around you. I know God will continue to develop this gift in you and have no doubt you will do great things with it one day.
You have a fan club everywhere we go, people continue to gawk over how cute you are and you quickly appease them with some form of entertainment. When you walk into church I can always hear people mumbling to one another about how precious you are. We recently had an acapella performance at the end of church service and you danced through it all. Very quickly the entire congregation was watching you and not the performers. You make everyone around you smile! It makes this Mama very proud! You are a true showman and love to be the center of attention. You have learned to share a little of the spotlight with your sister though. You like to dote on her, always at the ready with a paci or "pass" as you call them. The minute she starts to cry you come get me to tend to her needs. In the mornings while I am getting Nana breakfast you sometimes disappear and I find you looking over your sister, who was asleep, and you are talking to her or gently patting her. You are one proud big brother! You like to hold her hand in the car or lie down beside her when she is on the floor.
You have gone from calling me "mama" to "mom" to "Mom Mom" to "Mommy" sometimes changing daily. Each one of them melts my heart. You listen to me call out "Mom... Mom" to my Mom (your Nana) and have picked up on that. You have recently moved on from falling your Dad "daa" to "Daddy." I am not sure where you got Mommy and Daddy from but it is adorable! Anytime we go somewhere you say "Hi" and then proceed to point out "Mom" "Daa" and then your Nana and Sister neither of which are quite understandable yet. You are using your words a lot more now and very little cave man talk. It is so fun to teach you words and have you repeat them back to me. You do still love to "roar" at anyone willing to to listen and even those who aren't.
We converted your crib to a toddler bed and I was initially worried about how you would do with more freedom. The very first night you ran and jumped on your bed, laid down and never got out sleeping through the night. You proved that like every sleep transition you have been through you are a champ and continue to sleep through the night. We once caught you in the video monitor getting a dinosaur toy when you were supposed to be in bed. Your dad talked to you through the monitor and you jumped at lightening speed back into bed. You have continued to do amazing and just sit in the bed until we come and get you in the morning. Every time someone came over you took them to your bed and had them sit down, you clearly were very proud of your new bed. We just recently moved you into your very own "big big boy" bed, a queen. You were not too sure about this move at first and cried initially upon being put in it. I laid with you for a while and you continued to sob into my shirt. Dad finally convinced me the only way to get you to stop was if I left you alone in there... so I walked out and began to cry myself. You, however quit crying almost immediately and went off into an uninterrupted night of sleep. You have loved your new bed ever since and love sleeping it in. We tried you out on a pallet on the floor in our room this past weekend while Uncle Patrick was in town. I was nervous about how you would react sleeping in our room, something you have NEVER done. You went and laid right down with your special blanket and Meyer and slept through the night until early in the morning when you climbed into bed with me. It was the first time you have ever slept in our bed, you are too fond of you own which is so much like your Mama. I loved getting to hold you as you slept again. But as soon as you could you moved right back to your big bed.
You are very interested in the world around you and like to explore. The kitchen is a favorite place of yours to be especially when Mom is cooking. You like to help me mix and stir things. Everett you are finally really loving books but you don't like to sit through the whole thing being read to you. You are also enjoying cars, blocks and dinosaurs still. Most days your arms are full of your friends because you never want to leave one behind. Your favorites right now are Buzz, Woody, T-rex, and of course Meyer who you do not go anywhere without.
Everett you enjoy watching movies. Your favorites are Toy Story 1, 2 &3. The Jungle Book, Finding Nemo and Ice Age. Your Dad and I took you on a date to see Finding Dory a few weeks ago. We needed a little time with our firstborn and you needed some one on one time with your parents. It was your first time to see a movie in the theatre and we were not to sure about how you would do. You sat between us in a booster seat and loved the experience! You dug both hands into the bucket of popcorn and oohhed and aahhed at the previews. When the movie came on you sat quietly in fascination and watched the big screen before you. Towards then end of the movie you got tired and moved every few minutes from Dad's lap to the chair but never made much noise. We were so proud of you and had such a fun day with you! After wards we took you to get your first fitted Texas Ranger's hat so that you could match your Dad.
Everett you love to play at the park. We have one a few blocks from the house that we walk to. You quickly graduated yourself from the little kids slide to the big slide and haven't looked back! You love to go down it over and over again. Your Dad taught you how to climb back up the slide and now that is a new favorite thing to do. You also love to swing and go as high as you can. You are big helper and love to help Mom with the laundry by putting clothes into the dryer for me. Recently you discovered the joys of sweeping and push the broom around the house when I am finished with it.
You love to eat snacks but not much of a real meal. Your Dad is concerned you will be a vegetarian which shatters his dreams of smoking out meat with you when you are older. I am assuring him it is just the toddler phase you are going through. Your favorite foods to eat are apple sauce, oatmeal, mandarin oranges and string cheese. You will not touch any food with a sauce on it such as spaghetti or lasagna. You have completely surprised us and eaten broccoli florets and carrot sticks. I am sure this is some freak stage you are going through and won't eat them in a month.
Everett you love to watch out the window for your Dad to come home. As soon as you see his car you run the door leading in from the garage and excitedly wait, sometimes you cant contain your excitement and totally spazz. However the moment you Dad comes in you yell "Daaa" and take of running. You discovered it is funner to have him chase you down for a kiss hello than just stand there and give it to him. You love to wrestle with him and climb on his back. After Nana goes to bed and Haven is down for a nap the three of us play together. You love it when your Dad acts like a gorilla, which is he surprisingly good at, and he chases you as you run to me and we hide under the blanket together until enough time has passed for you go to poke the gorilla again. These sweet moments of your pure joy playing with your parents make us so happy!
You are pretty keen on your Mama. We are the best of buds and It secretly makes me happy at times when you want no one but me. I was recently under the weather, laying in bed and you would come lay next to me and pat me on the arm or head. I can't get enough of your kisses. You have the sweetest puffiest little lips. I love the way your little hand fits in mine. We recently took a road trip to visit your Aunt Carrie 45 min away and every 5 sec. you were saying "Mommy" and then whatever you wanted me to do or look at. Your Dad was sitting right beside me but you continued to call out to me. It was both annoying and precious at the same time!!
Everett words cannot describe how much we adore you! You are the absolute sunshine in our day and we are blessed beyond measure to be your parents!! I am excited to watch as you continued to grow and learn and watch as your personality continues to develop and shine!!
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