How did our little guy get so big? Last week he turned 2! Abram is our smart, silly, healthy big boy.
He had his 2-year check up this week. As we expected he is exceeding all of his milestones. His growth is pretty steady too. He now weighs 26.25 lbs. (25th - 50th%) and is 33.5" tall (25th%). So far it's hard to tell who the kids take after. Seems to be Mom for weight and Dad for height. Although Rebecca needs to do some catching up on weight at age 5 :P And both kids were almost the exact same size at this age. Regardless, we don't expect our kids to be very big. Check it out.
18 MONTHS
Abram: 24 lbs. 5 oz., 31.75 in.
Rebecca: 24 lbs. 12 oz., 31.75 in.
Mary: 24 lbs. 8 oz., 33 in. (estimated...don't have exact 18m stats)
Justin: 22 lbs. 8 oz., 31.5 in.
2 YEARS
Abram: 26.25 lbs., 33.5 in.
Rebecca: 27 lbs., 33.5 in.
Mary: 26.75 lbs., 33.25 in.
Justin: 24 lbs., 10 oz., 33.25 in. (estimated...don't have exact 2 year stats)
5 YEARS (just for fun)
Rebecca: 38.5 lbs., 41.5 in.
Mary: 40.75 lbs., 42.75 in.
(no stats for Justin after 2 1/2 years)
Abram is still very active. He asks to eat the moment he wakes up. He scarfs down some food and is off and running. He'd be fed, dressed and outside digging in the sand by 7:30am every day if we let him (or if his sister would cooperate...she moves a tad bit slower in the morning :P).
Abram likes to climb, play with trucks, make noises, dance and sing. He also LOVES to do whatever his big sister is doing. If she's playing dress up, he has to have the pink skirt. If she's playing with dolls, his baby needs a stroller, a bed and a bottle and he takes it for a walk. If she's playing with Legos, he has to build. If she's doing crafts, he needs crayons and paper.
One of Abram's recent favorite activities is reading! He will pick out book after book and sit through reading the whole book. Now it's a fight between Rebecca and Abram over which book Mommy will read. It's a race to the bookshelf to see who can pick one out first. We have to take turns between toddler books and 3rd grade books :P Thankfully they both seem to enjoy them both...and everything in between.
When we play outside Abram usually wants to do one of two things - play in the sand or play in the water. We're trying to do a lot of both.
Abram is speaking quite well now. He says 4 and 5 word sentences and can carry on a conversation. He is also learning to count (he's up to 5 and working on 10). We're working on ABCs. He knows a few of his colors too. His favorites are orange, green and blue.
For Abram's birthday last week we had a simple celebration at home as a family. We ate at Rebecca's Rainbow and had homemade macaroni and cheese, roasted cauliflower and Brussels sprouts and peaches and pears. The kids got chocolate milk too. Then we opened gifts and had cake and ice cream.
Abram thoroughly enjoyed opening his gifts this year and has been playing with all of them. It was kind of fun that he got them for various family members at different times. It was like having a birthday week (or month since he got some around Rebecca's birthday). We are very blessed to have such a generous family.
Life is never dull with our silly little guy. He's independent, cuddly, rough, tough and cute. We praise God for our big boy.
