Happy 2 and half years Ryan! He was actually sick for probably two weeks but we didn't realize it and we thought when he told us "my ear hurts, the bumble bee stung it," it was him recounting the bee sting but turns out he really did have an ear infection in addition to a sinus infection that we mistakenly missed. We feel really bad to have let him go so long but he didn't show any of the normal symptoms but instead just began acting up. We had some very challenging moments with our little sweetie so when we finally figured out he was sick, we were relieved to see his behavior do a 180 once the antibiotics kicked in.
His newest things of late are Toy Story and Thomas the Train. Not that his love for Cars wavers at all, he's just opening up his heart to make room for Buzz, Woody and Thomas. He's also become exceedingly adept at certain tasks and will fill a water bottle by himself and almost get the top on, he's been insisting on buckling his own seat belt for several months and he loves any sort of activity that involves fitting items together, manipulation and construction. I suspect we have a little engineer on our hands:) More often than not though, he's running. Running down the sidewalk, doing laps around our house or sprinting down the hallway at school. Some kids have a volume knob. Ryan just has an on/off switch.
Today marks his 2 1/2 birthday. He's roughly 36 inches tall, 31 pounds and tons of spirit. His preschool was closed for inservice earlier this month so we spent some quality time together including a trip to Worlds of Fun. The little stinker loved the big kid rides and "faster" was the key phrase of the day.
