They change so much!

I know I just did an update on Elliott but last night I was really starting to think about how much he has changed just in the past few months since he has turned two.

His language has just EXPLODED. I've heard from several people that they cannot believe how much he is saying these days. When he was just turning two he was saying one to two words at a time, just very basic language skills. Now at almost two and a half, you can have a full on conversation with this small child. He is asking a ton of questions these days and he's able to give full answers back to the questions you ask him.

He has an unlimited imagination. He is constantly turning into a dog or a kitty. Miranda is loving that because he can now play games that she is into as well. They play house a lot where he is the daddy and she is the mommy. Sometimes she's the mommy and he's the big brother to a baby doll too. He's understanding how to use his action figures and small plastic toys to pretend with as well. He'll bring me Mrs Potato Head usually and he'll have Buzz Lightyear and they have interesting adventures together. He likes to pretend he is Handy Manny or Bob the Builder when using his play tools too. It's super cute. 

He is constantly learning something even though I rarely have or take the time to sit down with the goal of teaching him anything. He knows all his colors and shapes really well, including octagons. He recognizes a few letters already as well which kind of stunned me. He knows: H, I, O, N, M, E and R. He recognizes his name when it's written or spelled and he attempts to spell it out loud himself sometimes too.

As far as potty training this kid is doing amazing with peeing on the potty. He very rarely has a pee accident these days. I went from setting an alarm every half hour, to every hour and now he doesn't need a timer at all! We usually just sit him on the potty before and after anything major. This list includes things like naps, bed, bath, car rides, meals, or any transition from one activity to the next. This has been pretty helpful in preventing accidents. As for pooping on the potty, we have made zero progress. I know he'll get there and I'm not super stressed about it but it is starting to get frustrating that he knows how to pee in the potty so well but he does not poop in the potty at all yet.

Other than that he is really, really good at destroying his room in seconds flat. He does it multiple times a day and we all clean it up together multiple times a day. We're trying to teach him where things are supposed to go so he can help more with cleaning it all up but it's a slow process.

Other than that, I think that's about it! I just had to share how amazing I think my little boy is. I have more blog posts in my mind that I need to type out soon so keep an eye out for those.