Leyton, 23 months!

Dear Mr. Leyton,


You are one month away from being 2 years old!   I can't believe it... I can't believe that you're almost 2 but sometimes I can't believe you're not older.  You act SO old these days and if we're judging by your size.. I feel like your seven!  You talk so much, you can say tons of words so clearly and you'll try everything else.  You love to repeat what I say and can string together small sentences!  You love to say things like "come on daddy!".. "big truck".. "it's all gone.." and lots more little phrases.  You have the cutest little memory and will remember things like the balloon episode.  Where you're balloon went up in the sky and that whole night and next day, all we heard was a rambling of "uh oh.. all gone.. boon.. up.. moon. buh bye boon."  It was adorable :)

You love to read books and can spend quite a while looking at all the pictures and saying the words.  You love to color, draw on your chalk wall and are pretty good at identifying your colors (you're moving beyond everything being yellow!).  You love to play hockey and anything with a ball.  You're crazy about animals (wild animal theme party coming up!) and can make tons of animal noises and say their names.  Your favorite movie is Madagascar.. you'll yell "marty!" when you want to watch it and can dance along with the crazy animals (roll it!).  You're getting pretty good at saying the names of your family members.. although Stephanie is a tough one :)

You can identify some letters and numbers and try to sing along the alphabet song!  You still have crazy concentration when it comes to lining up your toys.. it's just hilarious.  You are a wild man and love to run and jump all the time!  You still sleep like a champ but get super wound up before you crash.  You love to pray before we eat and before you sleep and have recently volunteered to pray.. your rambling is adorable.

We love you like crazy little man, you are going to be an awesome older brother and oldest child in this family.  We love being around you and you bring such a light to our days!