Potty time, Party time

I know I am supposed to talk about the birthday party, but Jordan flipped the script. He got pee pee in the potty today (be quiet dad)! We've been working on this for over a month now and had no success until now! In the interest of good taste I didn't take a picture of it so you'll just have to trust me. He's gone from 0% potty trained to 1% potty trained. From what I hear it will take at least the rest of this year with a boy.





Before you become a parent, you think spending money for a cake with cartoon characters is silly. Two years in, I think it is cool.






One of Jordan's aunts came to visit for the party. He liked Aunt Traci.

He LOVED Aunt Traci's dogs. I think the dogs must have loved him back.

I don't think he cared much for the party hat.

I mean he REALLY, loved those dogs.

Of course he had no interest in blowing up the little party favors when it is so much easier to eat them.

The funniest story of the party was associated with this picture. This was obviously one of Jordan's gifts. In order to make this year's party more kid focused than last year we also invited a 3 year old boy who Jordan saw only once before when Jordan was about 15 months old. They have seen each other but that's about it. Anyway, the 3 year old got a hold of the trike when Jordan was away. Jordan comes back and sees this three year old on the trike. Jordan is two years old and an only child. He has no ability to understand the concept of sharing or taking turns. However, he can tell pretty quick that he can't physically force a 3 year old to do a damn thing. He solves the problem the only way he knows how. He walks over to Hassan (the 3 year old), sticks both of his arms straight up in the air, and shouts 'UP!'. It didn't work so he repeats it a good dozen times or so - UP! UP! UP! By this time all the adults in the room are looking at this. I still don't know if Hassan ever paid attention but it was adorable. Jordan was trying to have an argument with a 12 word vocabulary and he used the only word that fit the situation. I swear if I was a better father I might have tried to help my son rather than get the camera. Unfortunately, I didn't get the camera in time. Hassan got off when he got bored, but I secretly wanted him to stay on for another minute or so.

Jordan went to the pediatrician yesterday for his 2 year old checkup. Jordan was completely up to date on his shots so yesterday was strictly a checkup. He is about 40% on the height chart but just barely 5% on the weight chart, which means he's still skinny. He weighed 23 pounds 3 ounces with his clothes and diaper on so he's probably about 22 and a half naked. The doctor said that he is doing well enough that our next scheduled appointment is for his three year old checkup next July!

In the world in which we live there were about 3 digital cameras at the birthday party beyond mine. That means I haven't gotten all of the photos yet. Anyone who has photos please send them to me (Aunt Traci). If you are waiting to see more photos I should have them up in a few days.

Happy Birthday Son!

Jordan went with the mama Ali to visit family in Chicago last week. Most of the pics are of people close to us but no one wants to see a dozen pics of Uncle Joe and Aunt Jane. They wants pics of my main man.

He looks like he's been crying, but we told him that once he's two crying isn't allowed anymore.

I don't even remember doing this, but this is the type of thing I do with him a lot. If I dance he will dance. Neither os us is very good but when he does it he's cute. Notice how he is left legged. He doesn't pick up his right leg once.

Jordan is growing so fast lately it is hard to believe. He now says please and thank you when you remind him. He does it with the signing so that makes it even more adorable. He is so funny when he signs that sometimes I try to teach him signs he doesn't need to know. Last month I tried to teach him the signs for mommy and daddy even though those are the first two words he learned and two of the few he says clearly. He is also trying to say the alphabet when he watches Sesame Street. It is too cute because he can't say more than 10 of the letters properly. He still doesn't ever make the K or S sound at all so that eliminates about 5 letters right there. He just says vowel sounds along with the TV (or as he says AHH-me). He also knows how to hold up two fingers for the number two. It was something he picked up in Chicago. The only thing is that he holds up each of his index fingers, so he needs two hands two hold up two fingers. If I sent him to New York to visit my father's side of the family he'd only know how to hold up one finger - and it wouldn't be his index.

Jordan is having a party that weekend to celebrate the birthday so will definitely have some nice pictures up soon. Check back next week.