Ellis,
You. Are. TWO!
Two.
It is almost unbelievable to think that you are already two years old, yet it is incredibly hard to remember what life was like before you came along and completed our family.
We love you so much, Ellis Hawk. So, so, so much.
What all have you been up to this past year? Let's take a walk down memory lane...
- You LOVE being outside - digging in the dirt, playing in the sandbox, collecting rocks, going for a walk, swinging, checking the mail and bringing in/taking out the flag with your daddy, digging in the dirt, watering the garden, and swimming in your pool. And now that we have a doggy-door, you enjoy climbing through it to get to your happy place --- OUTSIDE.
- STREP THROAT. Ugh. You've had strep throat quite a few times this year, but seeing as it was your first year in school, that is to be expected, I suppose. Mama does not like seeing you sick, my little man.
- You've given up your ba (pacifier). Well, you didn't have much of a choice considering that Gus chewed them all up. Seriously - every single one was destroyed within a week's time.
- Speaking of Gus, you've welcomed two new puppies into your life - Gus and Daisy. Gus is definitely your dog. You are two peas in a pod.
- You are still enamored with your brother. Anything he does, you think you can do.
- You moved into a new house in a new state and town, you visited both the beach and the aquarium for the first time this year.
- You enjoy singing (You Are My Sunshine and Wheels on the Bus are your favorites) and dancing (the NCIS theme song is your jam!)
- You made your first trip to Athens, one of your mama and daddy's favorite towns, to wander North Campus and chow down on Little Italy.
- You're all boy and have had a few ouchies this past year as a result of your dare-devilness - a bloody eyebrow from climbing and a bloody nose from falling off your bed.
- You are a fruit loving kid --- strawberries, blueberries, grapes, banana, apples, and watermelon.
- You also REALLY LOVE not-so-healthy treats --- cupcakes, cookies, popsicles, ice cream, and milkshakes.
- You enjoy art time - painting (you love handprint art), coloring with markers, although you have recently begin writing on yourself/walls/furniture more than the paper...
- You had your first visit to a real pumpkin patch in the fall and a strawberry patch this spring, the GA National Fair, and an experience with "snow". Although "snow" in GA wasn't lots of snow, just a light sprinkling, but you enjoyed it none-the-less.
- You love sleeping and have an infatuation with wind chimes.
- You can't seem to get enough of wrestling and rough-housing with your brother.
- Car rides are now somewhat bearable because you love to look out your window and up to the sky shouting to me when you see the moon, an airplane, or birds.
- Mickey Mouse is your favorite. And monkeys, too.
- You are full of fire, sometimes a rule breaker, and are insistent upon doing things your way.
- You have the sweetest voice and are forming sentences, "Hey mama bird"when talking to the mama bird that was sitting on her nest above our back door, "Where RF" when you want and can't find your beloved brother, and "Ellis needs milk" when you are thirsty.
- You love to ride in the little, red wagon, drink from the water hose, and take selfies with your mama.
Happiest of birthdays to you, my son. Happy, happy, happy birthday.
Love,
Mama
