"He is SOOO TWO!"

These days my baby isn't looking much like a baby anymore...he looks like a little boy. I often ask him the rhetorical question, "Can't you stay little forever?" Sometimes I really wish he could. It really makes me want to have another baby...but we've been working on that for 18 months now. However, as it was when we were trying to conceive the first time we will have to trust Heavenly Father will bless us again when the time is right.

So, Gabriel is 21 months. Although he is a few months shy of being two...he sure acts like a two year old. For the most part it seems like the tantrums have gotten better, but he is just into everything and could care less how many times we tell him to stay out of things...he get's this twinkle in his eye and goes right back at it.

Lately, he loves to:

-Flush things down the toilet
-Feed the dog (or tries to)
-Clean the cat box (imagine cat litter EVERYWHERE)
-Sneaking chocolate eggs and eating them behind the couch
-Repeatedly getting into the game cupboard and dumping the games all over
-Wrestling with the dog & picking up the cat by her head or tail

JUST TO NAME A FEW...BUT, he's so darn cute!

Getting into mischief isn't the only thing he is doing these days. He is starting to talk a lot more - making two word sentences. Everyday he says 5-10 new words...I know this is a normal stage in his development, but it sill amazes me how quickly he learns. He knows most of his colors now; can count to 10 and identify most of those numbers.









The cutest is when we have family prayer. He will get on his knees with us and fold his arms and we won't even be three words into the prayer when he will start saying "Amen" through the rest of the prayer; and if the prayer doesn't end soon enough he will get up and start kissing and hugging us. It makes it hard to stay focused...but we just love it...we just love him!