As noted several times, as of December 21st (at 7:26 p.m.) Carver is officially 2 years old. The last 24 months have been a crazy, chaotic, overwhelming, incredible ride. We've had highs and lows, huge successes, and a few failures.
Welcome to the final "monthly" blog update regarding Carver's specific growth and development. I don't know how I'll cover these things in the months and years coming up, but there will be plenty of pictures, stories and information forthcoming, so no worries.
Carver as a two year old is a little...crazy. He is incredibly active, he runs laps around the house and climbs on every thing. He tears through the house like a hurricane every single day, leaving a wake of destruction in his path. He is unbelievably affectionate, he laughs constantly, and loves to do silly things to get a reaction. He also throws impressive tantrums when he doesn't get his way, can be easily frustrated, and plays very rough. We are always reminding him to be gentle, with us or the dogs, etc. He's never aggressive just enthusiastic.
He "talks" all day long, non stop. He talks to me, his daddy, his toys, the dogs, and to nothing at all. He has a lot to say and is getting so close to actually using words we can understand. (Of course, he already has a fairly good sized vocabulary, but no sentences or conversations yet). I think that some of his frustration lately comes from trying to verbally communicate but struggling a little. Once he is fully verbal I think he will be a lot more patient and, hopefully, less inclined to meltdowns.
The pacifier is still present. Planning to work on saying goodbye to it, but really dreading it so we are procrastinating.
Routines: Carver is still going to bed around 8:00 p.m and waking up around 7:30 or so. He takes a nap around 1:00 and usually is down for about 2 hours. Naps and bedtime are still really easy and drama free.
Carver still extremely dislikes having his teeth brushed. We've tried a dozen ways to work on this and no luck so far. I'm convinced his teeth are going to rot out of his head despite my best efforts to get his teeth brushed daily. His doctor said to not fight him with it but I despise him going to bed without having his teeth brushed. It just seems so wrong.
His favorite things are still balls of any size or shape, blocks for building things, puzzles, and playing outside. He is also getting a greater interest in books, both for us to read to him and those he "reads" by himself. Lately he has been really affectionate with the dogs too, especially Winston. I think they are going to be great friends one day.
It has been extremely fun going through all of these changes with Carver over these last two years. Learning to be a parent, figuring things out together. Making a lot of mistakes, and having many enormously rewarding moments. I'm really looking forward to the changes that will come in the next months and years.
There's never a dull moment in our household :)
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