Maverick turned two on November 12. I took a treat to his preschool the morning of his birthday. Then we celebrated with my dad that night. We also invited family over for BBQ Saturday night. I took Wednesday-Friday off last week to spend time with the kids and catch up on mommy work. I feel like I celebrated his birthday all week- but nothing less for my buddy buddy!
Maverick is around 30 pounds now. Although he is using a cup for juice and water, he still likes his milk in a bottle (we are going to have to start working on that buddy; big sister dropped the bottle the day she turned one). He is certainly making a statement about being "my baby". LOL! He loves to eat but still has a peanut allergy. Not too long ago, Joe made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for himself. All he did was touch Maverick with a peanut butter finger and Maverick broke out. So we don't give him anything with peanuts.
His favorite snack right now is fruit snacks and apples. He loved bananas for a long time, but now he wants apples. He also loves sauce (ketchup). Danica is at the age she wants sauce on everything, so Maverick wants a little on his plate, too. I just gave him M&M's for the first time last week. I'm going to start potty training and I used M&M's with Danica as a reward- had to make sure he likes them!
He still loves everything ball. He got a new basketball and goal and a new baseball bat and ball for his birthday and it seems he has had either one of those balls in his hand since. Joe reported that Maverick took his basketball to school this morning because he didn't want to put it down. He now throws ping pong balls and tennis balls down the stairs. I had to put all of his baseball bats up because I'm afraid one of them is going to go through my t.v. or my glass cabinet soon. LOL!
He is such a sweet boy. He loves giving kisses and hugs. He still loves to snuggle and lets me hold him all of the time. I read books to the kids every night and he still loves for me to sing to him. He tries to sing along now. It's been since the summer that he started singing the last word of each line in a song. It started with Let it Go; now he is singing Twinkle Twinkle and the ABC song. He also copies everything that Danica does, so if she is singing or dancing- so is he.
The other night, I took Maverick upstairs to bed without Danica and he kept calling her name. He wouldn't sleep unless she was with him. He used to call her "Sis" and now he calls her "Dan-ca". It so presh! Everything he says is super cute! He can say so many words now; but the best is when Danica is teaching him words. She will say, "can you say apples" and then Maverick says, "apples". And then she continues to ask him about different words and it's just so sweet that she is teaching him.
Maverick is such a happy boy. He does throw a mean tantrum when he is woke up (instead of waking up on his own- because sometimes Danica just can't wait, or be still, or be quiet). He gets a bit mad when he doesn't get his nap out. But for the most part, he is super happy.AND he is so funny. He loves to laugh and we love to do funny things to provoke him. He already thinks poop and stinky are funny words (thanks to his comical sister).
I have noticed that things scare him a bit more than they did Danica. He doesn't like the sound of thunder (even though he can hear an airplane from a mile away and LOVEs airplanes). I also have a baby animal book that features a Tarsier. The tarsier has big eyes and it's picture scares him a bit.
I know there is so much more to my super sweet and fun-loving guy! He is so full of personality and certainly ALL boy!
Happy Birthday Maverick! We love you to infinity and beyond (he loves Toy Story).
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