Two

Mason turned two on December 1st.  He's getting to be such a big boy and I keep wondering what happened to my baby!  We went in for his well-child visit yesterday and here are his stats:

Weight: 24.2 pounds-10th percentile

Height:33 inches-40th percentile

He's definitely our small child--both Carson and Jonas were 50th percentile at 2 years.  I am thankful though that we've come up from the 3rd percentile, so he's making progress! 

While he may be small, he is such a smart boy. He's taken it upon himself to try to potty train.  A few weeks ago he started telling us, "I poop.  Need to go potty."  So we'd take him into the bathroom, take off his dirty diaper, and sit him on the potty.  Then a few Saturdays ago, Jeff took him into the bathroom and he actually used the potty!  A few days after that, Mason woke up around six in the morning screaming.  I went to his room, and he was saying something about Jonas.  I wondered if he'd had a bad dream about Jonas so I asked, "Do you want to go see Jonas?" Mason looked at me and screamed, "NO!" then he slapped his hand on the bathroom door and yelled, "like Jonas!"  I got the hint that he wanted to go potty 'like Jonas', We went in and took off his dry diaper and he used the potty!  I was so impressed that he woke up from his sleep to use the potty!

He is also a very good talker.  I am always getting comments from people about how well he talks for his age.  I think a lot of it has to do with he and Jonas being so close in age and Mason wanting to do everything 'like Jonas'.  He is also able to count to 10 (with a little help) and recognizes a few colors. He loves to read stories and it seems like he is constantly bringing me a book.

I sure love that little guy and am so thankful that he came into our family!