Monday: belated 24 months

Joshua turned 24 months several days ago.

He was not as excited as normal to have his picture taken.

Playing: Joshua does a good job playing.  He likes to do what Isaac does, but can play by himself too.  Buzz and the phone he got for his birthday were his almost constant companions inside today.  He likes to play with water, but isn't a fan of wearing wet clothes.  He still likes to read, although I haven't gotten quite as many requests the last little bit for books.  He also enjoys robots.  (Side story: we were watching Voltron tonight and Voltron was fighting "mean robot."  Well, Joshua was rooting for the robot to win because it was a robot and when he fell over he said, "oh no!")

Family: Dad is back to being the favorite parent, but I think Isaac might be the favorite person.  He's been quite excited to see all the grandparents too.

Talking: he now has lots of words.  (Ben was reading an animal book with him and he could identify most of the animals, including ones like caterpillar.)  He isn't that easy to understand though.  A few short sentences are coming through.

Eating: we're still in about the same place as last month...breads are good, yogurt, applesauce, strawberries, banana, cheese, and crunchy beans are sometimes ok.  I make lunches somewhat to order, so those have the highest chance of being finished.  For dinner he gets whatever everyone is having, so those don't get finished very often.

Attitude: it's been a bit better lately.  He still gets mad about stuff regularly, but most days it isn't too much.  He hasn't been throwing things quite as much either.  It all might change tomorrow.