TJ's 26th Month

I had TJ pick out his picture for this month's blog post. He chose this one because it shows his swimsuit, which also happens to be the one he always wants to wear. He is a bit more opinionated these days, but is still very much an easy-going type of guy. It doesn't take much persuasion to get him to help out- just tell him it's the "big boy" thing to do and he will jump to it. A few weeks ago I overheard an older child ask him if he was a baby, and TJ replied, "Nope. I a big boy." 

Too big for the crib- that's for sure. While on vacation he
learned how to climb out of the crib which landed him in
the ER for his very first round of x-rays.

Of course 10 mintues after the x-rays he says his arm no longer
hurts and he's ready to leave. After a long wait we find out
that it is indeed broken and TJ is sent on his way with a
temporary cast.

When we got back to Gainesville we had a new "gator blue" 

hard cast put on to replace his temporary one.

We went up to Tallahassee because of some issues with our
town house. While there, TJ got to spend some time with lots
of extended family. He loves every single one of them.
Here he is with cousins, Rex and Mason. 

And here he is with cousins, Warner and Rylee. They were
 so sweet to sign TJ's cast!

Everywhere we went TJ was asked, "What happened!?"
He would always reply- "I broke my arm. I fell out 'da crib"
Here he is telling Ayla what happened to his arm one last
time before having his cast removed.

And here he is immediately after, telling us how "the people
 put headphones on him (to block the noise), and cut TJ's
cast off."

TJ is really into things that move- trucks, trains, cars,
tractors, and airplanes.

He is our sweet little big boy.  He is a ball of energy, and
sometimes finds himself in time out, with a broken arm,
or covered in permanent marker, but we wouldn't have him
any other way. He still loves to help, and tell's me he wants
 to "make mama happy." And that is exactly what he does.