Nash - 2 Years

I always think of blogging when one of my boys has a birthday.  I did Ryan's post late and Jack already turned 8 this year, but first I have to cover Nash now that he's 2.5.  I can still remember exactly what he was like at 2--needy, needy, needy!  He was sick off and on during the fall of 2013 and went through one round of antibiotics after another.  I remember thinking that I hoped it was the last winter he was sickly and he would outgrow getting ear infections like Ryan did.  After he recovered in November--he hasn't had an ear infection since!!  This is a minor miracle and we even traveled up north before Christmas and he came home healthy--that never happened as he was always getting sick right before or after we went out of town.  Now his only ailment is what the dermatologist called a "rip-roaring case of mollescum" (warts) but we're hoping the worst is past after receiving some treatments. 

At 2.5, Nash is a busy little boy.  His favorite things to do are exactly what his older brothers enjoy--Lego building, playing outside, and playing [watching] video games like Mario Kart.  He had zero interest in TV or movies until just recently when he discovered the cartoon Paw Patrol.  He asks for it whenever he's grouchy and needs a little down-time on the couch.  His absolute favorite thing though is baseball.  He loves having anyone pitch to him, he'll play inside or out and even by himself--hitting an imaginary ball and running the bases all over the house.  He gets upset if he doesn't get a turn to hit after Jack's practice, but luckily his dad is the coach and will give him a quick turn.  Safe to say he'll be our littlle all-star someday.

He's starting to talk a lot more and while other people might not understand everything he says, I can tell what he means.  One phrase I hear multiple times a day is, "I get to pick."  He insists on picking his outfit in the morning, his pajamas at night, his breakfast cereal and the color bowl it goes in, and what shoes he's going to wear at any given moment since he changes them often.  Needless to say, he's pretty stubborn, but that happens when you're the youngest and you're used to getting your way.  I also hear a lot of "Why?" and "Where Daddy go?"

Nash loves his older brothers and keeping up with them.  When Jack has a day off school, Nash is in heaven having him around to play with.  He also loves the mornings he gets to play with "Ry-ry" and they get along great as long as Nash doesn't destroy anything Ryan is working on.  His favorite though is whenever JP has a day off work and Nash follows him everywhere.  He loves to go anywhere in daddy's truck and especially loves to play ball with his dad and convince him to get him treats.  Come bedtime though--he'll always be a momma's boy and want me to put him to sleep.  He's in a toddler bed now and goes to sleep pretty well, but he usually makes one appearance at my bedside during the night and I'll walk him back to his bed and lay by him a little while.  It's okay since I haven't had many full nights of sleep since Nash was born--I've kind of forgotten what I'm missing out on!
The best development at 2.5 is that he's pretty much potty-trained and I'm done buying diapers!  It required very little effort on our part since he decided he was ready to start wearing underwear.  By far the easiest of my boys and happy to have it done.

Nash's favorite foods are anything with noodles--spaghetti, alfredo, macaroni, Ramen...Whenever I ask him what he wants for lunch he'll say "noodles" or "peanut butter", but I've since learned he doesn't even care for peanut butter sandwiches and just eats the side of bread with jam.  He likes to ask for soda all the time even though we don't have it at home much, he'll still ask.  He loves fruit snacks and candy and like his brothers, all things fruit.

He's still blond as can be and has pretty wild hair most of the time--I can't decide whether to buzz it off or keep letting it stand straight up, but either way--I think he's cute.