Second Birthday Weekend

We celebrated Seth's Second birthday on January 15th by extending it for three days of celebration. We had lunch and cake with cousins and family at Mcdonalds. Yes Mcdonalds. I know not a lot of thought but super easy and all the kids were entertained. Grandma Diane made the Buzz cake and did an awesome job. He was so cute and kept asking to blow the candle out over and over again. That night we spent it with family celebrating Great Grandma Thompsons 93rd birthday. I have a lot of memories with grandma and it can be really hard to see her sometimes but it was great that the whole family was there. Seth was also willing to give her kisses which made my day. Seths actual birthday was more laid back and spent with the grandpas for dinner and cake. Monday being a holiday we took advantage of the time to play in the snow a little and go swimming at the nearby rec center. Seth of course loves the water and did not want to leave. He loved going around the lazy river portion and floating all by himself. I think swim lessons will definately be needed this summer. It is hard to believe that two years have come and gone and our little baby has turned into an adorable monster who you regularly alternate between wanting to scream at and smothering him with hugs. I proably exagerated his lack of communication skills last post he is actually doing some really good things just not as advanced as all the other moms blogs I get to look at. In a way I think it has really helped me sympathize more with the moms I work with. He is using between 50-100 unclear words to express his wants and needs. Pretty much the kid is the epitome of doing every age appropriate articulation error you can make. (water= badin, fish=dish, stop=bop come= num etc.)He can do two word phrases but has not made it a regular thing. He is super smart and loves to help dad with any building that needs to be done and mom in the kitchen. He has fiqured out where each of the four grandparents homes and his two great grandmas keep their candy and is not afraid to ask. He is really in to hot wheels cars, trains, buzz and the movie Rio right now. I am hesitant to say but he has also shown an interest in potty training and is going everytime we put him on the toilet. I am hoping to really push it this weekend and see how he does. Hopefully it doesn't backfire and push us backwards. Seth is definately our little monster but we are so gratefuly that he is here and are looking forward to what the next two years will bring.

Myringotomy Tubes

So after a year of chronic ear infections we decided to have tubes placed. I am going to blame the ear infections on his delayed speech not the fact that his mother an SLP is a huge hypocrite and doesn't give him the same language time that she tells her clients. The ENT said he had definate scaring on both ears, poor kid I think he had more than we even knew about. Here are a few pictures we snapped. He had a pretty hard time coming off the anesthesia. He wouldn't relax so it took a few hours for him to calm down and let mom go. All is well now and he is back to his destructive self. Life goes on especially when you have a toddler.

He was not very happy when they were taking vitals before. He already knew this was going to be bad.

We tried to calm him down after with his favorite movie, "Toy Story" but even that would not help.