OMG, in (now less than) 1 month, Mason will be a TWO YEAR OLD!!! In all the time I spent imaging having a child when I was pregnant or when Mason was teeny tiny, I really never pictured anything past age two, so we're heading into uncharted territory here!!

Here's what Mason is up to at 23 months old!

• Wearing size 4 diapers and size 18 month shirts and pants, with still some 12 month pants in the mix
• Sleeps from 8 pm to 8 am every night and takes one 2-3 hour nap.
• Insists on wearing shoes at all times and loves wearing his rain boots too. Size 5.5 shoes are too small, but size 6's are still a tad too big.
• Went to the Children's Museum
• Fell down and carpet burned his nose and then scratched that while sleeping. It was not pretty.
• Loves watching "Real Trains for Kids" and Yo Gabba Gabba on TV and nothing else, other than the occassional cooking show.
• Gets very concerned when a phone rings and expects us to answer it immediately.
• Has a friend from daycare he asks about at home all the time.
• Repeats everything he says, especially the last word. Strongly in the "will always pick the last word you say" phase if given multiple choices.
• Wants to know what Grandma and Papa are doing all the time.
• Got sick of just playing inside.
• Has started having epic meltdowns over just about everything. Doesn't get something fast enough? Sobbing on the floor. No more choo choos on the TV? Crying and screaming. Having to put his pajamas on? Kicking and thrashing. It's been... interesting.
• Watched his Mommy get her dream job
• Loves pushing the toy bus and his big toy trucks in laps around the house.
• Learned to use his sit and spin.
• Got a new friend to play with in a year or so with the long anticipated birth of Baby Bean
• Is getting better about petting the cat nice, but also wants to pick him up and hug him, which doesn't go very well.
• Finally got to play outside.
• Likes watching squirresl and "tweet tweets" out the window.
• Likes to boss around Katze and Joe. "No kitty!! No Joe Joe!!"
• Likes to tell us "SIT!" and point to the floor.
• Started round three of Swim Lessons
• Professed his love of trains and went to a model train show.
• Asked to sit on the poty at daycare.
• Is bringing us books to read him more often and will sit in our laps for them instead of going and reading his own book... usually.
• Ate a lot of mashed potatoes, oranges, and bananas.
• Likes to Facetime with his Uncle Greg and show him how he bounces on Rhody Horse.

Just a few weeks until this adorable little man turns two. I can't believe it!! Happy Last Official MonthDay Mason!!