Happy 2 1/2 years Titus Lair Marasco

My big boy turned 2 1/2 this week!  Yup that's right I'm going to try to give an update on that wild child every 6 month (Once Bram turns 1 I'll switch to only giving updates on him every 6 months). It makes me excited to think about how fun it will be for the boys to read these updates when they are older. That's what keeps me pressing on! :)

Happy 2 1/2 years Titus. 

Strengths

* Language- Talking in conversations, can answer most WH questions about a situation or story (who, what, where,when, why; the teacher in me gets pretty pumped about that), my favorite thing he says right now is "how was your day mommy, good?"

*People- T loves people and people love T. He lights up a room.

*Being a big brother- T has started to be a big help with Bram. At first if I asked him to bring me a diaper, he had no idea what I was talking about or why I would interrput play time to change Bram's diaper! Now he will run over and get it (if he doesn't get distracted by a toy on the way!)

*Memory- T has just gotten to the age where he remembers EVERYTHING! He remembers every promise you make about sweet treats, who we will have a playdate with, etc. He has even gotten to where he knows where we are going/which way to get there when we drive! If I take a different route home or to the park, he freaks out! He's afraid we are not going where I said we were going. To be honest, it's little annoying, but it has led to good conversations about trusting mommy. I'm trying to teach him that daddy and I won't lie to him. We will always try to be honest about where we are going, etc, BUT sometimes plans change and that's okay...that's life! :) HA! He doesn't get it yet....but hopefully someday!

*making friends- T has been making good little friends at church and at mother's day out. It is so fun to watch him interact with other kids.

Struggles

*HELLO Terrible 2's!- They do exist! It goes through phases for us. There are days when it feels like everything results in a meltdown and then days where T really seems to understand that rules, consequences, etc. are in place for a reason. As much as two year old can understand that concept...right. :) (that's still a hard concept for me to remember as an adult!)
*Sleep- this has been a struggle on and off since this summer. T has gone through a few phases of what I guess are night terrors. Poor little guy will wake up screaming. He usually calms down quickly and is back to sleep. Winter sickness hasn't helped with sleeping, but overall sleepless nights are usually only because of those two things. We need spring! :)
*Playing DOMINATION with Bram- T loves to run and tackle Bram and yell Domination. This will be really fun when the boys are 2 and 4, 6 and 8, or 15 and 17, but right now it terrifies me! Poor Bram!
* WATER- T wakes up most nights right around the time Matt and I head to bed for water. He starts screaming WATER, WATER, WATER until one of us runs into his room with a glass of water. He proceeds to chug the glass of water and then falls back to sleep immediately. Random.