My baby is 2!

I can't believe Seth is already 2! I still clearly remember everything from the day i found out i was pregnant, to the day he FINALLY made his appearance. It just goes so fast and i am trying to remind myself everyday to enjoy every single moment!
Here is my baby yesterday morning. I wrapped his presents the night before and set them on the table so he would see them when he got up in the morning. When he saw them he said, "what's that?". We told him they were his and he opened them like he knew exactly what he was doing. Nanny and Papa got him the stuffed duck and some books too. He just loves that duck and now has to sleep with it in his crib along with 5 other bedmates!




As i am sure i mentioned before, Seth is into George of the Jungle and Tarzan. Well he has a favorite George of the Jungle episode that shows a nest with eggs in it. He has always had a fascination with eggs and "baby ducks". In fact, one day we were eating hard boiled eggs and Seth pointed at it and said, "baby duck". It was funny, but i also kinda lost my appetite. Anyways, so the other day Seth walks up to me and said, "i wanna see george of jungle baby eggs in nest". I couldn't believe it...he actually put 10 words together in one sentence.
Also, lately Seth has really been so good and obeying me much better. When i ask him to do something he'll say "okay" and then do it. We are really working on getting him to come to us when we ask. For instance if he starts running from us and we tell him to stop and come here. Yesterday i told him to come here and he started to smile and pretended to ignore me. WEll i changed my tone a little and he knew i was serious, so he said "okay" and came right to me.
Seth is quite the fruit lover and would probably eat it all day if he could. We have to give him his fruit at meals a little later than his other food, because if the fruit is in front of him then that is all he will eat. I can usually negotiate with him and give him a small piece of fruit and when he finishes i tell him he can have more if he takes a few bites of his other foods. He says okay and takes a few bites and then says, "okay, more watermelon". And this repeats throughout dinner. Well the other night i started to eat some fruit and Seth pointed at my meat and said, "eat that first". It was so funny.
Seth is all about choices these days, so i have been giving him 2 choices that i am comfortable with, yet he feels he has a say in it, so we are all happy!
So far i have to say that the terrible 2's began early for Seth, maybe around 19 months, but also went away pretty fast. He does have his meltdowns and tantrums from time to time, but so far it really hasn't been that bad. I just hope it stays that way!