Keanu is Two!

My little boy is officially two years old!  Anu had his 2 year old dr. appt. the other day.  He didn't grow much in the last 6 months.  I wonder how much of that was caused by the 3 weeks of Pulmicort (steroid) for his breathing problems. One of the side effects on the package says "please notify your doctor if your child stops growing".  I didn't think about that until after we had the Dr. appt so I didn't have the chance to run that by the Dr.

Height: 33 1/2 in (25%)
Weight: 24 lbs, 9.6 oz (11%)
Head circumference: 49 1/4 cm (70%)

Hair color: blond
Eye color: green? or blue with brown ring?
Hair length: never been cut

Anu at his first Cal Poly men's soccer game

Kawai decorated his icecream cake with a soccerball because he loves soccerballs.  Nevermind that it says "Keamu".

Anu's new trike.  Equipped with loud noises of Lightning McQueen.  I was hoping his feet would hit the pedals, but they don't.  Darn.

I didn't get any photos of what happened between eating his birthday cake and opening presents.  Robb managed to jab a plastic fake fingernail through his thick foot, while innocently walking across the living room floor, and blood started gushing all over the living room. The 3 girls were screaming about as loud as their dad, and I was sitting there trying not to feel sick.  We finally sent him to the E.R. after he noticed some of the plastic fingernail was missing and may be in side his foot.  The E.R. probed all around (without anesthesia) and couldn't find the micro plastic chunck, so they just cleaned it and glued it up.  The positive side to all that?  He didn't have to work for the next 2 days.  Lesson:  never buy dollar store fake fingernail set, no matter how much the child begs for it.

He's all boy

When I first had a boy, everyone was asking me if he was different than the 3 girls. For the 1st year I couldn't really say any differences.  But now that he is almost 2, I can say that for sure he's different.  His favorite things: soccer ball, basketball, baseball, football. Anything with the word ball in it.  He usually picks a tshirt only if it has a ball on it, especially a soccer ball. 

The other day he picked up a frisbee at the park and threw it to me perfectly.  He loves action.  Movement is what he loves.  He's recently taught himself to do a somersault and does them uphill even.  I recall a lot of time spent working with the girls to get a somersault perfected.  Not this kid.

Although he loves action, he also loves to draw.  He really enjoys making shapes on the page and seems pretty coordinated for a boy, but what do I know!  He also seems attuned to weapons.  We don't have weapons in the house but I predict it won't be long before weapons appear somehow.

His talking has advanced a lot during the summer. He went from words to sentences.  We pretty much communicate verbally with him about everything. He is so cute when he talks. We all love to hear what he says.   All the girls love their brother so much.

Anu peeking out the cabin window at Angora