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Dallin is 2

July 13th, 2007

So it’s been 18 months since I last wrote anything here. I’ll skip the “I’ll try and do better” speech and get to the point of the post.

Dallin turned two today and it has been so amazing watching him grow. In some places he’s been growing too much. As in hardly any of the baby proofing stuff actually works on him. Those little plastic doorknob things? Yeah, those haven’t worked for a few months now (not even two for crying out loud!!!). Two big pieces of drywall, an old 17″ monitor and a one of those big plastic things they stand in and are surrounded in toys… all in front of my entertainment center. Like they aren’t even there.

But other things are cool. I take him to the park and he climbs up all the “big boy” ladders to go on the tallest windy slides all by himself. In his music class he is one of the only ones that actually keeps the beat. Last week he all of a sudden decided to start counting to 8. He had done 1 2 3 for several months now, but I guess he has been studying on his own to get better.
I never would have thought that I would be excited about someone counting to 8. That watching someone go down a slide by themselves would cause me to smile. That the first time I got a voluntary hug, I would tear up. That every time I hear “dadsy” I feel like the coolest guy in the world.
Sadly I don’t have a year 2 video ready this year. I have a folder of stuff to make into one, but time has been spent playing with him lately where last year he wasn’t as interactive. Hopefully I will get it up soon (pictures hopefully sooner).

Update: He just learned to identify himself today. If I ask who he is, he says “dallin”. How cool is that kid =)

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