It may be in my possession now, but according to Jordan it will always be Poppy’s car. Jordan’s favorite new thing to do is go for a ride (anywhere) in Poppy’s car so long as the destination is far away. If we go for a quick ride around the corner he starts saying “no” and “more Poppy’s car” as soon as we arrive to our destination.

Here is is checking it out the day it arrived:

These two videos are couple of weeks old. But I hadn’t posted them yet.
In the first one, I am watching Jordan on the monitor after he wakes up, and he is cracking himself up looking at himself in the mirror saying “no, no cars.” There’s a long story to why he’s saying that which isn’t important.

This second video captures my favorite way to start the day:

It took several days of intense concentration, but Jordan has already figured out how to open drawers that are equipped with so-called child-safety “door locks. ” He was so proud of himself.

After 2 days of free reign and the drawers’ contents all over the kitchen, I had to take more drastic measures:

We had a pretty rough night with Jordan on Monday night. It was the first time since he was a newborn that he kept us up all night with tears. We pulled out every trick in the book, but he could not be consoled. We got almost no sleep. The only saving grace was that we had his 18 month appointment scheduled for Tuesday morning. Turns out he had an ear infection and major teething. He’s back on anti-Bs and after a half day on that he is back to his old happy self. He checked out well otherwise… He up to 23.4 pounds in the 20th percentile. The doc was pretty amazed with his verbal skills, which she described more usual for a 2-year old. Talking to him has been so much fun. He regularly says “Hi, Daddy, how are you?”

Cousin Jonah’s 4th birthday was over the weekend at My Gym… A place that used to be no fun for Jordan, now is one of his favorite places since he is walking and running.

BATHTIME (that’s not a shower cap, that’s his shirt on his head… he likes to wear “shirt-hats)

we haven’t caught it on video yet, but Jordan now loves to say “Happy New near.” Living with Jordan is like living with a parrot; he repeats EVERYTHING back. And when he wakes up in the morning he practices all of his new words.

The best part about 2013 is that Jordan is giving out out lots of love, hugs and kisses now, which he never did before. He even sometimes says “I Luh-moo (I love you) without being prompted. He says “hold you” when he wants us to pick him up and hold him. It’s all so sweet and fun to watch.

Here is a photo a forgot to include in my last post from our Christmas time excursion to the Grove:

Here is a picture from Tammy’s excursion to the Auto museum with Cyndi and Jaxon. I met up with them for lunch because it’s a few blocks from my office

Here is some video of Jordan, practicing stairs and falling a lot, but getting up over and over to try again

He rarely crawls anymore.
But he will still give the she-noo-fa face if requested:

He seems to have a thing for shoes… specifically, high heeled shoes. Very interesting:

We had a GREAT new years eve in Laguna Beach. Here is the view from the balcony of the awesome beach house where we stayed:

Here’s Jordan with his #1 girlfriend:

Hanging at the beach:

And then a beautiful lunch on New Years Day over looking the Ocean. Jordan’s favorite toys are in play here and always (obsessed):

When we got home we decided to give him a faux hawk:

He decided he liked it:

Jordan and all of us are really looking forward to our trip to Chicago next week!