I'm two!

For about a month, Emmaline and I have worked with Tucker, teaching him to say, "I'm two!" and holding up his pointer finger on each hand. It's adorable, but of course he won't do it on camera! Luckily I have an equally cute photo from our recent trip to California.

Here he is, in all his silliness, sporting Savannah's swim goggles and his favorite red hat (he hardly goes anywhere without that crazy thing) carrying some beef jerky.

This turned out to be almost an un-birthday for Tucker this year. Between Tyler and I just getting home from the Philippines and preparing for our trip to California, I just couldn't muster any sort of celebration. We did, however, sing "Happy Birthday" to him several times. Being the budding singer that he is, he thoroughly enjoyed this and walked around the house all day saying, "Happy, happy, happy."

Luckily, some other family members pitched in to make this a true birthday for him. Aunt Georgia bought him a toy cash register. He was VERY excited about this since it was something he almost got for Johnny for his birthday. A couple of hours after he opened it, Savannah came in and said, "I guess Tucker really likes his present. He 'marked' it." He had taken a Sharpie and almost completely covered it. As our walls attest, Tucker loves to draw almost as much as he loves to sing. And the things he loves the best receive the most attention.

Grandma and Granddad also sent him some money to spend on a present. Tucker decided to buy two foam swords. He loves that he chose something that Oliver actually wants to play with him. Oliver likes them so much, he "carved" his name in his favorite sword with his fingernail. I guess he didn't realize that Tucker can't read, and even if he could- I don't think he would care.

Every chance he gets, he brings the swords out to play. If Oliver isn't available, anyone else will do. You don't feel like playing with swords? Too bad for you- he shoves them in your face and says, "Fight." For such a little person, he sure has a big personality. We're so happy to have him as part of our family.