Worth the Wait: Jack is two

I can't believe that Jack is two already! How did those two years go by so quickly?

Jack continues to be a sweet, kind boy that loves his family, trains, cars, dancing, and music.

Here are a few things to remember about Jack as a new two year old:

He made it to his 2nd birthday with only 4 teeth. Right after his birthday his 5th and 6th popped through.
He is a master at hiding. He will sit and hide in one spot while we try to find him. We play this game in the car a lot. He covers his face and hides, and he'll stay that way for a few minutes before he jumps out and says, boo!
While he is a great walker, he still hasn't mastered the stairs. He crawls up and down still, and even crawls over cracks in the sidewalk or small ramps or steps into doorways.
He's still an excellent sleeper. Even with company at the house, or in the middle of playing with toys, if you tell him it's bedtime he stops what he's doing and heads upstairs. You've got to love that!
Jack loves to listen and look for fire trucks and ambulances. If he thinks he hears a siren he puts his finger up to his ear and yells, "ambi toe truck" (ambulance fire truck)
He continues to love Awa (Audrey) and shows his love by sitting on her, giving her kisses, and telling her hi as he runs past her.
He loves playing with trains and cars and is quickly learning the names of all of the Thomas trains.
Jack loves his buddies at church and knows his friends by name. He really enjoys the Toddler 1 classroom at church and has no problem leaving us behind when he walks into the classroom.

Since Jack loves trains so much, Jacob, Christy, and I took him to Entertrainment Junction a few days before his birthday. We decided to leave Audrey with Nana that morning so that we could give him all of our attention. The trains were fun to look at, but I think his favorite part was playing with the train table.

That night we had a party with our families. Jack had a great time with everyone that came to celebrate, but he really enjoyed his cousin Emma and her friends. They were so kind to play with him and he soaked up all of the attention.

When I asked him what he wanted to do for his party, he kept repeating, "Happy Hat". I don't know where he learned about a party hat, but we made sure to have them there.

Here are a few shots from his party: