happy birthday burke-y baby!

bringing Burke home from the hospital 2 years ago

I woke up this morning thinking, "How can Burke be 2 already?  How can that be?"  But he is!  Funny things I want to remember about our now 2 year old:
-He's in a sort of naughty stage right now... and if he isn't pleased with you, he'll throw whatever he's holding or hit whatever is near him.  This never fails to get him in trouble, but he seems to think it's worth the consequences.  Also, I love the way subs out "n" for "t" in the word naughty so it sounds like "Nonny." 
-He loves to know what people are up to.  He's constantly asking, "What doin', Mama?  What doin', Dada? What doin', Ern (Aaron)?" usually with his head cocked to the side and sometimes with his hand on his hip.
-Because of the Mercer Mayer book, "There's an Alligator Under my Bed," he associates the word 'garage' with alligators.  If he hears the word garage (which is pretty frequent right now because Adam is building a garage later this month), he bares his teeth and chomps his hands like an alligator jaw.
-He loves Chick Fil A.  Wonder where that came from.
-He makes everything into a shark- staplers, sticks, my craft punches... He uses these 'sharks' to attack anything in close proximity.  All boy, I tell you.

-His undying affection for books.  The kid loves. to. read.  He begins most interactions with a book in hand and this demand, "Read it, mama (or dada, nana, lita, papa, etc.)!"  No "please," just "read it!"  Also, he has favorite authors and series' (Kevin Henkes, Robert Munsch, Mercer Mayer, the Berenstein bears books, and Curious George books) and LOVES Where the Wild Things Are.

-Other current passions include: gardening, his boots, trucks/cars/things that move, Toy Story, the sesame street characters, certain types of monkeys (he loves gibbons, gorillas and orangutans), Sonic, Toby (Evette's dog who does not return his affections), whales and his extended family (especially his cousins, "Heenah," "Kead," and "Saya). 
-He adores his 'Bawble' (the Jesus Storybook Bible that we read each night) and loves to pray with us.  Sweet boy.
-He chose sprinkle cupcakes with sprinkle frosting for his birthday cake.

Happy birthday, Burke!