Name: Hunter

Age: 2 yrs, 1 mo

Favorite song: Aypees Fider (Itsy Bitsy Spider)

Favorite foods: Tomatoes, brocolli, canned carrots, berries (dried cranberries, blueberries, strawberries), bananas, cheese, beef liver, and Daddy Yogurt (I mix plain yogurt 2:1 with pureed baby food fruit and put it in one of Shawn's washed, empty Yoplait containers.)

Favorite (only) computer game: Nax & Oyo

Loves going to "school" (a center-based daycare 3 days a week)

Has figured out that Mama will stop anything she's doing if he says, "S'uggles, p'ease?" to give him hugs and snuggles, and now uses this when he wants to distract me long enough to get me to unlock the gate closing off the kitchen so he can check out the Forbidden Zone.

Loves playing with ladybugs and worms, digging, and helping Mama water flowers.

Loves books and music.

Says, "Heyyo, kiddy ka'!" to our cats.

Still has no comprehension of the correlation between numbers and quantity beyond 1 and 2 and believes that, when discussing sequence, the numbers 5,6 and occasionally 9 are superfluous. ("1,2,3,4,7,8,10!")

Was so excited when I gave him a W for his increasing Letter Wall (we started near the end to match what his daycare was doing) that he begged me for another letter as well (what the heck -- it's not like X can really hold up a full week on its own.)

Loves sitting in Mama or Daddy's lap in the parked car and "driving."

Is growing more adorable and wonderful and lovable every single day.