The Quads at 2 Years

There are SO many things the kids are doing right now that I want to remember. So many times when someone is asking me a specific question about when the quads were young/schedules/milestones, I say: "Hold on, let me check my blog!" Thank God I have been writing all of this stuff down in my online family journal, because I promise you that I would not remember. I encourage you all to do the same! And one of these days, I have every intention of making my blog journal into a book for my family---something to treasure for many generations.

Favorite words & phrases:

- "I yuv yu" (I love you)
- "Here-go" (Here ya' go)
- "Whatssupdoo?" (What's up dude)
- "Pee-ga-goo" (Peek-a-boo)
- "Ahh-seeu" (I See You)
- "Here-come" (Here I come)
- "I-got-choo" (I got you)
- "OK"
- "Moor-pees" (More please)
- "Tank-u" (Thank you)
- "Hep, hep, hep" (Help--mainly used over and over by Ethan)
- "Ouchie" (and pointing to the problem area)
- "Kees-kees" (Kiss Kiss)
- "Aggees" (Aggies)
- "ABeeCee" (ABC's)
- "Benos nochess" (Buenos Noches)
- "Tee-bah" (Andrew's word for table)
- "Abblesah" "Applesaas" (Applesauce...another fav of Drew)
- "Seehoss" (Seahorse)
- "Ban-ket" (Blanket)
- "Yawn-mow-wah" (Lawn mower, their fav toy)
- "Whut-tuh" (Water)
- "Umbuggah" (Hamburger)
- "Ehh-Pane" (Airplane)
- "icky"
- "poopy"
- "baybeee" (Baby)
- "Jump jump jump"
- "Bebo-Bebo-Bebo" (Anytime they want to watch a movie, b/c of the Signing Bear named Bebo)
- "Nemo" (Nemo the Disney fish, from some books & swim diapers)
- "Eh-mo" (Elmo the Sesame Street character, from some books & diapers)


Names for themselves and others:

- "An-doo" (Andrew)
- "Saah" (Sav)
- "E" or "Etan" (Ethan)
- "Been" (Ben)
- "Sii-loh" or "Yii-yoh" (Shiloh)
- "Gan Gan" "Ganna" (Granna Hoag)
- "Papa" (Papa Hoag)
- "Suu-gah" (Andrew's word for Sugar)
- "Gamby" "Bubbles" (Grammy Steece)
- "Gumpuh" (Grandpa Steece)
- "Un-cah-cah" (Uncle Col)
- "Ass-hee" (Ashley)
- "Cah-tah" (Carter)
- "Uncuh-dah" (Uncle Dan)
- "Uncuh-eh" or "Edd" (Uncle Ed)


Colors:

- "Yeyow" (Yellow, they're favorite color to say)
- "Geeen" (Green)
- "Buoo" (Blue)
- "Redt" (Red)
- "Purpuh" (Purple)
- "Peenk" (Pink)
- "Ornge" (Orange)


Other cute things:

- Ethan and Andrew are counting to 10! They count everything, its so cute. One car ride, I caught Andrew just sitting there and counting his toes to himself.
- Ethan and Andrew are also recognizing and reading certain words (alligator, giraffe, hippo, hands up, hands down, smile, etc)
- Helping and getting toys for each other (Ethan getting Savannah her doll, Sav getting Ben his blanket, etc.)
- Yelling Aggie Chants with their Dadda (pointing, and trying to say "Whoop"). They're favorite chant is "Aaaaa-Rrrrr-Mmmmm-YYY-yyy"- They giggle and laugh every time.
- When we say "Gig 'Em", the kids say, "Agggeees" (Aggies)--mainly Drew.
- They have almost learned all of their colors...still working out the kinks!
- Constantly running around the house loving on each other with hugs and kisses (Ethan is our main "kisser" of the house...he thinks everyone needs a "kees-kees" about every 5 minutes)
- You can tell that we travel alot when the kids constantly ask for "umbuggah, umbuggah)..yep, Sonic plain cheeseburgers are their favorite!
- Frequent random bursts of clapping, yelling, cheering, and laughing...when one starts, they all join in
- They are repeating and trying every word/phrase they hear (Scary!)
- Walking up the stairs like big kids while holding on to the railing (Ben and Sav are pros!)
- Love to dance: Sav does the arms in the air with the Chicken-Wang; Ben gets those shoulders jiving back and forth; Ethan does the river dance stomp; Andrew just claps and stomps
- Still love themselves some Bob Marley on a road trip

(BTW- I was cracking up as I went through the spell-checker on this post. Awesomeness)
I'm sure there are SO many things we are leaving out, but this is what Joe and I have come up with for now. We will add back to it as we think of more. I also plan to blog specifically about each child and what he/she is doing at this age...they are all so beautifully different.

FOUR 2-YEAR-OLDS TOMORROW! EEEEEEEK! Can't buleeeev it.