The Cathcarts

Jaxson hit the big 0-2 on August 19th.  Brad had to take him to his two year check-up by himself since I had kids for daycare.  Luckily the two year appointment means no shots, so Brad was thankful that he didn’t have to deal with that.  Jaxson is weighing in at 31 lbs (75th%) and is 36 3/4 inches tall.  The office measured him at 35 1/4 in, which I said "no way" when Brad got home and told me that because I knew he was taller than that and sure enough he was, so I’m going by my measurements.  I am a little concerned about his language development, so they placed a referral to have someone come evaluate him on Wed.  He’s not really saying two word phrases.  He does say "all done," which sounds more like "da do." He does tell little stories like "Dada. . . mow. . . da do," which means daddy mowed and now he’s all done, so I don’t know if that counts. This last week I’ve really started concentrating on MAKING him say two word phrases.  He will now say "more please," which is more like "more cheese" and "yes please."  So I feel like we are making progress.  I know I probably shouldn’t be worried about it because I’ve had a lot of parents of boys especially tell me that their boy didn’t really start talking until the age of two, but I just want someone to come eval him and let me know where we are at.  I know he is a very smart kid because he understands EVERYTHING, maybe even too much at times.  He is also learning his colors at a fast pace.  He now recognizes and says yellow, which is his favorite, blue, purple, and red.  He went with me to Target last week and all of their price tags on the racks have yellow highlights on them and he had to point out everyone to me and yell out "YEYOW."  Hey, whatever it takes to keep him distracted and busy so that I can get my shopping done.  He still amazes us everyday with new things that he is learning and doing.  I’m sure that this next year will be full of more fun and exciting firsts that I will have to blog about.