25 MONTHS

So, I am still trying to catch up on blogging...

At 25 Months...

-Right around Hanley's 2nd birthday, he started trying to really test boundaries.  I would say there were about 2 or 3 really rough weeks right about that time.  It was a little overwhelming first because part of me just wanted to scream at whomever took our sweet boy and left us with a little cranky monster! Cody and I did our best to stay firm and consistent with him and slowly we saw signs of the terrible 2's diminish.  Thankfully, our easy-going, sweet boy is back and we hope the Terrible Two Fairy leaves us alone!

-Around that same time he was testing boundaries, he also slipped into a stage of sleep regression. So we had a cranky boy during the day and a sleepless boy at night. Horrible combination for everyone! One night he even climbed out of his crib. A week later, we switched him to his big boy bed and he's been a great sleeper since.

-Speaking of his big boy bed. My gosh, he loooves his new bed (and dump truck bedding)! I was worried about the transition.  Everyone told me to be prepared for him to climb out of bed 50 times each night and such. We have had no problems at all with the transition. The first night was a breeze. It's been almost 2 months since he's been in his big boy bed and he has never once even tried to get out of bed.  Even in the morning, he still calls for us to come get him. When we walk in, he just sits up in bed and says "Mommy, I wake up."

-Not only does Hanley love his new bed but he loves all his "babies". He officially has 9 babies that he sleeps with now.  It's pretty ridiculous. Cody does "role call" each night with all his "babies". It's so cute that I am going to have to video tape it one of these nights. Some nights after role call, he will look around and say "Look at all these babies!".

-Hanley got a workbench for his birthday.  So, he walks around the house daily with his tools in hand saying "Hanley fix it".

-We celebrated Thanksgiving in Eugene with both families.

Olson Fam

Stuebing Fam
 (even Uncle Caleb made it from Alaska!)