Clayton Family Blog: 2 years

Keegan is absolutely already showing signs of an interest in music and is becoming a little musician. He has a harmonica that he got for Christmas from Mimi and Papa that he loves and has really figured out how to play. He can even show you where the high notes are and where the low notes are! He also has a little piano (where he can also show you the high and low notes!) as well as a guitar that he loves to sing and dance along with. He has even shown an interest in conducting, since he has seen me conduct several times. We went to see an orchestra of bears at Christmas time and Keegan proceeded to stand in front and conduct them! He has also, several time, started conducting when he hears music or especially if he sees something he can stand on (to be his "podium") and he'll stand on it, then start conducting! He also has his own "cello" that he likes to play when I play my cello!

Since we are both musicians we hoped it would be "in his genes" and we think it is! Otherwise, it was going to "have to" be in his genes...no choice with music in this house! :-)

Playing his "cello"

Figuring out how to play his harmonica for the first time.

Playing his harmonica with Daddy

Showing me his high and low notes on the harmonica

Showing me where the high and low notes are on his piano

Singing and Dancing with his guitar

Conducting with the bears

Keegan is 2 years old!

(Well he was a month ago but I got a little behind...)

Keegan at 2 weeks

Keegan at 2 years

Weight: 34 lbs (95%)
Height: 36 inches (95%)
Clothing Size: 2T & 3T
Enjoys:

Books - especially his Cars book & Thomas book
Trains - he got a train set for his birthday, he is totally obsessed.
Kitchen - he got a kitchen set for Christmas, he likes to make us "meals"
Cars - he drives them everywhere saying "vroom, vroom"

Turn-Offs: still not much....he's a pretty agreeable kid. He doesn't like being told "no" but who does!
Strengths: Keegan is still a great eater, he'll eat almost anything. He is also VERY smart. He knows his ABCs, he can count to 10 and knows a lot of his colors. He remembers things well, and puts things back where they go a lot of the time. If something isn't in the right place, he fixes it. He is very observant.
Sleeping: Keegan goes to bed around 8pm every night and sleeps until 6:30 or 7 but he doesn't usually call for me until 7:15 or 7:30. He is getting pretty good about playing in his crib in the morning. Sometimes he'll stay in there until 8:00. We let him play in his crib for as long as he's happy in the morning! Keegan is still taking a nap everyday usually from 1:00-4:00.
Words: Keegan talks all the time now. Its not a matter of what words he knows anymore. He will repeat just about anything you say to him. He remembers things too, if you tell him what something is once, chances are he'll remember and tell you later.
Signs: We aren't really signing very much anymore which makes me kinda sad because it was so neat to watch him sign and learn new signs. He still signs some words as he says them at the same time. He still pretty consistently signs milk, book and eat, but he says the word as he signs it too. We are working on teaching him to hold up fingers for numbers now and I want to teach him to sign the alphabet to help him later when he learns to spell.

Favorites of Keegan currently:

Foods: tacos....he LOVES tacos. If you ask him what he wants to eat, he'll say he wants a taco.
Songs: ABC, Row Row Row Your Boat (he'll sing this one himself....sort of), The More We Get Together (he sill sign this and sort of sing it with you)
Shows: Thomas, Sesame Street, Arthur, Cars, Veggie Tales
Books: any book, Elmo books, truck books, Thomas books
Toys: Thomas the Train set, kitchen, Cars push car
Activities: Soccer

Things I don't want to forget:

Keegan had a nice second birthday party. He had some friends (James Dungan, Cameron Stumpf, Anthony Hudelson, Evelyn Bartel, Kaylee Winans, Amara Kanesvaran and Kieran Manfree) along with some family (Weezie, Mimi, Papa, Uncle Jeremy, Aunt Joni, Mary Beth, Anna-Margaret) We decorated cupcakes and Keegan got lots of nice presents. The whole party went very well.