Jackson is 22 months old!

I am having a hard time believing that Jackson is almost 2! It is amazing how much he has changed in the past few months.  He doesn't look like a baby anymore, and it breaks my heart!

• Wears 18-24m clothes
• Wears 5.5 wide shoe
• Wears size 5 diapers
• Loves to brush his teeth (suck the toothpaste off the toothbrush).  He says "teeeth" when he wants to do this!
• Loves to take just one shoe off (Usually both shoes and socks eventually come off). We have to do shoe checks multiple times while we are out! He can also take his pants off.  He loves to run around in just a diaper. He is defiintely hot natured like me!
• Has become such a picky eater!!!! He will eat chicken nuggets from Wendy's and Chick-fil-A. He loves pizza especially from Frodo's (In fact, he says Frodo's "Foedoes" often and gets so excited when we actually go there. He still likes the pouches of baby food and calls them "pouch" now. He used to love cereal, pancakes, pastina,and grilled cheese, but not so much anymore. He has a sweet tooth- ice cream "ice", cookies "coookie", and M&M's. He likes to eat chips and Pirate's Booty.  We tried to get him to call that puffs, but he calls it "booty." He still loves to eat peas at my mom's house, but won't really touch any other vegetables or any fruit. However, he finally drinks chocolate milk!
• He talks ALL the time and will repeat ANYTHING you say. He now says "me" and "mine." He can say Parker and Brooks. He still says no a lot, but also says yeh a lot too (sometimes "yep").
• He is learning his colors.  He knows blue, red, purple, green, yellow, and white. Right now blue and purple are his favorites. He has identified pink too.
• He can count with you to ten. He knows the names and sounds of animals. He also knows the names of objects and toys.
• He loves to read books still. He is into Dr. Seuss right now.
• He loves to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. (That is also the theme for his birthday.) He will also watch Chuggington, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Doc McStuffins, and YouTube videos with Sesame Street characters like "Bi Bird" and "Melmo." He likes when they sing! Of course, he loves the iPad.
• Loves to sing- Wheels on the Bus; Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes; Itsy Bitsy Spider, Baby Bumbleebee; Hop; 5 Little Monkeys.  His voice gets high when he sings, and he loves to do the motions. He doesn't always want you to watch him though!
• Is obsessed with buses. He thinks anything yellow is a bus, and he has to have it.  He even sleeps with the bus. Currently his Fisher Price bus is full of plastic eggs.  He does not like people in the bus. He also loves "choos choos" especially the one his Uncle Charlie got him for Christmas.  He loves the "coach." He loves to play with cars and just about anything with wheels!
• Finished swimming lessons. I don't know whether he liked them or not. There were times when he did, and other times when he didn't. I thought about signing him for more lessons in May, but I think we have ruled that out.
• Loves to be outside and just wants to run.  We want to get the entire backyard fenced in, so he can run!  Right now we have to tell him "No Road!"  He repeats it, but he still runs toward the front yard and the road (which terrifies me!)!
• He can climb up one step completely by himself without a rail.  He is getting better about going up and down small flights of stairs. (We saw Mrs. Carol at swimming the other night, and she couldn't believe how much he had grown up in just a few months!)
• He loves dogs from far away, but does not want to get too close.  He still loves to feed the "qak qaks."  We go to the zoo a lot, and he likes the lions and giraffes.
• Jackson still has his blanket with the nasty tag and his paci.  He has now named his paci "poppy" and definitely wants it more than he used to.  We are thinking of ways to take it away.
• He does not like to cuddle with me like he used to.  I am not sure if it has to do with my big stomach or the fact that he is getting too big!
• We have a major issue with temper tantrums right now.  He will scream and throw himself down or pull his own hair and scream!