He's 2...and semi terrible!

15 years ago

Seth turned 2 last week. We had his party yesterday. This picture was taken on his birthday, the 3rd. He is so sweet for the most part...BUT don't make him mad! He can cop an attitude in a heartbeat! LOL....the terrible two's are beginning! He's my sweetie but one to keep an eye on for sure! He is so different from Ricky and Austin, takes no cr@p from anyone and can be so sweet and loving the next minute. Couldn't care less if he's filthy dirty...Ricky and Austin can't stand to be dirty! Seth is like a magnet for dirt and doesn't notice one bit! No fear of anything yet!He's all boy.....

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carol_in_california
15 years ago
He looks so angelic in the picture....are you sure he can be semi terrible?
His little hands are so sweet!
Got an e-mail from DDIL....says Jake's favorite word in NO....and DS said he can go from helpful to hateful very quickly.
sheilajoyce_gw
15 years ago
Our DGS turns 2 on Christmas Day. His vocabulary and language skills are really developing. He does not say R right now, so "shirt" and "fork" need some 'splainin' for company.
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intherain
15 years ago
Oh, I'm just sure that little angelic boy can be semi terrible!!! LOL He sounds like my middle son. He gave me such a time. So different than his siblings. Still is! And yet, he is the child that will come to me with anything. (He's now 16.)

I teach 2's but fortunately this year I've gotten all angels. A first!
Cherryfizz
15 years ago
What a cutie. Gosh it just seems like yesterday when he was born.

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Linda Wayman
15 years ago
Time sure goes by fast. I can't believe he's two. Here sure is a cute little guy. Gwanny, you must be mistaken; that little angel looking guy couldn't have an attitude...
LOL!!
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grammahony
15 years ago
He is so cute. I have one DGS just like that. He'll be so loving one minute and pitch a fit in the next. He's 3, but isn't talking much at all yet. I have a great niece who's almost 3 and she talks a mile a minute, and uses more advanced phrases than most little kids 3 years old.
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ronm80
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Seth is adorable.
jannie
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He looks like an angel. My nephew Zachary is four-now there's a little devil. He even curses-one day he learned the F-word, boy did he get in trouble!
Eliza_ann_ca
15 years ago
Sounds like my youngest son who is now 31.
I always said you could put "Veery" om every description of him"Very mad,Very sorry,very happy,very loving...etc
This son turned out great and is about to graduate with a doctorate degree.
Seth reminds me of him...he's all boy and handsome as all get!
danihoney
15 years ago
How funny - seeing Seth (totally cute by the way) in his Thomas the Tank Engine shirt and reading Sheila's post about the R's reminded me that neither one of our boys could pronounce "Percy" a character from TtTE. We used to try and stop them from naming that one because it always made people ask "did he just say...?" No his er's still sound like oo's.
nodakgal
15 years ago
Awwww Seth is absolutely adorable Vikki! No way he is semi terrible, he's too darn cute for that. I noticed those chubby lil hands too, nobody here has them anymore. :(
I saw a shirt the other day that would be perfect for him if he is a dirt magnet. LOL It said "I make dirt look good".
I LOL'd when I read it, there was another one too something about dirt digger and I of course can't remember it right now.
teresa_j30
15 years ago
OMG!! What a cutie...I just want to squeeze him!!! Nothing cuter than a dirty little boy, my soon to be 5 yr old was/is the same way....I can give him a bath, get him ready for daycare and I swear by the time we get there his face is dirty!!!
Vique_Pa
15 years ago
He's adorable! looks like he is saying "I'm two, ya got a problem with that?" Vique
stephmc72
15 years ago
I have one of those, Vikki!! They're hard work aren't they? :-)

Seth is so cute. I can't believe he's 2 already. It really amazes me how fast the time goes.
gwanny2three
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks...he is my buddy, my little "boss"! He keeps us entertained too. Loves to dance and doesn't care if your watching or not, just enjoying his dance! Here are some pictures from my son's wedding last month. He literally owned the floor and danced for hours! The rest of the kids would go off and play..not Seth, he was on the dance floor all night! The little girl is his cousin...in her PJ's because they were about to leave and had a long drive home.

Notice the dirty face???? LOL....no problem!
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zeetera
15 years ago
Awwh, he's too precious. That spunk may help him go far in life.

lol at the shirt Nodakgal.
linda_in_iowa
15 years ago
He is so cute and his cousin looks precious dancing in her PJs and party shoes.
gwanny2three
Original Author
15 years ago
They are alot of work Steph but fun work huh? I just love having all three of them everyday. Austin will be 2 in May and is catching up to Seth in so many ways. His vocabulary has expanded so much in the last month and he is now about a half inch taller than Seth. Fun times for sure....I am soaking up every minute of it, someday they will be grown and off doing thier own thing and I'll miss them so much. I just love this age. They wear me out, but it's worth it! At the end of the day I can relax with my memories and a big smile.
jannie
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Love, love, love the dancing pictures. Is break-dancing coming back?
gwanny2three
Original Author
15 years ago
For Seth it is coming back. He watched the dance contest on TV with his mom and learned a lot of moves!

He's 2...and semi terrible!

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