"Anything which parents have not learned from experience they can now learn from their children. " - Anonymous

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

18 months



It's so hard to believe my baby is already a 1 1/2 years old. I can remember starting to plan his first birthday party when he turned 6 months and it seems like it was just yesterday.

Since I haven't written much about the little guy lately, I'm going to attempt to do a list of what he's been up to.

- he has a good little vocab including words such as: juice, mama, dada, girls, bye bye, shoes, socks, waffle, nana (banana), this and animal sounds such as: moo, baa for a sheep and baa baa for a duck.

- he has started combining sounds and syllables and I am just waiting for him to blurt out a phrase or sentence any day.

-climbs the furniture

- can open doors

-loves to push the button to open the garage

-enjoys playing outside, going for walks, sliding down the slide, going for wagon rides

- sleeps from 9pm until almost 8am

-still loves to be read to and sang to. I even catch him singing in his crib in the mornings.

- is great at cleaning up. When we sing the clean up and toys away songs, we can get him to put almost everything away.

-loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and My Friends Tiger and Pooh

-hugs and kisses my belly

- will eat almost anything you make for him. Although, he still has reservations about meat, but I think most kids his age do.

- poses to have his picture made

-has become very gentle with Molly and Sam. He likes to give them kisses

-He's very "helpful" in the kitchen. He likes to bring you EVERY pot holder and colander when you're cooking.

-He likes to play with our keys and phones. Usually he takes them and goes to the door and says "bye bye." He does this with travel coffee mugs as well. I guess he sees Danny leaving with one every morning.

-He's very good at following commands.

- likes to brush his own teeth

- has discovered how to put his hand down his diaper and his fingers up his nose... I am not excited about this!

- He is the hit of the party almost everywhere we go. He really has a great personality and is almost always very well behaved.

We just feel so lucky to have him in our lives!

1 comment:

Heather M. said...

What a great post! So many of the things he does remind me of Helayna - they would have a blast together, I'm sure! I'm so glad he's in your lives too! :)