18 Months

I can hadly believe that our little man is acutally 18 months old! He is full of happiness and FULL OF ENERGY!! I don't think he gets still for more than a minute except when he is asleep! We think he is the cutest thing ever and we love him more than we ever thought possible. This post is just full of things we want to remember about him at 18 months.

(this is him telling me it was time to leave for his 18 month check-up this week)

• He is now 21 pounds 5 ounces and is 32 inches long. He is still so skinny! Probably from running around all day long! He is looking pretty tall and skinny at this age.
• He is still a picky eater! He still doesn't eat very much meat. We have found if we let him dip his food in something he will eat a lot more. He like to dip things in yogurt, ketchup, dressing ect... He will say "dip, dip" and hold his food up and make a dipping motion.
• He still has quite a sweet tooth! Asks for "cookies" at every meal--even breakfast!
• Although he doesn't like to eat much he does like to feed Elmo all of the time!
  
  

• This boy still loves his sleep. He still sleeps 12 hours each night. 8 to 8
• He takes one nap a day about 1:30. It usually last about 2 hours.
• He wakes up happy every single morning! I hear him on the monitor just a singing and talking. He will play in his bed until someone comes and gets him out. He never once cries or fusses.
• He usually wakes up from his nap saying "nack, wa-wa" --meaning he wants his snack and his water right now!
  

• He has slept with this glow seahorse every night since he was born. He is extremely attached to it! This is the third one we have bought!! He has one in his bed and we have one in the cabinet for back-up! He calls him "glow-glow" and he must have him in his bed at all times. He does not like for "glow-glow" to be outside of his bed. As you see in the picture below this is what happens if I put him out of his bed!
  

• He loves to build with his blocks. He likes Daddy to help him build it up really tall. Then he likes to take his hand and destroy the whole thing and make the blocks go everywhere.
• He tells me when he has pooped in his diaper now. He grabs his diaper, says "doo, doo", and waves his hand over his nose to say he is stinky. It is hilarious!!
• He will also point to the toilet and say "tee-tee, potty".
• He still loves watching Sesame Street and Elmo. He also enjoys watching Dinosaur Train, Yo Gabba Gabba, Wonder Pets, and Dora.

• He is still a big reader(which I LOVE!!!!) He brings me books and says "book, read". His favorite books right now are his "nunny" books (Easter Bunny books) and "moon" (Good Night Moon).
• When we pull up at Books-A-Million he starts pointing and saying "books, books".
• He loves to play tickle games. He runs up to us and put his fingers on us and says "tickle, tickle".
• He knows several of his colors, but he still continues to call most everything blue if you ask him what color it is!
  

• He is becoming an expert climber! He climbs on everything!!
• Playing outside is still his favorite thing to do! We enjoy playing ball, chase, riding in the wagon or car, smelling flowers, collecting rocks, digging in the dirt, and playing with Oliver Cat.
• He is a talker!! He amazes me with his language! He pretty much says whatever he hears us say. He is starting to put a lot of words together to make phrases now. ("book, read"- "sky, blue"- "light, room"- "door, open" are some of his favorites right now.
• He is still very loving to us and to others. He loves to give out hugs and kisses and we love recieving them!
  

We love this little monkey to pieces! We feel so blessed that he is our child!