My BABY is 19 months old! AND in 2 months I will be updating you each month on TWO baby boys! Time is flying by!
Daddy and Connor... not even a day old!
With that said, here are 19 wonderful things I want to remember about my wonderful baby boy at this age:
1. You have learned how to climb on and off the couch by yourself without any help!
2. You LOVE your bath! You run to your room and get out your towel and washcloth from the bottom drawer of your dresser and then stand outside the bathroom yelling, "BATH!!" at us! You LOVE to use your tub crayons and don't like to sit! You also DON'T like to get your pajamas and diaper on after your bath! You try to run away!!! I think you enjoy the freedom of being naked! lol
Here you are in the bathtub pointing out your ears!! :)
3. You are still currently in the middle of an Elmo obsession.
4. You are obsessed with the ipad. You call it "Ga-ga." I'm not sure how you came up with that name for it, but we definatley know what you are asking for! Your current favorite app is the Elmo ABC's app. You are actually learning your letters!!! It's so neat to watch you!
5. You are eating with a fork now!
6. In fact, we are just happy that you are EATING!! You've been a very picky eater lately, but you are getting so much better? The solution? You really like to have your own plate and utensils! We also strip you down to your diaper and let you feed yourself! You make a HUGE mess, but you eat your food!
7. You had your 18 month check-up since my last post! You got to see your good buddy Dr. Kamber! You were 30 lbs and 34 inches tall! You were at exactly the 90th percentile for weight, height, and head circumference! Dr. Kamber said you weren't a chunky baby, you are just a BIG boy! lol
8. You LOVE to read!
You climbed in your closet and found a stash of my books from when I was little! :)
9. You are a climber! You can turn anything into something to climb on!!
10. You think Momma and Daddy's bedroom is so awesome, for some reason! lol Normally we keep the door closed because it isn't as baby proofed as we'd like for it to be. You sure do think its a treat, though, to go in there and play. You like to lay in bed with us and watch tv. You also like to dig through our drawers! lol
I caught you standing outside our bedroom door trying to get in!! lol
You knew Daddy was in there sleeping and wanted to go get him!
11. You have learned some of your colors!!! (Thanks to Fruit Loops!) You know yellow, red, orange, blue, green, and purple! If I ask you where the blue Fruit Loops are, you can point them out for me!! You can do this for all of the colors of Fruit Loops!!! Momma was pretty excited! Next, we'll work on saying the color words!
12. You are talking up a storm!!! Some of your new and "favorite" words this month: Ryan, up, teeth, cheerio, Laci, remote, wa-wa (water), jacket, shoes, nugget, blankie, eyes, nose, truck, belly, ears, cracker, and phone! There are many more, but its very hard to keep up with you!!
13. You are starting to say sentences!!!!!!! So far, you've said, "I'm done!" and "I shut door!" :) Very exciting!!!
14. You are attempting to count. You like to play with a set of cup coasters we have. You lay them out in a row and I count them for you ( 1 to 5) and you count with me! :)
15. You love to point out body parts! lol You point out ears, eyes, noses, teeth, toes, feet, hands, and bellies!! Here you are trying to get Momma's belly!! lol
16. You are such a helper! You love to help Momma and Daddy with everything! The other day, I was folding laundry, and you came and grabbed a pair of your pajamas and ran off. I thought you were going to stash them in your toys like you used to do, but you were in your room putting them in the pajama drawer of your dresser! It was so sweet! If you see a door open in the house, you say, "Uh oh!!!" and run to shut it. Each morning you see daddy's wallet laying on his nightstand, and you grab it and run to him saying, "Daddy!!!" like you think he is going to forget it! lol
17. You are REALLY into cars and trucks right now! Everytime you see one, you yell, "Car!!!" or "Truck!!" I've been thinking about how to give you an updated "big boy" room for your birthday this summer. Here's some of my inspiration so far:
18. You are becoming a better sleeper. Now that you are officially down to one nap per day, you have been sleeping much better at night! You typically only wake up looking for your paci once or twice, which is a HUGE improvement!!! :)
19. You now give hugs AND kisses! And we can't get enough of them from our sweet boy!
Connor,
We tell you all the time what a gift you are from God, but it never seems like enough! You are without a doubt the best thing that ever happened to your Momma and Daddy, and have given us such a new and BIG purpose in life! We love you to the moon and back a million times! We can't wait to see what all you will teach us in the next month!
Love,
Momma and Daddy
