17 Months - A little Late

Your newest tricks:

• When Jay says "Down" you take your stance then wait for him to say "set-hut" then you RUN RUN RUN. It is hilarious. You run like someone is really after you. I know Jay is super excited b/c you are starting to run and tackle! Oh, the life of a football coach's son! ha. Your run is so funny. You bend your arms and pull them up even with your arm pits then swish them back and forth as you run. I'm not sure if I should be concerned!


• You can stand on one foot. Meme taught you that one. You also try to jump... we clap for you but you don't exactly get off of the ground!


• When someone says "One" you say "TWO!" That's a Granny trick.


• You try to fold your hands to play "Here's the church, Here's the steeple, open the doors, there's all the people" but you just get the church & steeple. There are no people in your church yet!


• I think you are learning the ABC song and Jesus Loves Me. You seem to recognize them and hum a tune... You blabber something but it's not really the words.


• You show me what the babies on the bus do and what the mommys on the bus tell the babies... that is TOO cute. I taught you that one!


• You know so many animal sounds that I have started to have to make up sounds for animals I don't know sounds for... Rhinoceros, Crabs, Spiders... you remember them though. The cutest ones are the skunk, you hold your nose and say "PEW WEE", and the alligator, you use your hands to make the biting motion and whisper "Chomp Chomp" I don't know why you think alligators whisper
• You have been telling me you pooped lately. I thought it was a fluke but you say "Poop" and say "Uh Huh" when I ask if you really did. I had a serious talk with you about poop and asked you to tell me BEFORE you poop next time. You said "uh huh." Sunday, you came to me and said "poo poo" so I asked if you pooped to which you responded "no." Then you said, "poo poo" so I checked your diaper and said, "Nope... you didn't." So you looked at me and pooped. GREAT! So maybe mommy is stupid but you sure aren't! I guess it doesn't matter much anyway b/c when I try to put you on the toilet, you turn into an unbendable board.
• You are talking alot alot these days but I think I'll spare everyone and post them for 18 months. (I know you can't wait...)
• You try to roll over but you pretty much only succeed in putting your head to the ground them falling to the side.
• You love to sit in chairs like a big boy and, if I don't watch closely, I find you standing on the kitchen table.

You are getting big but I don't know how much you weigh or how tall you are. I do know that your feet are finally growing. I was getting worried that we had a problem for a while.

You still only have 8 teeth. I'm not sure if I should worry about that... you seem to eat everything just fine though (except lettuce).

Your hair is thick and grows super fast. Who knew that you had to get boy's hair cut every couple of weeks!? What a pain.

You are a good sleeper and still take 2 naps if you are home with me. You have always played with your hair when your sleepy but now you twist it in a knot. I guess if you got haircuts more often that wouldn't be possible. Ha.

You still love other kids and like to hug. You did start saying "MINE" to everything and that drives me crazy. I am trying hard to teach you to share. Hopefully it's just a phase.

That's all I can think of right now...