18 months!

Wow... the theme for me at 18 months is that each day my "baby" is becoming less and less a baby.  There is less carrying and more walking, less pointing and more talking, and of course less helping and more doing it himself.  It is precious!  

When I look back at all of my monthly posts I think I was focusing on the wrong things!  Or maybe that's what was important then... but things have changed.  So I'll summarize all of that to say that Colby eats well, sleeps well, weighs 24.5 lbs, is 32 in tall, and has 16 teeth (17 & 18) are poking through.  He is growing and healthy (something we are thankful for and don't take for granted!).

Helping make half birthday cupcakes

Colby:

runs instead of walking
holds hands when walking with us
climbs anything and everything
is very social (says hi and bye without prompting and cheeses at anyone who will look)
says byes instead of bye and says bye bye dada to everyone
is very affectionate (started giving hugs and kisses to his cousins and to Maggie)
"reads" books by himself (turns pages and looks at pictures)
slides down big playground slides and the baby slide at the pool by himself
closes doors from the inside and from the outside

Funny things he does:
LOVES to put on shoes and will ask for shoes randomly
LOVES to put buckets on his head (see above)
says "dah" when he gives a hi-five and "boo" when he gives a fist bump
when you tell him you love him he blows a kiss back
every time he sees a dog he says "dah, woo woo woo"

 Love this sweet boy!