Friday, November 12, 2010

18 Months Old!

Jackson is now 18 months old! Time flies when you are busy chasing a little monkey around all the time! His 18-month checkup with Dr G is on Tuesday, so I will post more after the appointment with all his key details. But in the meantime, here are a couple photos from his recent school pictures (sorry about the quality, they didn't offer electronic images):

Here is what the crazy little monkey is doing these days:
- We only have a handful of consistent words, but he is starting to string together 2 and 3 word sentences to tell us what he wants

- The newest word is his attempt at saying "water"...he says "wa wa" and it technically means anything in a liquid form

- He will say the same words repeatedly until you acknowledge that you also see the "car", "ball", "mmmm" (cow), or "wa wa"

- He is very attached to Skipit; we lost Skipit one day not too long ago and he protested sleep (for awhile) because he didn't have his buddy to cuddle with

- He loves to share his love...he loves to cuddle, give hugs and blow kisses; he occasionally will try to give an actual kiss but it is very wet

- He has mastered the art of walking backwards and loves to practice; he typically giggles if anyone is watching him because he is so proud of his accomplishment

- He has finally learned how to crawl down the stairs on his belly, makes me slightly more comfortable with the many stairs in our house

- He loves to be outside! Lately he has really enjoyed walking up or down the street with me, we hold hands while we walk...so very sweet! He still loves to go for a ride in the stroller or wagon too!

- He is getting a little bit better about eating, at least at school. He is still pretty picky around us but will eat most of the foods offered at school. He still hates cheese, deli meats and mac & cheese. And has started to turn up his nose at some veggies that he used to like (peas, carrots) but they continue to offer them to him at school on a regular basis

- He still loves to sleep in on the weekends! We are very blessed with a great sleeper!

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