Silly boy

18 months old. Am I really still counting months??

Phew, I may be close to a month late in writing this post, but I blame it all on you Briggs man!  You are a WIDE open, NON-stop, 18 month old TODDLER!

You are absolutely hilarious and full of cuteness!  Your favorite words are still "no" and "dada" and you use those words way more than anything else.  Up until a little over a week ago, you really didn't have more than a dozen words.  Now you are saying something new every day.  You are trying hard to repeat words that we say - last night you said "purple" and this morning "burr".

At your most recent check-up, you measured in at 23lbs and 10oz and were 33 inches tall.  You are right at the 50th percentile for weight and around the 75th percentile for height.  That came as a surprise to me as most of your 18month clothes are tight around your pudgy belly and too long for what I thought were your short little legs!  

You have a great daily routine set.  If left to sleep - you get up around 7 or 7:30am.  Then you play, play, play until lunch time at 11.  Naptime can start as early as noon, but is typically 1-3pm.  Then you play, play, play until dinner at 6.  In between there are lots of snacks and "wawa".  Bath time is around 7pm and then bedtime is supposed to be 8pm, but you stretch it out to almost 9pm sometimes.  You have started fighting bedtime more telling me "no-no", but there have been times that you have walked yourself down the hallway to go to bed too.

Currently you are the biggest kid in the Creepers room and your best buddy is Paige Duncan.  The two of you are just adorable playing together!  Every morning when we head out the door, you always have to have two trucks in your hands to take with us.  When you get to school you are always so sweet to share with Paige.  I'm not so certain that she is into GraveDigger, but she smiles anyway!  Trucks are TOTALLY your thing (and daddys too).  You have at least two dozen trucks and they are always spread all over the living room floor and coffee table.

You have started to enjoy Thomas the Train as well as Curious George videos.  Sesame Street is still pretty cool - especially Grover.  Daddy and you also enjoy a good MonsterTruck Jam.  We recently went to our first Clemson baseball game and you loved all the excitement and kept saying "bayball".  Now every sport appears to be "bayball", we'll get that straightened out later.

You love to play outside with your trucks and in the sandbox. You adore going to visit the farm with daddy.  Like any boy - you love to ride on the golf cart, 4-wheeler, lawn mower, gator, and recently daddy took you for your first tractor ride.  Now that you have visited with the horses at the farm - almost every animal sound is "nay".  You really like ducks and chickens too.

You are a typical toddler.  Moody and Bossy!  You love to dance to music - if you are in the mood.  You are a pretty good eater - if you are in the mood.  And you will lean in to give me kisses - if you are in the mood.  Occasionally you will wave bye-bye and you have been known to blow a kiss once or twice.  Currently you love bath time, although that wasn't the case three weeks ago.  

Over the last three months you have gotten your first bloody nose and your first and second skinned up knees.  I had much better success with your third haircut - I used clippers and it was quick and easy!  We have continued to fight the germs from school and have had pink eye as well as lots of good snotty colds.  You also have had some skin sensitivities and I'm just hoping you haven't inherited my issues.

One of your favorite indoor games is to dump out all your stuffed animals onto your bedroom floor - then dive on top of them - bury yourself under animals - and then hide from mommy.  Too funny.  You also enjoy playing in your playroom, in your hallway tent, and with all your books.  You are definitely a book lover and enjoy books where you can point to all the things you know.  You are super smart and figure things out so well - so this is very enjoyable too!

This past weekend we went to Summerville to celebrate Easter with all the grandparents.  You were in heaven showing off all your skills to all the family!  On Sunday we had Easter dinner with both families at Granny Brenda's.  You played the entire day and only took a 20 minute nap.  I was so shocked what a great mood you were in regardless of the lack of sleep!  You were super sweet for Nana and PopPop and even said both of their names.  That moment was worth a million bucks!

You are getting better at playing by yourself and enjoy the independence.  I know it's time to come check on you when I haven't heard anything for a minute.  Just this past weekend when we had the windows open - I came into your room to find you up on your stool leaning into the screen on the window.  You don't always look for trouble - but it finds you pretty easy!