18 Months!

Dear Reese,

You are one and a half years old! Your Mommy has become a bona-fide slacker when it comes to the blog. You keep us so busy I hardly have time to update things. I feel like I have blinked and you turned into a little boy. You are becoming so much more expressive and able to comminucate what you want. We are working on teaching you to use your words instead of whining to get what you want. So far you are learning very quickly! If you need or want anything you grab our hands and drag us around saying "Help!". Most of the time you can articulate what you want. Reese, you are developing such good manners. You routinely say "please" and "thank you". There is very little that you can't say or at least that you won't try to say. I know I'm biased, but I think you have an advanced vocabulary for your age! I don't know of many 18 month olds that can say walrus (and actually be holding a walrus when saying it!). You have also recently learned to count to three. You point to different things and count "one, two, freeee!" usually followed by a "yay, Reese!".

Your schedule has changed since last month. You are still waking up between 7 and 7:30am. We eat breakfast around 8:15-8:30 and then we play all morning until lunch around 11:45. Then you take a wonderfully long nap from about 12:30 until 3 or 3:30. Then we play, play, play until supper around 6. Bathtime is after that and we start winding down around 7 for bed at 7:30. You made a fairly easy adjustment to one nap, which Mommy and Daddy appreciate!

Reese, you are so great with people and are such a ham. It may take you a few minutes to warm up to someone new, but after you do they are usually eating out of your hand! You recognize and call most regular people in you life by name. You know "Mommy, Daddy, Emmie, Gandaddy (all 3 Grandaddies), Ganma (Grandma), Me-Mommy (G-Mommie), Etan (Ethan), Ma-Ma (2 Ma-Mas), Bandi (Brandi), Jackie (babysitter Jaclyn), and Amber".

Right now you are wearing 18-24 month shirts and mostly 18 month pants. You are getting into a size 5 in shoes. Still wearing size 4 diapers. We'll find out your official stats Monday when we go to the doctor.

We love you very much!

Love, Mommy and Daddy

'Scuse the paci...he found it on the floor and popped it in his mouth!

Cute boy!