This has been a busy week for us. I am 20 weeks pregnant with baby sister, Ace-man turned 20 months old, and we celebrated our 4
th anniversary.
I am feeling much better than I was in the first trimester. But of course, what would a pregnancy be without back and hip pain. It probably wouldn't be as bad if I didn't have to carry myself and a kid up and down the stairs all day (he can go up and down them just fine - he just likes to be carried). I'm not sure what I'm going to do when I have 20lbs of tummy plus 20 lbs of toddler.
I've been meaning to do this post since he turned 18 months...but that passed, and then 19 months passed...and here we are at 20. First, some 18 month stats:
Height: 33 1/4 inches
Weight: 23 lbs 9 oz
Shots: No more until 4 years!!! (except probably flu shots)
In the past couple of months his vocabulary has exploded. I can't even keep track. Some of my favorite word and phrases are: "
bleh" (umbrella), "tank
oo" (thank-you), or just "
tinks", "oh yeah", "yummy", "uh-oh we
bokin" (uh-oh we broken), and "
wix it" (fix it).
Making a snack for the dogs ("Bink and Zers")
He knows most of his letters thanks to his alphabet puzzle donated by cousins Brenden and Brian. He can also count to 10 but he skips a lot of the numbers. He gets impatient around 5 and goes straight to "7, 9, 10, YAY!"
I love his sense of self confidence, like how he struts around when he's dressed up for church or how excited he gets when we take him out to eat. He likes to feel like a big kid and actually makes a pretty good dinner date. But my favorite is how he walks into a room and surveys it like he owns the place - I especially love this when he walks into the bathroom...totally naked, ready for his bath, but with all the confidence in the world.
His favorite toys are his bathtub crayons, wooden puzzles, and stickers.
His favorite movies are Curious George and I'm a Child of God ("Gok") and his favorite book is The Odyssey (at least that's what Dad is reading him now)
His favorite foods are carrots, grapes, applesauce and peas. You would think it's pizza by how much he talks about it but everytime we have had pizza he doesn't really eat it.
He loves playing outside and can get kind of bossy, patting his leg and telling all the kids and mom to come (like we call the dogs). Of course, I'm the only sucker that obeys. The kids just ignore him, but I don't think he minds.
His favorite game is chase. A game of chase can occur any time of day simply by yelling "CHAAAASE" and running around. Anyone can be the chaser...dogs, kids, mom, dad. Sometimes a game of chase is interrupted by his second favorite game - spinning. Chase really has no object or goals except a lot of laughing and squealing.
