Boy or Girl?

What do you think?

Well, results are very clear--it's a boy!  

18 months--plus a little

I missed posting about Nate turning 18 months back in mid November--though it was l o n g  anticipated.  I was so excited for him to go to nursery at church, where he would have so much more fun than with me in the hall.  Unfortunately, I think he's only been about 2 or 3 times because we've been sick a lot. 

Yesterday we had his 18 month check up because we had to cancel the original one due to a funeral. 

He is:
~34 1/4 inches tall (85 percentile)
~22 1/2 lbs (7th percentile)

~Also, he's off his dairy free diet, which makes cooking so much easier for me.  He doesn't really like milk or cheese very much, though.  I wonder if he can handle some dairy, but not a lot.

~He can climb almost anything, including Camden's bunk bed sanctuary.  We were really hoping it would take him awhile to learn, not a mere week. 

~He loves to draw and write.  He can spend a long time with a paper and a pen or crayon. He's mostly pretty good about staying on the paper.

~We're starting to enjoy books with him more.  It helps to read the same books every night, and introduce one new story at a time, rather than reading lots of different ones.  He sometimes can recognize the short sound for "o", and a "s' sound when he sees an "o" or a "s".  I like to teach letter sounds before letter names.  It makes more sense for learning to read.

~I counted 25 words he says, but probably 18 of them are expressions like "uh-oh", "yay!", "hmmmm", or "peek-a boo".  They're super cute, but don't really help him express what he wants or needs.  Other words are mom, dad, please, apple, cracker, car, and hot. 

~He thinks that cups, salt shakers, and books are best if upside down. 

~He has an infectious giggle that earns him extra playtime before bedtime. 

~He is generally totally unafraid of strangers and will go talk to anyone.

~He loves lights and gets frustrated if they aren't turned on.  He also loves tools and to learn how things work.

~I love his hair!

~He likes to help with chores when he wants to--like sorting silverware and especially putting clothes and towels away. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 This was our first year to be at home by ourselves for Christmas.  We were super sick, so it was probably better not to be traveling.  Christmas Eve trips to urgent care are just easier when you're at home.  Because we were sick, we just stayed home for most of the time.  I really enjoyed our time at home.  It was fun to have our Daddy home so much and to only do what we wanted to do.

Unfortunately, I hardly took any Christmas pictures.  Aargh! Here are a few, though.

 

Christmas Eve Pajamas

 

 

Christmas morning 

 

Christmas afternoon

A few days later

 



And New Years!  We drank our special martinelli's at dinner and had cake.  Notice how blue it is?  Camden wanted blue cake and it turned out really really blue!  And cute Nate could hardly reach the end of the tall glass, but he wanted to hold it that way in the worst way.  Funny boy!

I can not figure out how to erase all the extra spaces between pictures and words!  They don't show up until the post is published.  Any ideas?