18 Months Old

This month, Eli turned a year and a half. He amazes me with all of the new words he is trying to master and all the new things he is doing. 18 months really is a huge developmental milestone. He had his checkup, and he is 24 1/2 lbs. and 32 in. long, which puts him around the 40th percentile. Movin' on up! Eli has become aware of the doctor and developed fears. He cried just being weighed. But all in all, he is a healthy, growing boy.

Here are a few highlights of my son who thinks he owns the world :)

Eli has learned to be sweet and gentle with his baby cousins, and tries to help when they are crying.

Eli got his first real, big boy haircut. (I just didn't know what to do anymore with his wild mop)

He throws big its and hangs on me so I can't walk away....

which then leads to the "snotty" chair, i mean naughty chair :) He has learned to sit and stay in the chair until I come over to hug and kiss him.

Eli is doing really well in swim lessons , and it seems like he is actually swimming when he goes from step to step.

One of his many words now is pumpkin, or I should say pumptin.

This is a list of words Eli can say: (i've never really counted to i'm going to make a list to see how many words he has in his vocabulary)

1. NO, his favorite word. 11. Aqua 21. Pease, for Please

2. Mama 12. Auntie 22. cwacka, means cracker

3. Dada 13. Truck 23. cookie

4. Papa 14. Caw, for Car 24. duck

5. Nana 15. Boat 25. plane

6. Momo, for our cat Merlot 16. Pumpkin 26. cheese, meaning the food or the camera

7. DewDew, for his freind Drew 17. Moof, for movie 27. chip

8. Choo-Choo, when he sees a train 18. Apple 28. golf club

9. Nack, which means snack 19. Jesca, for Jessica 29. yogit, for yogurt

1o. Juice 20. Addi 30. outside

and now he really tries to say whatever you say.

Wow, time really does fly...I love you Eli and can't wait to see all of your new adventures thru life.