18 Months

I can't believe my little guy is 18 months today! Time fly's too fast. Evan is growing up so fast and has all sorts of his own personality. His vocabulary consists of "Whoa!", "What's that?", "Right there!", dad, mama, shaking his head "no", blowing on things when they are hot, making car noises, grunting, whining and crying. He is also an excellent pointer! The two of us are pretty effective communicators. He is obsessed with his blanket, his new chair, his hot wheel cars, the key to the truck and dogs. We have been working on animal sounds but as far as he's concerned every animal says 'ruff, ruff'. He does make an 'Oh' sound for monkey and sometimes cows make a 'vroom' sound (as do cars), but for the most part all animals sound the same. He loves being outside, dancing,singing, Barney, playing airplane with his dad, turning on and off lights and appliances, and helping mom out around the house. People tell you that you love your kids in some sort of crazy way, but I never really believed it. I love this boy all sorts of crazy! Every new face or noise is exciting. Nothing melts me quicker than his smile or laugh. I love watching him catch on to new things. I love when I teach him something new and three days later he lets me know that he got it. I love his cuddles in the morning, which help offset 6:30 a.m. wake up cries. I love his open mouth kisses. I love it when he does boy things- he has been walking around with two or thee hot wheels in one hand and his blankie in the other. I love that he is really nice. He is busy, but he is laid back at the same time. I only hope that I can be a good mom so that I can help him be what he is supposed to be. I'm so blessed to have him.
Evan's favorite way of helping do laundry. He lays in the warm clothes when you pull them out of the dryer.

He loves to read! He will flip through this book and make noises as he points out the different animals.
A boy and his chair! He cracks me up when he's in his chair, he just kick back with a bottle and a blanket.
Bathtime! The one thing I don't love about being a mom is cleaning the high chair numerous times a day. I wish they made disposable trays! Maybe that could be my big money making invention!