The Official 18 Month Post

We finally went to Boston's 18 month check up and since he is now almost 19 months I figure I better get to it. If I were to describe Boston at 18 months it would be BUSY! Holy cow he never slows down. He is growing and developing so fast lately it's crazy. When we went to the doctors we got confirmation again that he is huge!
Head- 20 inches off the chart in percentile
Height- 34.8 inches +97%
Weight- 27.7 lbs 75%
The doctor told us we have and average 2.5 year old.

Here are some random things that I want to remember about him at this age.
*He has the typical toddler diet of hot dogs, macaroni, grilled cheese, chicken nuggets and what not. His favorite foods are Special K Berries cereal, fruit, PB&J sandwhich, corn, avacados, and pancakes.
*He is a really on and off eater. Great for 3 days not so great for 2, but I figure thats part of the typical toddler diet as well. He does really well with his fork and we are working on scooping his spoon.
*He is a little chatter box. He is talking all day long. He can say a lot of words mostly things that we would point to in a book or something. He loves to babble and pretend he is having a full onconversation with you. Then he looks at you like did you get that? The past couple weeks he is turning into a parrot and copying things that we say.
*He has a hard time saying his T's and K's. I think this has been bothering him lately because he has been into his construction truck books and I have been trying to teach him how to say Truck and Tractor. He always gives it a good shot but usually ends up saying car.
*He holds our hand and drags us to where he wants to go.
*He only has his binki during his nap and at bedtime. I did this about two months ago and then we went on vacation and he got it back because it was easier. Lets just say getting rid of it two months ago was a lot easier than it was this time around.
*He is very into puzzles, blocks, shape cubes, and pretty much anything that he can build something out of.
*He has learned how to "pick" his nose. It's pretty funny actually because he doesn't even know what he is doing he just puts his finger up his nose. Probably learned this at the gym or Nursery.
*He is really good at following directions like putting something in the trash, getting a diaper or his shoes.
*He loves to color and lately we have found permanent marker all over his legs so those were quickly moved. I love that he bring home pictures that he has colored in Nursery so dang cute!
*He still LOVES his flip flops. If he isn't wearing those he is wearing either mine or Trav's shoes.
*He pretends to talk on the phone all day long then the second someone talks back he goes completley silent.
*He is absolutely crazy about his Dad. He gets very sad when he leaves for work or when we get off the phone with him during the day. Lets just say we all love the weekends around our house.
*If I had to guess what his favorite animal is I would probably say a dog or horse. Favorite color Blue, because that is the only color he knows. Shape a star, because that is the only one he knows by name and points it out all the time while we are driving.
*He knows all his animals by their sound. Funny story we were going through his animal sounds the other day and I would say what does a horse say? and he would tell me the sound. I went on to say what does Mama say? he said No No. I cracked up but it is so true. Sometimes I feel like I say it all day because he is always getting into things and ripping our house inside out.
*He loves his sleep. He goes down between 7:30-8 and wakes up between 7-8:30. He takes one nap for about 3 hours. He is pretty flexible about times, but he loves when we let him go down at his scheduled times. He will sleep anywhere there is a bed for him which is so convient when traveling and being at my Mom's or friends houses. Lately he has requested to sleep with his favorite stuffed animals. He sleeps with snugly of course, blue his dog, bear, Shamu, and another horsie.
*He always wants to be outside. We go on alot of walks and swim a couple times a week. Can't wait till it cools down to go back to the parks.
*He loves to play with little kids. I think his favorite part of the day is when we go to the gym and he can go to kids club. People keep telling me that I need to have another one for him to play with and I always say unless I can birth a two year old that wont be happening anytime soon. I am terrified to have #2 so don't hold your breath.
*He can get into anything, remove any lid, turn everything on, lift almost everything in our house, I could go on with this list he is crazy busy!
*He loves music. He know that there is a CD player in his room and the Ipod is in our bathroom so he will either go in the bathroom and wave his arm like he is leading music so we know to turn it on or he will go in his room and plug in the CD player and turn it on. His favorites are the primary song CD's, Martina McBride, and Jack Johnson.
*He loves to play in forts. I made one for him one time and now he goes and gets the green blanket and askes for one everyday.
*Last but most definately not the least he absolutely loves Hot Dog also know as Mickey Mouse. It's his favorite cartoon and he askes to watch it all day long. You should see him when we take him into the Disney store he can't even controll himself because there are hot dogs everywhere. We are lucky that his chicken nuggets, apple fruit crisps, diapers, and something else that I can't remember are all Mickey Mouse themed. Trav and I keep saying we need to get him some Micky Mouse toys. It hasn't happened yet because we are mean parents, but it should soon. Side note in case your wondering why he calls Micky Mouse hot dog on the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cartoon they do the "hot dog dance" at the end and I think hot dog is just easier to say than Mickey Mouse.

Boston we are absolutely crazy about you. Life with you is great. Thanks for being such a funny energetic little guy it keeps things interseting around our house. We sure do love you and don't ever forget to let our Heavenly Father know how greatful we are to have you.