Last week TB (short for Tiny Baby since I am trying so hard not to call him Tiny or Tiny Baby anymore) turned 18 months. A friend of mine was coming up with ideas for her son's birthday cake, so I decided that half birthdays are great reasons to have a cake and made one for TB. I ate about half of it. Oops. I also discovered that I need to call way in advance for well baby checkups with the pediatrician. We don't get in until July 6th. Evidently there are only 6 pediatricians for a country the size of California (much smaller population though). Oh well. Don't really have concerns about how he is doing so it isn't that big of a deal.
To add to Ryan's previous word list, he can now also say:
moon
sunbeam
tree
cat
bath
hat
shoes
hot
eyes
ears
teeth
nose
up
banana
chip
cracker
snack (meaning fruit snacks, something Justin didn't even know about at 18 months!)
spoon
more
water
bubbles
ball
whee!
wow
boo boo
Momo (name of toy hamster)
Justin (hard to understand, but consistent)
Diego (and Go, Diego, go)
Bo Bo (as in Bo Bo brother monkeys from Diego)
Click (from Diego)
llama (because of Diego)
Oh man! (from Dora the Explorer)
teamwork (from Wonder pets. He doesn't know what it is, but he knows it is what's going to work.)
Ah-choo!
Ha! Ha! Ha!
prophet
Jesus
amen
I think that these are new. I was writing a list on the back of an envelope and tried not to make duplicates, but without having the other list in front of me I am not sure. Regardless, even if every single one was a duplicate, Ryan can say much more than Justin's 10 words at 18 months. I am surprised Ryan can say anything at all because Justin never shuts up! When he runs out of things to say he just kind of stalls with mumbles as he looks around the room for an idea for a new topic. I think sometimes he even bores himself, but he keeps at it. Could we have a future lawyer or politician? He is pretty creative with excuses too.
TB is already sleeping in a twin bed (with the toddler bed beside to "catch" him if he rolls off) while Justin was in the crib until we needed it for Ryan. He is climbing, jumping, and doing a lot of the things that Justin is doing now. Maybe he will decide to use the potty soon. Yeah, right.
Justin is Ryan's favorite person, with Diego a close second. Too bad it isn't them that Ryan calls for in the middle of the night.
