Wow, Baby Boy!!! What has happened to you in the last week? Just last week we were so impressed that you had started to say some different words (random strange words, like "thread," "No, No, No," "Open Door," "Yes," "DVD," etc.) but adding a new word (or your rendition of a new word) every few days. Mommy just loved it so much that you were saying "I yav u" (I love you)and both Mommy and Daddy have gotten a kick out of the fact that when you want something, you yell "Paul" to get Daddy to do it for you. (Don't get used to that as we do not intend to allow you to call Daddy by his first name for long!!!)
But starting last weekend (just two weeks before you turn 18 months) your vocabulary has exploded! All of a sudden, you are repeating just about anything that we ask you to say (you use baby talk...and it is sometimes hard to understand...but you give just about every word a try!) You can say and identify just about every letter in the alphabet. You can say and identify the colors red, purple, green, blue, yellow and orange. (You have trouble saying "pink"). You can identify the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5...and you love to play your Toddler Mickey Mouse CD and Pooh and Reader rabbit CD's on the computer.
You now answer questions with a Yes or a No. It is so nice to be able to ask you if you want to go outside, ride on your bike, go for a walk, color, etc. and have you be able to tell Mommy what you want to do! You understand so much!
Last Saturday, when Mommy tried to feed you your Mac and Cheese you started to have a temper tantrum because you wanted to hold the spoon yourself. (You have gotten really good at feeding yourself with a fork and we let your feed yourself all of the time now....but you haven't grasped the concept of keeping the spoon upright when you move it into your mouth.) Anyway, you began to scream and cry...and kicked your legs...things began to escalate...and no matter what I tried to do, you were so upset. Then, I just calmly explained to you that Mommy would let you feed yourself, except that with the Mac and Cheese you had to use a spoon and you couldn't do that yet. I told you that I would let you feed yourself other foods with the fork, but I needed to feed you this with the spoon right now and that we would let you try the spoon with some different foods. You stopped and listened to everything I said, and then opened your mouth and let me feed you your entire meal. You completely understood why you couldn't feed yourself and you were fine as soon as you understood. Amazing.
You now can say your name...and prefer to say "John Paul" as opposed to "Jack" though you can say both. You have been climbing so much lately, and have become a little daredevil. You have been falling almost every day. (Off the bed, slipping on the wet bathroom floor, off the steps at the playground, tipping the chair over, etc.) Thus you are getting a lot of bumps and bruises. You are such a tough little guy, though. You never cry much and just get up and "brush yourself off" even when you clearly have hurt yourself.
Mommy loves you so much and can't wait to come home to you every night and spend every minute that she can with you. I love it more than anything when you walk up to Mommy for no reason and wrap your little arms around my leg and just hug me. I could stay like that forever my sweet angel. I love you with every ounce of my heart!
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