He is Officially 18 Months!

Where has my baby gone? On July 29, 2004, he turned 18 months!!!

I took the day off Friday to go with him to his 18-month check up. He weighed in at 30lbs. 10oz (85%) and was 34 3/4" tall (98%) and his head measured 50cm (100%) He is a tall big boy....and we couldn't be prouder.

He is saying so many words now...and he will repeat anything we say...he just can't pronounce everything right but he is at least trying!

He only cried a few little tears when he got his shot at the pediatrician's office. He was sooo good...letting Dr. Anne check him all over, look in his ears, etc. (He just put up a little bit of a fight over letting her see his teeth.)

After his appointment, Daddy and I took Jack to the Zoo again. (We took him for the first time the weekend before with his Aunt Jana, Uncle Chris and Olivia. We were so looking forward to it...but we got started late and he saw a few animals and fell right to sleep.) On Friday he got to see the Manatees, an alligator, and ride the carousel twice, he also took a pony ride, and saw some swans before it was time for his nap. He loved it. In fact, he loved it so much that the next day he kept asking "zjuoo?" "zjuoo?" and pointing to the car.

We took him back again on Sunday and he saw the Gorillas, the Reptiles in the reptile house, he rode the carousel again, and took a boat ride, and saw some of the other apes before he got tired. It was so much fun for all of us! I wish I was able to be home with him all of the time.

he was so cute this morning. (I had gotten out of bed before he and Paul were awake.) I went downstairs had some toast, packed my lunch and fed Poo, one of our cats. When I went back into our room, Jack was sitting up in our bed with Daddy, his little eyes were still sleepy...but as soon as he saw me open the door, he got the biggest toothy little grin on his little round face....I wanted to just kiss him and hug him forever. I love the little guy so much.