Just Us

23 months

Max tid-bits at 23 months:
-talks a ton! And it's not all gibberish. He's great at mimicking what we say and often surprises us with the words and phrases he comes up with.  'bay-fough' (careful)  'bigh-pur' (diaper) 'uckies' (yucky diaper) 'fooo!' (food) 'eh-wp' (help)
-loves to ride the mower with dad
-still loves the swing and still hates to share it!
-still loves getting bounced around like crazy by his sibs on the tramp
-has decided it's really fun to take his diaper off. Not cool!
-can be a stinker but is pretty good at obeying when threatened with 'time out' or 'nigh nigh'!
-still loves to feed things to the dogs
-loves treats and will sneak them from Cole's secret stash whenever he can!
-loves to go go go! but sometimes just needs a little love and will stop for a few cuddles
-has decided that Cole's friend Ashur is pretty cool and will follow him around saying 'Sashy, Sashy'
-is slightly obsessed with shoes. Still. Not so much his own. Mostly everyone else's!
-loves to get ice out of the freezer to fill up cups and/or just eat.
-has a crazy loud, high-pitched scream!
-loves to run around the house
-still loves his bear and blanket
-likes to sit inside the laundry room cupboards
-eats our garden strawberries faster than we can pick them (stem and all)
-is suddenly afraid of our vacuums (big and small)
-likes to play with balls and has a pretty good throw!
-still likes mints but has realized treats are better:)
-has the cutest little gallop. He is so full of energy and often gallops
-loves nursery (bubbles!)
-says 'achoo' after every sneeze and cough. I love it
-does this funny teasing thing with Nick. He pokes Nick like he's 'getting' him and then laughs and then pokes him and yells in a funny voice and laughs some more and does it over and over. It's so funny.
-is a pretty good eater, much better at meal times than he used to be. He loves to feed himself. He also loves to have the power to decide when he's done. If he's not strapped in while eating (sitting at the little table outside, for example), he'll just up and throw his food away (or give it to the dogs) once he's decided he's done!
-loves to call things 'hot' and 'coh' (he's still figuring out what exactly those two words mean)
-has great facial expressions
-totally pouts when he gets in trouble
-still says 'aww' when we say no to something he wants. It's my favorite.
-is figuring out how to wave and shake his head yes and kind of looks like a rusty robot when he does either
-has a really cheesy grin that is so cute
-is pretty good at posing for pictures ('cheeee!')
-IS A BALL!!