Who is 18 months!

My busy little bee is the big 18 months old. I cannot believe it. He doesn't bare any resemblance to that teeny tiny preemie that we fell head over heels for. He's this curious, adventurous, loving little boy. We just adore him. I also want to quickly note that we are currently keeping a close eye on Jude's front tooth. He fell face first and nailed it on the hard road out front of our house and his tooth has been loose. It is feeling pretty solid again but there is a chance it can bruise and go dark. So we are just crossing our fingers and watching it.

Jude's likes right now:
Anything outside is the greatest, rain or shine this boy wants to be outside. He and Sundance will stand at the door and try to get out until I let them.
Baby Einsteins he loves these short films. The ones with animals are his favorite.
Still loves animal sounds
Music class, loves to sing songs and act them out.
Bike rides
Vacuuming
Books, brings them to us one at a time and plops into our laps to be read to.

Dislikes right now:
Getting dressed or undressed
Eating (unless it's candy or gum) :)

His stats are:
Height: 33". 90%
Weight: 21lbs 2 oz 7%
Head circ.18.5 40%

Pretending to be a preemie. He found his old nasal cannula and had fun playing with it for awhile.


I can usually get a lot done with Jude and Sundance thinking they are running a muck outside but safe on our deck. He'll play out here for a good amount of time.


Another thing he just LOVES is water. We went up to City Creek (which is amazing) and I will always have to make sure he has spare clothes on him. He flocks to water. The picture he is pulling on his shirt is how he signs "please" He is trying to get me to lift him to play in the water.




He also loves the swings. Which is nice cause it's easy to keep an eye on him and a bummer at the same time cause I want him to go burn some energy. I think he loves it so much cause I think he feels pretty cool. He often puts his arm behind and checks out the other toddlers like "Sup"



He also loves going to hikes and chillin in his backpack. I love the age where they take you by the finger to go on an adventure with you. He will also grab any one's finger to try to get them to take him outside. He'll go around the room from person to person until he gets someone willing to take him outside. He doesn't care who.




Ali and I took the kiddies to Thanksgiving point petting zoo while the hubbies were gone again last week and they had a lot of fun. This is a picture of Jude trying to share his Veggies with Nyla, who is not at all interested in them.


One more thing this boy just loves.... His blankie. Makes everything so much better. He'll haul it all over. He'll wrap it around his thumb and rub it on the inside of his opposite palm or rub it on his cheek. He also rolls it into a ball and lays on it. Very snugly with his blankie.