19 Months

Mr. Elijah is another month older and time is flying! Every day he adds new words to his vocab. The newest are Moo, Baa, and Mouse ("Mou"). He loves to hear and repeat words from books. I love that he loves books as much as his brother does! He is also a big fan of anything with a good brrrmm, "ball", "dada", and "buba". This little mover and shaker is one busy guy and more rambunctious with each passing day. He is also a social butterfly with waves for anyone who will wave back, especially good a attracting the old ladies at the grocery store. Not really much new to report except that he is sitting up to the table to eat now, still in his booster. Should be a fun upcoming month. Have a great Memorial Day weekend!

17/18 Months

Time is flying so it seems. I completely missed a write up for his 17 month!

Elijah doesn't visit the doctor until next week so no new stats. Maybe I'll update next week after the appointment (to make up for the missed month! Ha!) His personality and ornriness becomes more noticeable almost daily. He will very clearly tell you when he doesn't want something "noooo" or really does "yeah, yeah". This little guy loves his "ball" and "book"s. He also really loves his "night-night" (milk before bed), "cheese", green beans, eggs, or pretty much anything else you are eating. He is using more words to communicate his wants everyday. He is also walking and running with so much ease now. He and his brother love being outside. They both are also enjoying swim lessons. Naps are still pretty much 2 a day but he easily skips the mornings when we need him to and if he naps too long in the morning, he has trouble with the afternoon, so I take that as a sign we are not far off from a single nap daily. Regardless of when he naps, he likes to take his pants and socks off before he'll settle down for sleep (so far, he stops there...)

I intended to take Elijah out to take some 18 month pictures today but 1. he went head first down the slide and into the mulch and then fell face first into concrete over the weekend so he looks a little worse for the wear and 2. it decided to be snowy, cold, and wet outside today. Perhaps we can work on pictures for next weeks doctor follow-up post...wink, wink.

Have a great Easter!

16 Months

Not a lot has changed in the last few weeks except Walking is Elijah’s preferred method of travel! It’s so amazing to watch him in just a few days go from walking a few steps to walking a lot, bending to pick up objects, and throwing all while standing! Elijah is a daredevil! In the photo of him below with the red shirt, he is standing on a ride on toy so he can get as tall as possible!!

 

We didn’t visit the doctor this month so no updates on his weight and length.  Elijah has been using sing language to communicate a few things with use for a while, and also is very good a saying Yes and No. Recently we added “Play” to his signing vocabulary! Elijah loves to eat and is pretty adventurous with his eating. He is doing better with feeding himself and even with a fork.He is still taking 2 solid naps but when mom wants to work out, run errands in the morning or on Sundays for church, he does well at skipping one.

We recently joined the YMCA and Elijah completely dislikes going to the Childcare while Mom works out but absolutely LOVES going to the pool! They said Friday he is doing better with calming down after I leave. We hope to get both boys signed up for swim lessons since we are now just 3 1/2 months away from VACATION!

We spent some time this morning watching cousin Micah pay basketball. He impressed us with his shooting abilities! Go Micah, Go Wildcats!

Have a great day!

 

15 Months Old

A little late getting this one typed up but that doesn't stop him for growing. A visit to the doctor proved that. He is now 27 lbs and 8 oz (85-90 percentile) and 34 1/2 inches (off the chart). It's been a fun month as Elijah just keeps showing his personality more and more. He is quite the little chatter bug and will say almost ten words including mama, dada, bubu (brother), book, ball, yeah, play, night-night, hi.

 
Other exciting news is he is working more on walking. We caught some first steps on camera which is good because since he walks for others but mostly crawls for us. Guess we move to quick around home for him to slow down and work on walking! His other new trick this month is climbing up on the furniture and quite skillfully getting back down. He is so proud of himself!


This past month encompassed Christmas and he was so much fun this year. He really got into opening presents more and seemed genuinely interested in what he received. We had lots of crazy fun over the holidays and the extra snow days.

Elijah is still taking 2 good naps a day but he's started to show signs he'll be ready for just one here soon. More to come in a few weeks! Love you little bug!