19 Months

Exploring his "new playhouse" in the backyard.

Helping Daddy decorate the Christmas tree. 

Opening up his cars from Grandma and Grandpa.

• He has started to say two words together - help please, oh geez (I think that is what he is saying?), more please.
• Two words he loves to say are shoes and cookie. 
• He will bring us his socks and shoes to put on if he does not have them on his feet. 
• One night after his bath he asked for his shoes on, and we have some nice pictures of him wearing just his shoes. He was so excited and happy to have them on his feet for the 10 minutes before we got him ready for bed.
• He threw a 35 minute fit when I was making pumpkin cookies. I had given him one as a treat, and then he wanted more - and saw them on the counter.
• He hasn't been too bad with the Christmas tree, but there is one ornament that looks like a gingerbread cookie. Needless to say it had to be moved up higher on the tree because he took it off or tried to take a bite out of it several times.

Grape Picking

From September. He did a little more eating than picking ;)

Before we woke him up to change his diaper before we went to bed.

18 Months

His vocabulary has exploded this month. His new words are:

• "Moo"
• "Neigh" - which considering we have animals and I do the sounds so often it took forever for him to make one.
• Shooey
• Big Boy
• Bible - he said it when we were in Arkansas for a retreat. I was getting his Bible to read to him and he repeated me.
• I know there are more, but I haven't written them down as well as I have in the past.
• He FINALLY passed 20 lbs. We haven't decided when/if we are turning him around now or waiting until he is 2.
• He is 31.5 inches tall.

17 Months

He has started "stacking" things. Not perfectly.

He will sit at his table to eat his snack (for the most part).

He started saying Amen when we pray before our meals (and at bedtime). It sounds more like "me-me" than Amen, but he says it at the right time. He is so proud of himself.
While I was in California he started saying "nana" for banana.
He is saying night-night and snack as well.
This month I was gone for 5 days to California and 1 night to a retreat. He did great with daddy both times. I got a great welcome home for the 1 night trip. He was in shock when he saw me the first time.

Touch a Truck

Our Farmhouse Bed

We finally had a chance to stain our bed that we built Labor day weekend. Still have the polyurethane to put on, that is the goal for tomorrow. We got the plans from http://ana-white.com/. 

16 Months

• He finally started drinking milk this month. 
• He has said Oh no, uh oh.
• One Wednesday after service at church, I got him up from his nap and he was still tired and as we were in the rocking chair at church, someone opened the fridge. He perked up and said Oh, so clearly because he saw something he wanted inside. 
• His favorite thing to do is empty and fill up things. Especially a drawer within his reach.
• He pointed to his mouth once when we were singing a song.
• He got his first haircut with the clippers.
• He is also in the process of cutting his top 2 canines.

Getting his hair cut like daddy

He got a treat after the haircut was finished. He did well until he was ready to get down!

15 Months

• Weighs 18.4 lbs and 30.5 inches long.
• When daddy gets home he started carrying out what we use to feed the dogs.
• His favorite toy is his vacuum cleaner. He gets it out to help us.
• He started putting things in the toilet if he can get in the bathroom. 
• Loves pushing around the empty laundry basket (and emptying the full one.)
• He gave kisses before, but in the last month he has started giving them more frequently and often.
• When we go outside in the morning he loves to take rocks and put them in the dogs water dish.
• He has started being picky with his food. 

14 Months

• He says hi dad, hi Jack and hi Jill (can't really make out Jack and Jill but he says hi to them in the morning)
• He started walking, "running" and climbing 
• He won't drink milk, not even chocolate milk
• He went on his 2nd plane ride...and did well, better than I was expecting with a toddler.
• He has started scrunching up his nose.

Johnathan "Running"

Johnathan and his birthday cake

Four Generations

Johnathan Walking

13 Months

Father's Day, this was the best picture we got. He was ready for a nap.

With his .22.

• We made a road trip down to Houston. He was an excellent traveler.
• He learned how to climb up stairs. He loved going up them.
• He started drinking out of a coffee mug (so he could drink his smoothies rather than me spoon feed them).
• Loves anything that is frozen, ice, frozen yogurt, ice cream, popsicles.
• Still walking around the furniture for the most part. 
• He will stand on his own for a few seconds until he realizes it.
• He will take a couple of steps and then get down and crawl.
• He is saying hi, bye-bye and "thank-you" 

Johnathan's Birthday Party

12 Months

 

• Walking along furniture, and reaching for things on his tip toes.
• Loves taking things out of the cabinets while I am cooking in the kitchen.
• He is saying bye-bye, mommy, mama, dada.
• Loves playing outside while I am watering the garden.
• He got infantigo at the beginning of the month.
• He has 6 teeth (4 on top and 2 on the bottom)
• He loves melon and yogurt.
• He will not eat meat, unless it is mixed with salsa.
• He went berry picking (he sat in the stroller while I picked).
• Loves ice, smoothies and popsicles.
• He weighs 16.8 lbs, is 29 inches long and his head circumference 17.75 inches.

Easter Sunday

11 Months

• Started shuffling along furniture
• Has mastered pulling himself up and getting down, so he there is almost nothing out of reach
• Has discovered the toilet paper roll
• Went to the zoo for the first time
• Crawling (sometimes, a lot more often!) on his knees
• Standing up in his crib
• He loves yogurt, plain or with fruit added. He loves yogurt cheese (strained yogurt) on his bagels.
• He has practiced feeding himself with a spoon.
• Still sleeps well at night, naps are not as consistent. He takes at least one long nap a day.