One and a Half Years Old!

Wow! I have not posted in a while ... probably because work and school and (mostly) Joel have been keeping me on my toes. I decided to write a quick update, since I plan on looking back at this later. At his eighteen month appointment, Joel weighed not quite twenty-seven and a half pounds. He was thirty-three and a half inches tall. He had twelve teeth (incisors and molars), but has since started getting his cuspids.

The doctor asked how many words he could say, and I really didn't know ("15-20??"), so Adam and I decided to make a list and count. I will list them below, because I hope to look back and remember the cute ways he said certain things. (As first time parents, we don't really know if animal sounds are supposed to count.)

Aside from all the boring stuff above that only I would care about, our little guy seems to be a typical little boy. He likes to run, climb, splash, tickle/tackle, push, pull, dance, sing, eat, giggle, hug, kiss, do puzzles, throw balls, play with cars, read books, check the mail, look in the mirror, and watch Disney Junior (yes ... I know ... "no screen time before age two"). He is also a hand full, like most kids his age. He throws mini temper tantrums (not terrible yet), protests, and pushes the limit. We are so thankful, though, and are excited to see his personality develop over the next few years! We're in love!

Word List

1. please

2. cheese

3. eat

4. ice (He loves ice!)

5. dip

6. chip

7. car

8. truck

9. ball

10. keys

11. shoes

12. uh oh

13. yes/yeah

14. no

15. this

16. outside (difficult to understand)

17. wa (for water)

18. cup

19. mama (doesn't say this frequently ... maybe because I'm usually around)

20. dada 

21. hey/hi/(infrequently) hello

22. juice

23. baby

24. yellow (only three times ... and it's been a while)

25. duck

26. yuck

27. whoa/wow

28. mmmmm (moo)

29. ruff ruff/ bow wow wow

30. (oo oo) ah ah (monkey)

31. stuttered baa sound (without the b)

32. stuttered neigh sound (without the n)

33. elephant noise (buzzes/vibrates lips ... mimicking the high pitched, closed mouth noise we make)

34. meow

35. rawr (bear or lion)

36. quack

37. two

38. three

39. six

40. several letters (at random when "singing" the alphabet)

41. star and are (from "Twinkle, Twinkle" ... only says during song)

42. me (on says during songs) 

43. Idunno ("I don't know")

44. choo choo

45. his name (Joel)

46. hurrah (only during "The Ants Go Marching")

46. E-I-E-I-O