Colby is 18 months old!

Time flies when you're having fun! I can't believe Colby is already 18 months old. Here is an update on what is new in his world...

Motor Skills

He is now walking easily and has started to run. He hasn't perfected stopping yet so he'll usually run into walls but he thinks it is great fun. He has been able to climb up steps but just recently he's become brave enough to climb up all of the stairs. He hasn't figured out how to get to a standing position from sitting without using something to pull himself up with. He sometimes uses a fork to eat. He loves to draw with pens and does a really good job of keeping the ink on the paper and hasn't drawn on himself yet.

Speech

Colby still uses a few signs to get by (milk, eat, drink, please, thank you, more, all done, baby and play) but his speech has really taken off the past month. Here is a list of the words he's saying these days: Mom mom, Da da, Bob Bob, Poppa, Ka Ka (for Suska), Dan Dan, Dandi (for Sandi), cracker (he uses this for animal crackers and crasins), nana (banana), nang (for hanger) and broom (yup...he likes hangers and brooms so much he even has a word for them), charger (because he loves playing with the cell phone charger in the car), vroom (for anything with wheels), and of course animal noises (duck, cow, horse, sheep, pig, bear)

Likes

Pointing out body parts. Anything with buttons especially TV's and computers. The love affair with cell phones lives on. But his most favorite thing in the world are books. He will sit and read by himself for as long as an hour at a time but he loves it most when someone is reading to him (which we do often). His favorite books are, Shapes (by Mercer Mayer) and Chopper (a story about a rescue helicopter that I have memorized!). He doesn't love eating as much as he used to but he has discovered the glory of chocolate when he got into the M&M's one day (guess I know what I'll be using for potty training rewards!). He loves bath time, his favorite thing to do is fill up travel sized shampoo bottles and dump them into each other. Lately he's been very into helping with brother, putting the paci in his mouth, sharing toys with him, giving him kisses and feeding him (sometimes he'll hold the bottle for Chase, othertimes he'll share the food he's eating with Chase!)

Finding his button

Reading with brother and DandiGiving brother his paci

Dislikes

Nursery and any other activity that requires him to be away from his family.

Sleep

He usually goes down for a nap around 10:30 and will sleep anywhere from 2-4 hours. I put him down for bed at 6:30 and he's usually up by 7:30am!

Size

He weighs 30.5 pounds (with clothes on and all). He wears size 5 diapers and clothes in sizes 18-24 months. He is still getting some mileage out of his 12 month onsies (amazingly!). He wears size 5 shoes.

He is such a fun kid to be around, sometimes I will not put him down for naps just so we can have a little extra time together. He has a very inventive and creative personality. I am excited to see what next month brings!