Friday, April 23, 2010

18 months and All's Well...

Our young man is now 18 months old. He is just as busy as ever and such a joy to have. He is always quick to find new activities, but his favorite is to play "chase" with Mommy or Daddy. Other fun activities he has started in on is: coloring, playing cars, wrestling, mimicing Mommy and Daddy and "fixing" things with his tools. He loves playing at the park and has mastered going down the slide by himself, and practices at home by climbing on everything. He is good to throw kisses and can be caught giving kisses to even strangers, but loves to give snuggles to his stuffed animals the most.
His favorite food is cheese and fruit snacks. Infact he repeatedly requested cheese one afternoon after his nap. Like a true little boy, he struggles to eat veggies, but will generally eat most anything else...after some coaxing. He loves to watch me cook and has started to be my little assistant chef with dinner and baking.
He can say a plethora of words and phrases like "here go," "where go," "mama" (finally),
"love you," "see ya" and too many others to list. He jabbers almost all day, and is often the self-appointed welcome committee where ever he goes, especially at grocery stores. He is so friendly and loving to everyone and is often complimented on how happy he is.
He had his first Sunday in Nursery last week and just waltzed in like he owned the place and didn't seem to have any trouble at all. We will see what happens from here on out. He is just as big as most of the 2-3 yr olds in nursery.
18 month stats
Height: 34"
90th percentile
Weight: 27 lbs 4 oz
75th percentile
Life would be so boring without our life-loving Jackson. We love you!

4 comments:

Heather said...

He is just the cutest boy ever! I can't believe he is 18 months old already! We had such a great time hanging out with you earlier this week. We will plan something else again soon!!

emily a. said...

18 months already. Let's hope he keeps loving nursery so you get a little break!

Ang Ballard said...

He is such a cute little man! Hope you're doing great... We hear you're selling your place- where are you headed?

Kristina and Tyson said...

What a stud! I love how much he loves other people! What a cute thing to be the welcome committee where ever you go! I am jealous of nursery...Alissa still screams at the end of sacrament meeting knowing what is next...nursery! He is so handsome and such a big boy!