Twenty Months

 A little photo shoot at the outdoor garden at Helen DeVos :) 

You are so close to being TWO!! It is crazy!

G R O W T H

• Height: 34in
• Weight: 28lbs
• Clothing Size: 18-24 months or 2T. 
• Shoe Size: 5 or 6, you need 5 1/2 but they don't make half sizes  

Enjoying the new playset!

L I K E S 

• Being outside, as always
• Playing in the water outside (but not actually IN his kiddie pool)
• Watching traffic
• Trucks/trailers/semi trucks/tractors
• We discovered Mighty Machines on Netflix and you're a fan!
• Peek-A-Boo!
• Watching the birds on our new bird feeder. Except they broke it so now we have to get a new one...

Swinging like a big boy :( 

D I S L I K E S

• Being told NO
• Having to come inside
• Diaper changes
• Drying off
• Having your face/hands wiped
• Being dirty

Bought him a new truck and he had to bring it to Wendy's, naturally that lead to chicken nugget hauling!

E A T I N G

• Getting a bit more picky, but hopefully that is just from travel and crazy schedules and us not being home to eat normal steady meals most of the time. 
• You eat pb&j and cottage cheese for lunch almost every day and never tire of it
• LOVE smoothies, I can hide almost any veggie in there (but hate the blender)
• I've started hiding jarred veggies in pasta sauce because you can't even taste it and that's about the only way I can get you to eat most veggies!

Watching trucks on YouTube with Daddy

S L E E P

• Working on getting you back to your normal 8-8:30 bedtime, usually in bed by 9:30. But it is summer and there have been plenty of late nights as we're out doing fun things :)
• Still taking a good afternoon nap
• Put tinfoil on your windows in your bedroom so that the light doesn't make you think it's time to be awake, it really has helped! It also keeps it cooler in there.

Riding on Grandma and Grandpa's mule!

D E V E L O P M E N T

• Learned to shake your head NO and like to do it often...
• Love to climb on things - whether they should be climbed on or not lol
• Speech is still mostly your own language. There are a handful of words that I can tell the difference of and know what you're talking about, but most of it just sounds like jibberish right now. You talk nonstop though, even if you're just talking to yourself! :) 
• Primary source of communication is grunts and facial expressions. That pretty much tells me all I need to know about how you feel haha
• We got you a '100 First Trucks' book and you can point to several trucks, motorcycles and other vehicles if we ask you where they are.

Taking a break from swimming in the front yard

P E R S O N A L I T Y

• SO. CRAZY. 
• You are very persistent, you are not easily distracted when you want something. 
• Very curious, always trying to figure everything out (just like your Dad!)

One of our many traffic watching walks to the church

Things I want to Remember:

• How you roll your eyes to one side or the other when you try to avoid looking at us or are being shy
• How you pretend to be shy - so far from the truth!
• Grabbing our fingers to walk us around and how you'll raise your arms up when you want us to hold you.
• How every temperature change is 'hot?'

Sweet, sweet boy :)