I love Clifford the big red dog!

 

Tonight when we went in his room to go night night he grabbed Clifford and waved goodbye to me as I began tucking him in. I took that as my cue to leave....usually when I walk out while he is WIDE awake he cries. But, not tonight! he continued waving at me as I closed the door and turned out the lights. As I watched him on the monitor I realized how quickly my baby boy is growing up. I am so proud of him for being such a big boy! I crept into his room about 30 minutes later and this is what I found....so of course I had to bravely sneak back in with my camera and bright flash to take a picture! He slept right through it!

The boy who doesn't slow down

Sully is crazy busy ALL the time. If he is not running, spinning circles around things, chasing dogs, jumping on furniture, banging toys on things or eating he is more than likely asleep! He is constantly in motion no matter where we are. I can't even begin to explain how excited he is about everything too. He loves learning new things and I love watching him grasp new concepts, actions and words. He is talking up a storm...his word count is over 70 now and he is able to answer lots of questions and make small sentances (2-3 words). He has lots of new teeth coming in and has started waking a lot at night because of it. Poor baby! At his 18 month checkup he weighed 22.2 lbs (10%), 31.4 in tall (50%), and 19 in (80%) head. The doctor seems to think he needs to drink pediasure to put on a few pounds....I explained to him that it was the Hornsby metabolism and that he already eats everything all day! But I got some anyway to the tune of $13 which is completely ridiculous....sadly no coupons....and Sully hates them! So I am not going to worry and let him be his own little healthy self...10% and all!

Big boy bed and a potty obsession

Sully started climbing out of his crib last week in addition to waking every other hour....screaming! So in an effort to curb any falls I decided to move one of our guest bed mattresses into his room. I didn't want to jump the gun and get a full on toddler bed yet so for know he is sleeping Montessori style....fancy way of saying his mattress is on the floor....and loving it! The past three nights he has slept until almost 7am and wakes up happy, playing and laughing at the door until I come and get him. I have been deciding on big boy room decor for a while and have narrowed down some options....but for now we will not disturb my sleeping man with any more changes!

For the past few months sully has been very interested in his diaper and tugs at it and tells you or hides when he is going to the bathroom. Last week he successfully took his dirty diaper off and decided to paint himself...GROSS! once he realized what he had done he was horrified and not happy at all, can you blame him? He even says bath and runs to the bathroom when he is going. I always take him and strip him down and let him sit on his potty but we are always to late. Once he perfects his timing I think he will be a breeze to potty train. I have been told to just let him wear big boy underwear and see how he does....it will be messy but I think we can do it. If any of you hAve suggestions I would love to hear them!