Our sweet boy turned 18 months on October 26th. Yep, I'm a bit late, but I wanted to give an update. No stats yet. His 12 month appointment ended up happening at almost 14 months because of sickness and schedules, so his 18 month appointment will actually be close to 20 months.
Favorite activities - playing with anyone...he's a social bird! Looking at books, mostly truck books, but he's getting a lot better at listening to stories. He and his daddy like to go fly-hunting, each armed with a fly swatter. Tonight after dinner while I washed dishes, they went exploring with flashlights around the dark house. Great fun! He also loves to play in the dirt. When Randy tilled up our garden space a few weeks ago, Wyatt came in covered with dirt. He had been "helping" with his toy lawn mower.
Favorite toys - his stuffed Hobbs (actually a Tigger that we call Hobbs). He walks around going, "Hobbs, Hobbs, Hobbs." His trucks.
Words - He tries new words all the time. A lot of things sound like "daddy." It can mean "doggy" or "giraffy" (his silky) or "daddy," and he says it a lot! He says, "A-mean!" when we're done praying. And his hello and bye-bye make me laugh. We have them on video....I'm just bad at loading it.
His newest thing is "no, no, no." And he absolutely knows what it means. We know that because he also knows how to clearly communicate what he wants. He also often says, "No, no, no" in a very serious tone about the time he's actually doing the no-no. I was working on the nursery this weekend, and from the bathroom next door I heard "no, no, no." I peeked in just in time to see Wyatt pulling toilet paper off the roll by the yard. We're now working on a toddler version of James 4:17, " To him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin."
And just in case you were curious, Wyatt does know his brother's name, but don't bother asking him...we can hardly understand it. Nice try though.
Space - Wyatt moved into his new big boy room a couple weeks ago. It's a big boy room with a big boy bed...and a crib. Right now he uses the bed for reading books. We're not attempting sleeping in that bed for a few months. Let's get past turning his world upside down with his brother's arrival before we try that.
Sleep - Bedtime at 8. Wakes up between 7 and 8, and naps a little over an hour. I miss 2 and 3 hour naps, but he seems to have waved them good-bye.
Loves - Wyatt gives the best little boy hugs and kisses. He sometimes doesn't really hug us, but he does make the bear squeeze noise (errrr!). It makes me smile.
He's such a sweet, loving boy. He has his daddy's servant heart and he loves to be a big helper. He actually is a good helper too. He's going to be a great big brother!
We have a ridiculous number of pictures of Wyatt eating, but I had to show these too. This was on Wyatt's 18-month birthday. He got a sliver of chocolate cake with plenty of frosting. I think he liked it.
