18 Months

Our baby boy is 18 months old. It's so crazy how much he has grown up! We had his 18 month check-up today and he did not like it. He weighed 27 lbs and was 34.7 in. tall. He is a healthy growing boy.

He is able to communicate very clearly what he wants. He loves to go down in the basement to get the football helmet (which is way too big for him) and has us wear the helmet while we play football. Another thing we have to do while we are down there is throw darts. He just likes to sit in the chair and watch :) He also loves to play basketball with his new hoop Grandpa and Grandma Wiese got him for Christmas. Pretty much he loves anything that has to do with balls. I think he got 10 for Christmas :) He still loves watching Baby Einstein and would watch them all the time if I would let him. He never lets us forget to pray before meals and sometimes he even wants to pray again during the meal, it is so sweet.

He has unfortunately been saying "no" a lot more lately. He doesn't say "yes" yet, he just smiles a cheesy grin when the answer is yes. His favorite phrase is still, "watch this, mom", or ''watch this, dad". He is trying a lot of new words but doesn't always say them clearly. He loves animals and can make most animal sounds.

Ollie had his first tantrum a couple of weeks ago over not wanting to sit in his highchair to eat his cereal. He probably cried in my lap for 3o min and finally he decided he was hungry enough to sit in his highchair to eat. I am finding out how hard it is to be consistent and discipline.

He loves his pacifier. Even if he has one in his mouth, if he sees another one, he wants it so he can switch them. It is so funny. We are trying to put them out of sight when it isn't nap time. He is still usually very laid back and goes with the flow. We love his kisses and hugs and his tender heart.

We haven't taken his 18 month pictures yet so here is one of him helping Andrew put his basketball hoop together and one of his playing with a ball...