Dear Declan, You're 18 months old today!!

 Dearest Declan,

18 whole months you have been on this earth!  18 whole months we have loved you with every ounce of our being.  18 months of smiles and laughs I will never get enough of!  

Winter may be here but you still beg to go outside daily!  The cold doesn't bother you anyways!  You hate your carseat right now and so it is easier to walk home from Jessica's.  Daddy and I are getting good at "Karate Chop/Tickle" move to get you into that seat!   But the great part about winters is it's holiday season and we had a nice Thanksgiving at Grandma Connie's and are looking forward to Christmas!  

You love helping us do everything.  You feed Croix and the "meows" dinner every night, load the dishwasher (though I have to move all your crooked plates) and we are starting to cook together!  You pour in water and ingredients and like to stir.  You really wanted to crack eggs yesterday morning and we made it work with my help! 

We started going to "school" with our special classes together at ECFE and all really are loving it!  More new friends to meet, lots of different art and toys to play with and you love circle time (and bubble time!)   Last week it was ooey, gooey, sand and toilet paper snowballs!  I love we can go there with all the fun messy stuff and it not destory our kitchen!

Between ABC Signing Time, daycare letters of the week and coloring/singing the Alphabet with you, you recognize letters as letters and you (most the time) know about 10 of them when we ask you... A B C D E  I O L M N... Numbers you just think everything is an 8, but whatev... I am biased and think you are a genuis!

You sometimes have a bit of whine happening but whenever I remind you to use your manners and ask nice, you stop pretty quickly and say  "Help pease"   "Up pease"  "Move pease."  It melts my heart!   We tried to fit Uppease in a crossword the other morning for the clue "Carried" but it didn't work.  You have solved a couple crossword clues for us too... Sheep and Cow sounds!  Baa and Moo! :) 

While not only is your brain growing... Your body still is too:

Age: 1 YEAR  6 MONTHS                 Dr. Appt. Tues, Dec 16th 

Weight:  Guessing..24 lbs            Actual:   23lb 7oz   38th%

Length: Guessing..34"  inches     Actual:   34"             92%
Head:  Guessing..19.5" inches    Actual:   19.25"        87%
Teeth: 7!!  Finally getting a few more! 

Love you through and through,

Momma

                      

After your appt, Dad and I had fun taking you to indoor playground and you practiced bowling a lot!