Max 21 months

(wearing construction pajamas!)

Age: 21 months

Stats:  He's somewhere in the 28-29 pound range. We went to the doctor mid month for suspected (and then diagnosed) croup and their scaled said 29.1 but he had clothes on - so who knows! He was 34 inches tall too. 

(mommy's glasses are lots of fun!)

Clothing: He's wearing 24 months to 2T shirts and pants...but the 24 months fit better (for pants). Lots of his pajamas are 2T too.  Size 4 diapers.  Size 6 shoes. 

Favorite Foods: any kind of toast, mini bagels, smoothies, eggs, yogurt, melon, strawberries, pineapple (he loves this), apples, applesauce, red/orange pepper, asparagus, peanut butter and jelly, mac and cheese, fish sticks, chips, pears, oranges, cookies, donuts, ice cream, raisins, cashews, lunch meat, chicken (fried, nuggets, pulled etc.), pepperoni, and PIZZA!

*should also be noted that he LOVES all kinds of dipping sauce – Ranch, ketchup, hummus, BBQ, guacamole etc.

(eating breakfast and loving all the melons!)

Favorite Words:  sleeping, singing, dancing, ZOO, mommy, daddy, ti-ti, grandpa, mims, kangaroo, crocodile, elephant, giraffe, zebra (can you tell we talk about Zoo animals a lot?, go bucks, cray cray (crazy), walking, snowing, raining, windy, down there, up there, basement, peeky (for our cat), pepe (for his penguin), bed, no, mine, digger, trucks, books, wake up

** lots of small sentences and phrases

***still lots of mimicking what we say and the intonation of our words/phrases

(LOVES to identify his letter "M")

Favorite Activities: going down the slide (that resides in our living room), playing hide and seek (with us or with an object), playing with his animals, carting pepe around, watching Mickey Mouse clubhouse and Daniel Tiger, cooking in his kitchen (especially with the pizza and toppings, and pretend pouring into cups), loves helping with anything (bed making, dishes in the dishwasher, setting the table, cleaning with paper towels, and switching over the laundry, he also loves to take all his stuffed animals out and cover them with every single one of his blankets, playing in his tent, building with blocks, and playing with his farm/animals.

(conquering snow mountain!)

Least Favorite Activity: anytime you tell him no or to stop something he’s doing (i.e. we don’t throw toys that hurts causes immediate tears), sharing (sometimes), diaper changes (sometimes), and coming inside when he’s playing in the snow.

Favorite Things: Daniel Tiger, Mickey Mouse (and the hot dog dance), any cell phone and watching videos of himself, Pepe the penguin, his play kitchen, his slide/plastic fort (that typically goes outside but we decide to move it in for the winter, Megablocks, trains, stickers, and all his plastic (but very realistic looking) animals.

(working on a special canvas)

(started music class again with Wee Joy Sing)

Signature Moves:  running into his tent and saying “I sleeping” and then popping his eyes open and saying “wake up”, can be coerced into putting his coat on with the promise of going outside, dipping all food into a sauce, still loves to say “I dump it out” and then doing so, naming all the Mickey Mouse club house characters when they introduce them on the show, buckling himself into the highchair, climbing onto anything and everything, putting a sticker down and then demanding you take it back up, sitting but only for a short time for a story, indicating who should do something (usually sounds like “mommy do it” or “grandpa do it”), busting in when you are trying to go to the bathroom (do mommies ever get any privacy??), holding hands in the car, and demanding what songs you sing and who sings them in the car (i.e. mommy sing!).

(cooking in the kitchen!)

Mom’s Proudest Moment:  Surviving a couple nights just the two of us (while Daddy was at a memorial service in California). It was hard, but not terrible.

Dad’s Proudest Moment:  All his new words and how good he's getting at talking!

(thinks that trying on mommy's boots is SO FUN!)

(brought our slide/fort indoors for some more fun!)

(stickers and more stickers!)

Other Milestones:

Another haircut in the books – this time lots of hair was on the floor before we were done, but it’s still curly (so Mama is happy!)

Two biting incidents at school (unfortunately he is the biter) and then consequently the he official introduction of “time out”

Using so many words to convey what he wants

Stressing SHARING constantly

Only uses paci for sleep (no more day time use or even car use)

Can sing the ABC’s

Can count (this blows my mind) from 1-10

Knows phrases of songs (i.e. Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall)

Started music class at Wee Joy Sing (again)

Survived two big snow falls – and loved playing in it!

Getting very good at following directions

Can identify lots of animals and make their sounds!

(post hair cut)

Dear Max, 

This month was full of ups and downs as we near the terrible twos.  You get frustrated quickly as you navigate sharing (sharing of your toys, space, and attention from adults).  However, as your vocabulary increases, we are able to figure out more and more of what you want. Your tantrums and fits were tempered with sweet moments as well - you are quick to demand us to "look!".  We look at your towers, your art wall, your cooking, what you have climbed on, at all of your animals...and your enthusiasm for all things is contagious and so sweet. You love to hold hands and sings songs. You developed a real affection for mommy this month - making it a little difficult to leave school in the morning and get anything accomplished in the evening.  For this reason, Daddy has taken over lots of the cooking and cleaning up - and is being a good sport.  Even though you are looking more and more like a little boy - I know that you will always be our little baby. 

We love you so!!

xoxo, 

Mommy and Daddy