18 months

I'm going to admit right now that this post will be a lot of me bragging about my big boy, but this blog is serving as Owen's baby book, so it only seems right. :-)

Owen turned 18  months in September. He still continues to be off the growth chart in height and weight. He weighs 32 pounds 4 oz, and is 35 inches tall. He wears size 8 shoes and is the biggest kid in his class although he's the youngest!

Owen is talking up a storm - he says so many words and is constantly repeating words after us and loves to go through books saying the name of the picture we point to.  He can say quite a bit of the alphabet and his numbers if we say them with him and will often say the next letter or number in the series without prompting. He has color flashcards and can say them all - but doesn't know his colors when they're presented in other situations. :-)

He knows a lot of animals and their sounds - his favorites are cow, duck, horse, sheep, fish, cat, monkey and TRAIN.

He also knows and can say a lot of body parts - he loves singing the "head, shoulders, knees and toes' song and "If you're happy and you know it." Body parts he can  say and point to are: Head, hair, eyes, ears, mouth, shoulders, elbow, tummy, knees, toes, fingers and bum :)

Here is a list of words he says almost every day:
NO - his favorite, which we hear way more than we would like to
yeah - how he says yes. he can say yes, but takes the easy way out :-)
mommy
dada
hi
bye
uh oh
oh no
Whoa
night night
love you - My favorite!!!!
happy
more
all done
please
thank you - I'm hearing this more and more without asking!!!
Bible - love this one too - he always wants more than one story
Amen - repeated after we say it
up
go
milk
water
bannana
eggs
snack
hot
cookie
berries
apple
art
outside
teeth
shoes
socks
stop
dog
book
ball - his absolute favorite toys
mouse - as in "If you give a Mouse a Cookie"
Elmo

He says many more after prompting. It's great to be able to communicate with him more and more.

We are already in the middle of the "terrible twos" Owen is a very head strong and has been a challenge for his daddy and me. Even with our struggles with discipline we love being parents and can't imagine what our life would be like without this little boy!