18 Months: Wesley

Weight: 24.2 lbs (26%)

Height: 32 inches (38%)

Head: 19 inches (64%)

Well, we officially have a toddler now. Wesley has grown and has become such a cutie pie! I can't imagine life without our little man! He is so much fun!

*Really started talking. He will actually try to repeat the words you say. It sounds right about 50% of the time. 

*He can say a lot of words now so I won't remember all of them but some of the words he can say: Hi, bye, Grandma, Grandpa, Emry, Daddy, Mommy, Dog, work (like I will ask where Daddy is and he says, "work"), Jesus, drink, no, poo poo, potty, shoes, Elmo, book, bird, mouse,  bite, treat, snack, please, thank you, baby, eyes, mouth, more, cracker, all done, water, juice, amen,

*Loves to take a bath and splash around.

*Loves going outside but he didn't really love his first experience with snow. I don't have any snow gloves for him so the first time, I just sent him out without anything on his hands. Well he inevitably fell down and came over to me crying holding his hand up at me like, "What was that? It was freezing!!" He's gotten a little better with that one but mostly he isn't a huge fan. 

*Loves doing puzzles. He will match which animals go where and then I just have to help him actually get it in the spot. He is really good at them now. 

*Started nursery. So far, we are doing okay. He doesn't throw a fit or anything when we leave him (we just walk in there and he starts playing with toys and then we leave so he doesn't really know we are leaving). The teachers say he does really well. He has moments where he gets sad but he recovers quickly. We are glad that is going smoothly so we can have some peace and quiet for another 3 months before the next baby comes. haha.

*He will tell me when he goes poop. He knows where we keep his diapers and he will go get them for me and when I tell him to lay down, he will lay down with a diaper in his hands. Funny boy!

*Loves to bring us our shoes. If he sees shoes laying around, he will bring them to me and say, "shoes" and then he tries to put them on my feet.

* Loves to read books. He would read all day every day. 

*He loves animals so much, especially birds. In books he just flips the pages looking for pictures of birds (a lot of Emry's princess books have birds in them). 

*He is still a pretty picky eater but he will surprise us sometimes and ask for a "bite" of something we are eating and he will devour my dinner. I'm glad he is branching out. 

* He LOVES babies. I was worried he would not like his new sister when she came but he has surprised me with all the new babies in our family (Lynne's and Kelli's) because he just loves babies. He is always patting their heads and saying "baby!" over and over again. It's pretty adorable. 

*He is really learning how to say prayers. Like he will actually fold his arms and then when we are all done he says, "Amen" It's pretty adorable.
*Ryan started having him "read" the scriptures. He will say a word and Wesley will repeat it. Again, it only sounds right about 50% of the time but it's pretty adorable. I think the more we do this, the faster he will learn to talk.