At 18 months old Jonathan now wants to know what is behind, under, and inside of everything. But unlike a few months ago, he doesn't want to just empty closets and cupboards of their contents. Now after he clears out our kitchen cabinets, he tries to put everything back to see how it fits (though it definitely does not look like it did before). Jonathan is a very busy 18 month old but there are a few things that hold his attention very well: playing in his ball pit, stacking blocks, turning knobs on doors and cupboards, and pushing buttons on telephones, televisions, and stereo equipment (which daddy just loves...LOL). A toy telephone, or even the real one, will keep him entertained for quite some time! He has also started giving some interest to simple wooden puzzles which is really cute to watch. But, of all that he has come to learn at 18 months old the one that has blown us all away is his growing vocabulary. At his 18 month check-up our pediatrician asked about how many words Jonathan knew (at the time I figured 25-30 was a safe number). But, when we got home my curiosity got the best of me and I began writing down all the words he really did know and say! As I started writing the list the words just kept flowing and as soon as I'd write one word another would come to mind. Jonathan was in the room so I started spouting them out to him and he would repeat them!! Jonny and I were shocked at the grand total......of 50 words!!! And, he's still adding words that we totally forgot he knew!! I think as of now the number is up to 56+!! He is such a blessing from God and we treasure every day we have with him!!
We found him playing "Peek-a-boo" (ba-boo) with himself!! Super cute!!
My littl model!!
This is a new face...I think it's the "if I make this face mommy will stop taking my picture"!
Contently watching a movie while mommy & Mimi work!We recently introduced the potty to Jonathan just to see what his reaction would be!! To our utter amazement he was very interested and is taking to it well!! He will keep a dry pull-up majority of the day unless mama gets busy with what she has going on and then he'll go but overall he has done extremely well!! We are still working on going #2 and for some reason he finds it a game to sit on the potty for quite some time grunting and groaning until I think he just doesn't have to go and then as soon as he gets a pull-up on he'll go and hide and I'll find him (mind you...minutes later) going #2. Oh well, I am still super proud of my little man for even trying at such a young age! We've even been told by many that it is too soon...but Jonathan's pediatrician assured us that if he can say "Bye, Bye Poopoo!" then it is not too soon to potty train!! So here's a couple of cute pics of him doing his thing!! Hehe! I know he will kill me when he gets older and I show them to his girlfriends!! :-P
He's really big into reading on the potty!!
Such a big boy!P.S. Here's the word list Jonathan says:
Mama, Dada, Opa, Nana (for Mimi), Yoda, Book, BooBoo, Bye Bye, Hi, Nose, Shoes, Ball, Turtle, Dog, Tractor, Bulldozer, Ma (for me), ChooChoo, Truck, PooPoo, Baba, Juice, Banana, Cheese, Pizza, More, Doc & Mac (Car's Characters), TV, a dog goes woof woof, a cow goes mooo, a lion goes roar, a pig goes oink oink, Duck, MillMill (for windmill), Snack, Bob (Veggie Tales character), CC (for Aunt Courtney), TT (for Aunt Stephanie), Chuck (For Uncle Chris), Santa (he usually says Ati?), Bath, No, Bad, NightNight, Nemo, Fish, MowMow (for Mower), Star, Door, Bus, Giraffe, Jesus, Bird, Bug, Lila (for his girlfriend), JoJo (for Joey at our church nursery), Pool, and Cat
(And, I'm sure that there are several I still haven't written down but these are here for your enjoyment)
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