18 Months...

On April 23rd, Gracen turned 18 months!! This is such a fun and exciting age! I love watching his personality shine, I think we have a little comedian in the making. He is such a fun little guy, and adds so much joy to our family!

A few random things about our little man:

• He is "Fuuuunnyyy!" He loves to laugh at himself and say funny! I was putting him to bed a couple of weeks ago and singing the song about the alligator that snaps the monkey out of the trees. When I clapped my hands together, he giggled and said, "funny, gain(again)." Ever since, if he hears laughing or thinks he is being funny, he lets you know!



• When we take Brynlee to dance, he LOVES to watch the big, high school girls dance. One time, I was talking with my friend, Susan, and hadn't seen him for a few minutes so I got up to check on him. He was sitting just inside the door of the studio on one of the small chairs with about 3-4 girls surrounding him. When he saw me he grinned and just looked up with his hand near his cheek and waved and said "bye", his way of telling me he was fine and to leave him alone! The girls kept telling me he was such a ladies man!



• Occasionally, if I get after him for doing something and he is feeling a bit sassy, he will look at me, roll his eyes up, stretch his face and move his lips as if he is mocking me. While I find it very difficult not to laugh at this, I also wonder where, at this age, he has learned it. Not so much the action, but more the timing. Could it be his big sister!?



• When Gracen was a few months old, I bought him a 20" square blanket that we called his "lovey" to help him when it was time to say goodbye to the binky. Now, anything that is cuddly is a lovey. We were reading a book together and I pointed to a picture of a teddy bear and asked him what it was, he said "Lovey!" When we tried to teach him to say, "I love you" he would only say "lovey". When daddy leaves for the hospital in the morning, Gracen says to him, "lovey"!



• He loves animals! If we see a dog he gets really excited and wants to see it. When he can see birds outside he makes a bird noise and watches until it is gone. A couple of weeks ago we were at a park, and he went down a slide. I couldn't see the bottom so I was watching for him to come around the side. When he wasn't coming I started looking around for him when my friend told me that he was running out of the playground. When I looked over to the grassy area, he was out chasing after birds!

Another great thing about being 18 months, is that he gets to go to nursery!!! We had stake conference and were away visiting friends on the last 2 Sundays, so he will be in there on his own this Sunday!! We'll see how he does!