summer's winding down...

(19m 3w)
The fall has tried too arrive early and I had to put noah into some pants only to find out that 18 month pants are too big on him. He has slimmed down a lot, getting taller and his waist smaller. I dug his 12m pants out of the bin awaiting the transfer to the attic and found that they fit him just fine! even loose on his waist. His weight has gone up, he is 25 pounds now, but it all shifted. No more puddgy belly or rolly thighs. Not this boy, he is way too active!

He is onto 3 word sentences now... the first is "It's turned on?" referring to the light or the ceiling fan, which is his newest obsession. He does this thing now, imitating a ceiling fan. He makes big lips and tries to make the sound of the fan by doing "sh sh sh" and wirls his pointer finger around in a big circle in the air and then of course says, "see?! see?!"

We are sad to see the summer winding down, but looking forward to bringing him to all the fairs to see the animals!

(19m 5d)
When did it start that Noah could totally understand us? He no longer looks at us with a blank stare when speaking to him. He understands when we ask him to do something, like put his toys away or bring us his shoes to put on for bye-bye. He is a fun toddler full of interactions and understanding. He is saying a lot more words now and tries to repeat us. Today was "library and cereal". He knows that airplanes are up in the sky. He knows where the birds are outside when we go for our walks. It is so amazing watching the world through a toddler's eyes. He has a great time with the dogs. He was cracking himself up chasing them around the other day trying to put a bowl on their heads. poor dogs...

Noah likes to pretend to feed his stuffed animals. He has a bowl and one of his spoons from the kitchen and he'll go around making sure everyone is fed. He loves his stuffed animals, or babies or lovies as I call them. He has three that he snuggles with at nap and bed time.. the bear from Chrissy that was given to him when he was born, the lovey which is a bear/blanket that used to play "Jesus loves me" and the recent addition to his collection, a dog that sings when you pull the cord by it's tail. That was supposed to be a gift for Erin's newest baby, but Noah was very intent on having it, so we had to buy another gift for the baby. He has an assortment of stuffed dogs or bears downstairs and he will always hug them, the biggest saved for grover, which he has to hold while watching Sesame Street.

He has all 8 teeth in front and all 4 molars are in some degree of growing in. He is about 32 inches tall and weighs about 24-25 pounds. His appetite varies day to day. He loves to drink his milk at meals and snacks and sip on his cup and straw of water with a little bit of juice through out the day.

He had his first big fall last week, which resulted in a big goose-egg on the right side of his forehead. He fell from the top step at Nana's and hit his head on the concrete walk way at the bottom. Poor little guy, but I think Nana had a harder time getting over it.

He is having fun playing outside this summer, with sidewalk chalk, bubbles, balls and the push and ride along toys. Winter should be interesting with snowsuits and boots... I will miss the summer and how easy it is to just throw on a pair of sandles and run outside!