Monday, July 27, 2009

18 Months

The day Aaliyah was born was also Kole's 18 month birthday. After our hospital visit we had a half-birthday present waiting for Kole at home.
He is into coloring lately so I got him some art supplies. Although once in a while he still tends to stick the crayons and coloring utensils into his mouth.

It's hard to believe our little boy is 1-1/2 already. Where does the time go?



Kole is definitely a very active little boy. Some days I tend to nap with him as I am exhausted from trying to keep up with him. Lately we have been keeping our days busy by playing outside and having playdates with our friends. He is a huge fan of the slide and the swing at the park, two new words in his vocabulary.

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Kole is really into Word World (which is on PBS) and Handy Manny (which is on the Disney channel). We are okay with these shows because they are actually quite educational. Word World is all about building words and sounding things out and noticing patterns. Handy Manny always has a good lesson in it, like sharing, helping our friends, not to lie, etc.

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After getting his tubes put in back in February we have seen such a change in his sleeping. He gets a solid 10 hours straight at night, it is wonderful. We truly forgot what it felt like to sleep through the night. He is a regular napper now as well, sleeping from 1-4 most days.

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One of our favorite things about Kole is that he is such a cuddler. He loves giving kisses and hugs. We are so blessed to have such a happy, healthy little boy. Although, he is going through a small whiny stage due to some new teeth coming in. We hope it passes quickly.

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He is starting to talk more and more as well. He has a ton of words in his vocabulary. Here are the ones I can think of:

  1. mommy
  2. daddy
  3. hi
  4. bye-bye
  5. slide
  6. swing
  7. duck
  8. side (outside)
  9. nak (snack)
  10. melmo (Elmo)
  11. boat
  12. shoe
  13. sock
  14. more
  15. please
  16. thank you
  17. no (of course, what kid doesn't say this)
  18. pa (papa)
  19. dog
  20. woof woof
  21. Manny
  22. Word World
  23. cat
  24. meow
  25. book
  26. bounce
  27. ball
  28. car
  29. truck

He is a very smart boy. He understands a lot of what I am telling him and for the most part is a good listener. Happy half-birthday Kole. Mommy and daddy love you so much!

1 comment:

mscaril said...

Kole has a very good vocabulary 4 being just a lil guy! Cute pics as always...I love my adorable lil man!