mason: 18 months

a very merry unbirthday sweet boy!  this is a little late, because recently you have taken to be a LOT more work!  but it's ok, you are worth it.

at  eighteen months you are:

:: not only walking, but running, jumping, climbing, falling and dancing

:: your favorite songs are by FUN.  both 'we are young' and 'some nights' top the list.  it is rounded out with 'bushel and a peck' from guys and dolls, and 'hot potato by the wiggles'

:: you are insistent about e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g.  no matter what you are asking for, you ask about 6348639864 times inn a row

:: generally, you have very good manners and say 'please' and 'thank you' frequently

:: you are still a BIG eater, and pretty adventurous...  you have your favorites like any normal kid, pizza, french fries, grapes, apples, and cookies, but you also loooove green and red bell peppers, chicken, broccoli, and cucumbers

:: you are still a mama's boy for sure, but you are learning to work the system, and cry out for daddy in the middle of the night, it gets him every time :)

:: you have had three hair cuts, and you hair is really starting to thicken up, it's now boy hair, not baby hair

:: baby b is your favorite friend

:: you love stuffed animals

:: you love elmo, trucks, trains and babies

:: you love to get pretty with momma

:: you like to put the word big in front of everything.  i am frequently referred to as beeeeeeg mama.  there are also beeeeeeg trucks, beeeeeeg elbows, and beeeeeeg bampas

:: you are starting to get humor, and frequently tease me by pointing to yourself and saying 'tatoo?'

::  you have learned the name of particular body parts, and find it fun to point them out on other people....  some times this is appropriate... elbow....  sometimes.... it's not.

we love you very much baby bear.  you continue to bring so much fun into our lives, daddy and i find ourselves seeing fun in things that we would have overlooked before.  next stop... the "terrific" twos!