Eighteen Months

This sweet little boy of ours just keeps growing and learning so much every day.  It's such a joy to watch!  Every new word and understanding gets noticed by someone and we all join in on a little family pride.  The time is, of course, whooshing right by, faster than we'd all like.  We sure do love our little buddy.  At eighteen months, these are a few things to note about Dawson:

 

• He loves all things that move...cars, trucks, trains (a favorite at the moment), airplanes, you name it.  He's always driving something around, making sounds to go with them.  It never fails to surprise me how little boys just know how to make all the sounds.  His little 'beep beep' and 'choo choo' melt us.  Too cute.
• He took his first steps on March 14th, the earliest of my boys I believe (13 months)! At 15 months, he walked really well! 
• As of this past couple of weeks, he's become a little momma's boy.  He wants momma all the time.  It's very sweet, but I'm a little worried about leaving him with a babysitter when the next night out comes around! (Note:  He adores Daddy too.  He just whines about me more right now.  (Chanting dada is also a common occurance!)

 

 

• He loves pasta!  Noodles of any kind I tell ya.  He will eat and eat and eat them.  He also likes watermelon, rice, cantaloupe, toast, and of course milk.  
• He loves to shimmy, especially when sitting and eating.  Also, he's a big fan of arm rolling.

• Prayer time has become so fun.  Dawson not only automatically folds his little arms, but bows his head and closes his eyes too!  And, he's started adding a little 'amen' at the end, just like the rest of us.  
• He hums the Star Wars song...the Darth Vader one that's so catchy.  I have no idea how he figured this one out, except that maybe his brothers passed it on.  The funnies thing is that lately he turned the beginning part into 'ma, ma, ma,  huh hu-huh, huh hu-huh.  Yep, I made it into the song!  I really need to get this one on video because it's just too funny.
• He also sings bits of 'Old MacDonald (especially when he wants to read his Farm pop-it book), 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star', and 'Ring Around the Rosies.'
• At some point he decided he really likes candy, and asks for 'nandy' all the time.
• He loves to sleep with his 'ki-ki' (blankie), and 'goggy' (doggy).
• His brothers are his favorite.  He now calls them 'Ah-hee' (Asher) and 'Ke-ka' (Beckett).

• He also will give hi-fives but ONLY if he knows you well. There is a checker at Smith's that tries every week, and Dawson still hasn't obliged!  He just looks at him and smiles.
• Dawson loves to play outside and really likes slides.  Now that the super hot summer weather is hopefully over, he'll be able to get out there more often.

• He says 'NO.'  If he doesn't want to eat something, if he doesn't want to do something.  He knows how to use no.  Oh, boy.  On the flip side, he will give an emphatic nod of the head, or a 'yes' repeated over and over in order to get whatever it is he wants.
• Dawson is a talker.  He copies words we say all day long!  He has things to say and he's working on finding a way to say them.  Watching our little man learn to communicate is fun for us all.