Thursday, August 27, 2009

Carter is 18 months old!

At 18 months, here are Carter's stats... (and some other fun tidbits about this adorable boy)

Weight: 23 lbs 9 oz. (20th percentile)
Height: 31.25 in. (20th percentile)

Favorite Foods: Cracker!!!
Favorite Songs: Itsy Bitsy Spider (he does the hand motions to it!)
Favorite Activities: Carter LOVES to dance! He will find a beat and music in any sound including the washing machine!

Words: Uh-oh! (first word), No!, Yeah? (with a sweet, high voice), Mama (a personal favorite), Dada, Papa (for Grandpa), Lala (for Grandma), Sadie (for the family dog), Elmo ("Melmo"), bird ("bir"), nana (f0r banana), toothbrush and toothpaste (sound like taytay), bubble, balloon ("bubbo"), berry ("bobo"), cracker ("cacka"), cookie ("cooku"), color as in with crayons ("coco"), nightnight, Bubba (his gigantic fuzzy bear), eye, nose ("noooo"), mouth ("mou"), head ("hea" with silent "d"), hair, hat ("ha" with silent "t"), water ("wawa"), up ("uh"), down ("dow"), out ("ou"), door ("doe"), please ("peeez!"), yogurt ("yoyo" or "wowo"), egg ("eh"), squirrel ("quirrel")

(I will keep adding to this list because just when I think I've got them all down, I remember another or he learns a new one!)

Noises: typically in lieu of the objects name. Dog, Cat, Lion, Cow, Duck, Car (vroom vroom!)

Signs: milk, cheese, baby, goodnight, eat/hungry, more, ball, please, thank you, airplane,

Funny things Carter does: he lays down and pretends to be asleep by snoring!

Here is Carter at 18 months and next to that is his 6 month picture taken 1 year ago now.
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