Landon at 18 months

Of all the things that Landon has been up to this past month, the most obvious change has been with his speaking.  He has really picked up speed in the past two months on saying new words, and lots of full gibberish sentences as he tries to put things all together.  Here are some of the ones I can remember...

English words:
- dow - down
- up
- ohhh
- bunny
- cotter/copter - helicopter
- car
- melmo - elmo
- baby
- color
- pi-ta (pizza)
- more
- peer (pear)
- several animals sounds when we look at books or play with animals...moo, baaa, quack, woof...

Beginning to combine two words together:
- Bye daddy!!
- A ladder - while building fire trucks with blocks he repeated it after Caleb
- Uh-oh daddy
- Choo-choo Train
- ah dah - all done

New Spanish words:
- bo be ba - bombero (fire fighter and fire trucks, but he uses it mostly for fire trucks - He is VERY into fire trucks right now, and will say this word if he hears the sirens, and also loves to find pictures of the trucks in our books and he brings it over to point out to us as he says the word)
- caballo (horse - Landon says 'ballo')
- coche (car)
- hola - not a new one, but he still loves to hold anything up to his ear and say "Hola!" - phones, trucks, shoes, or just his hand.

Landon has figured out how to drink out of a straw.  Maybe he will also like the straw sippy cups...

Landon's favorite thing to do right now is 'read' and be read to.  He will grab a book and come show us something, or grab our hand and pull us over to where he wants to sit down and read, then he backs up into our lap and sits down.

I would guess that he is pushing 30 lbs now... When we took him to the pediatrician at the beginning of April he was 28 or 29 lbs, and we will have his 18 month appointment soon to see where he stands for all the baby stats...

Experimenting with balance as he has figured out how to spin, and of course, also gets dizzy.  He doesn't quite know what's happening, so he has a big grin on his face at his accomplishment and the feeling it gives him.

Another cute smoothie mustache...

Landon loves sitting on people.  Anyone in that position he thinks is fair game and that they must be there to play with him!

He does this position a lot (do yoga people call this Downward Dog maybe?).  Any time now he will push hard enough with his toes (accidentally) to go over into a somersault.

The aftermath of a birthday cupcake

We took the boys to get barber shop hair cuts shortly after getting home, and it was Landon's first time after my attempt at our house in Chile.  Poor planning on mommy and daddy's part because we went just before lunch without any snacks or pacifier.  Don't know what we were thinking there.  Although he cried he did sit very still, and was completely fine as soon as the lady was done.

My handsome boys  :)

Landon continues to be a dog lover.  He has so much fun with Gio and Bella, likes to give them hugs and lay on them as you can see below.

Carrying and pushing the Elmo potty around the house is loads of fun...

Landon is really into the tee ball this past month.  He likes to go grab the tee, bat, and ball out of the garage by himself, set up the ball, and knock the ball off, all by himself, and he is content playing with it alone.  So far he bats mostly righty...

Practicing with Papa Jim

Landon loves to love on babies... cousin Beau, the Auerbach twins, and even random ones we see in public...  He gets a big smile and says "Beebee!"  He also likes to point to baby pictures of he and Caleb hanging around the house to say baby.

Starting to figure out how to get his feet off the ground just a little bit when he does his "salta" (Jump).

He also LOVES jumping on the trampoline, at home and at the kids gym. See video below, or click here.