Cody 18 Months

1 and 1/2 years old already!  Time sure does fly. You are a happy, silly, stubborn little guy.  You have grown and learned so much over the past 3 months.  You...

• Are talking more and more --- saying ssshh, all done, all gone, hi, thank you (sounds like ti tu or ha hu)
• Bark like a puppy and honk like a goose
• Love to dance, jump, and climb on anything & everything
• Wave hi and bye
• Love to play with your cars and get pushed around outside on your tricycle 
• Give great hugs and wet, sloppy kisses --- you also like to blow us kisses
• Love to wear things on your head (baseball hats, stocking caps, princess crowns, your sister' headbands)
• Brush your teeth (you really just chew on the toothbrush, but also go through all of the actions, including spitting)
• Can blow your nose! (Yay!!!)
• Are a pretty good eater -- you seem to be a carb lover (especially with French fries and muffins).  You are really good at using utensils to eat.
• Are such a happy guy who loves to make us laugh.  You do have a temper though and when you're not getting your way, you tend to hit, scratch, or even spit on us --- we're working hard to break you of this habit.  You also bang your head on the floor when really mad (we're starting to see you do this less and less, so I'm hoping this phase is almost over).
• Everything still goes in your mouth, so we have to be really careful and make sure all of Graecyn's little lego and Barbie pieces are kept out of your reach.
• You LOVE to wear shoes -- you will go to the shoe basket, find a pair of your shoes and bring them to us.  You then immediately sit down and lift your foot in the air waiting for us to put your shoe on.
• You're still on the small side, weighing just under 21 lbs and standing around 30" tall (both around or under the 5th percentile on the growth charts).  You have 10 teeth (6 on top and 4 on bottom)
• For Halloween, you were a firefighter and Daddy had a great time building you a fire truck to go over your favorite ride-on car (you were so happy to go along for the ride during trick-or treating).
• You love to be outside and the fastest and easiest fix when you're mad or upset is to take you outside to play.
• You are a great napper at home (but a horrible napper at daycare).  You regularly take 2 almost 2 hour naps a day when at home (we're lucky if we can get you to take 1, 1-hour nap at daycare).
• You can scoot very fast down the stairs on your tummy and really want to go up and down stairs standing up like a big boy (you're so easily distracted that we make you go up on your hands and knees and down on your belly because every time you attempt to go up or down standing up, you fall).
• You love to go down big slides and the faster the better.  
• You love baths -- floating on your belly and making the biggest splashes are your favorites.