Carson: 20 Months

Saying that your "baby" is 20 months old makes it sound like you don't have that "baby" anymore, and really you don't! So what have we been up to the past month...it was another busy one for sure with all the holidays. Carson had lots of fun opening up Christmas presents. His favorite were the bags with tissue paper. Grammy, Grandpa and Uncle B came out before Christmas, and I had lots of fun playing with them. Then we went to Ft Collins for Christmas Eves, had Jack Stack for Christmas dinner/Reid's birthday, rode the Georgetown holiday train and had a playdate/sleep-over on New Year's Eve. PHEW! Late December also gave us our first snow and we tried sledding which Carson absolutely LOVED!

What else is new? I'm happy to report we are no longer reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" 50 times a day, and have moved on to the shape sorter. He loves this toy and can put all the shapes in by himself. He's even learned a few shape names in the process (pizza pie and circle are the main ones) and tries to say their names. We can clearly make out "gurcle" and he attempts to make words at the triangle, square and cross too. He still chats up a storm but we can't really make out anything. We are working on a few more signs and he now knows "help" and "please." It's sure better than him turning to us and making an "eh" sound whenever he's trying to ask us for something or figure something out. He loves giving me a hug and kiss when he goes "bye bye" for daycare (which he walks around saying right before he leaves) and he proudly says "dada" when Reid walks in the door from work.

We are starting a not fun phase at bedtime (and diaper changes) where he fights and screams every time he goes on the changing table, so hopefully this passes soon. But speaking of diaper changes we bought a potty for whenever that moment might be he wants to try and use it (I don't anticipate it being anytime soon). He is still doing well at daycare and has been doing lots of craft projects lately. Every day when I pick him up, the teacher says, "He had a good day, like always." The other day he was actually sitting down with all the kids and was watching a movie! He has his first chore around the house and that is to give Snyder his hip pills. I think it has really helped Snyder be more comfortable around Carson. Knowing he's a human that can give him things too, and not just a terror who hit/pets him and takes over his personal space, lol! But as I say every month, despite Carson's non-stop craziness making me exhausted by days end, he really is a sweet kid and we are so lucky to have a well-behaved child who eats well-rounded meals and sleeps like a champ. Until next month...