18 months

Joaquin is 18 months old. Well...he's now almost 19, isn't he? I am consistently late now and I guess that's ok. He's got an extensive vocabulary. I had not counted before his appointment, but that's a check box on the 18 month one and so I started counting when I got in the car: mama, daddy, dog, woof, car, bubbles, ball, ice, hohoho (yes..."what does santa say?"), car (his new favorite...he likes to shout this when he goes by one), poop (which refers to anything that's a mess on the floor or in his diaper), food, see, again, tea, pop, shoes, again...I'm sure I'm forgetting some. What's most impressive though is his use of sentences..."Did you see?", "Mama, does daddy see?", "My dog!", "Our car", (I say "Are you hungry?") he answers "For food?"

We're up to 11 teeth...the front 8 and 3 molars. I can see all 4 incisors popping their heads through and the last molar as well. He's up to 2'10" and 38 lbs. He has curls all over, which is unusual and I love that. I can now see why mommies don't cut their little boys hair...how do I say goodbye to those beautiful curls?

This month, he decided instead of fitting into things, he could start climbing on top of things by himself. This is him after he got into the rocker in his room all by himself...Gid comes out of his room and says, "Why'd you put him in the rocker?" and I say, "I didn't," so we go to look and there he is clapping for himself.