18 Months

I hope that when Isaac is old enough to read & understand what a blog is, he isn't too mad that I neglected to write anything about him here for over three months.

Isaac turned 18 months old last week. Sometimes I can't believe how fast he has grown up! I see other mom's with little babies and I almost can't remember Isaac ever being that small. He isn't much of a baby anymore. I think he might even be a toddler!

Waiting for the elevator at our hotel in South Beach

He is a fun & happy kid and seems to really be taking in everything around him. He doesn't say any real words yet but he points to everything and says "DAH!" And he only has one volume: LOUD. While we are driving he loves to point to all of the trucks and buses "DAH!" He loves trash cans and everywhere we go he seems to find one "DAH!" We bought him a little metal one with a swinging lid to play with at home. He loves the trash truck too. Lucky for him it comes to our condos three times a week and he always wants to go outside and watch. But he loves to go outside regardless. Several times a day he runs to the door and wants to go out. We go on a walk to the lake everyday with Cracker and see the ducks. Whenever the ducks see us come they swim over from across the lake to see if we have any food (sometimes we do) and Isaac always gets a big smile on his face when the ducks come to see him.

Cracker & Isaac on our daily walk to the lake

He loves to look at books with us and point out the things in the book. His favorite is a big book of animals and he knows over 40 different kinds of animals in the book. It is pretty impressive. And his greatest love of all is his pacifiers. They are mostly reserved for sleeping, but if he gets the chance he will take as many as he can get and carry them all around taking turns sucking on each one. He can even do two at a time!

Double pacifiers! This was while he was sick

He's down to only one nap a day (and it is usually less than an hour), but his appetite is good as ever. He has started going to the cupboard and bringing me food that he wants to eat. He also loves to drink more than any kid I've ever seen. Whenever he sees Charlie or I drinking something he just HAS to have some, even if it is just water, but especially when he sees a soda in a cup with a lid & straw. He LOVES soda. I know it is not the best thing for an 18 month old, but he really goes crazy for it.

Sneaking a drink of Dad's soda at the airport

Dipping his chips... or maybe just his fingers... in nacho cheese

He loves to watch the Backyardigans, and his "Underwater Adventures" DVD. It has all kinds of fish, seals, turtles, dolphins, etc. and he will watch it over and over and over again. We used to listen to a CD of Toddler Tunes in the car, but a month or so ago Charlie's brother gave us a CD he had burned of some current hits. Every time we turn it on Isaac gets a huge smile and starts "dancing" and he looks so funny! He just kind of bounces up and down in his car seat. It is really cute. He also recently added some hand movements when he hears music. He waves his hand with the beat of the music.

Watching Backyardigans on the iPhone with Dad & Cracker

And speaking of waving, he really loves to wave. He waves every time we, or anyone else leaves the house, and he always waves to the cashier when we leave the store (whether they are waving to him or not) and he'll also wave to any random person he happens to see walking around. He is an excellent waver.

And Isaac likes playing with Cracker. His favorite games are to either pull Cracker's tail or sneak up on Cracker while he is lying on the couch and jump on top of him. Both of these games result in a little whimper from Cracker and Isaac being sent to time out. His other favorite thing is to take a bite of food and wave it in front of Cracker's nose and then get Cracker to chase him around to try and get the food. Except then when Cracker does get it Isaac is mad. He points at Cracker and screams like "Hey, he took my food!" But I really can't feel too bad for the little stinker. He likes us to chase him around too, and he loves to be tickled, hung upside down, and any other type of wrestling around. He is all boy!

Tackling Cracker