I'll say it again ... how is it possible that he's 17 months old? It seems like I just wrote one of these lists - and I realize that another month has raced by.
Oh, where do I begin?
1) I love how when you want Daddy or I to join you, you will often go halfway there, realize we aren't behind you, come back, and grab our hand to pull us along. And, you have a very specific way that you want to hold hands (usually with your fist around my thumb) and we just can't go anywhere until you have that grip just right.
2) You have been waving goodbye for months, but this month you have started waving to EVERYTHING ... people, animals, toys, the TV, the park, the library, the bathtub. It's too cute!
3) I love how much you love visiting the library. Despite my best efforts to intrigue you with the big basket of board books, you are MUCH more interested in the DVDs and especially the toddler computers. You have a definite mind of your own and really know how to let me know that you want to play on the computer and that YOU will decide when you are finished. Sometimes you even stand behind other kids (really close), or sit right beside them, in the hope that they will "hurry up" so that it can be your turn.
4) You make me laugh so hard when you take a DVD out of its case, carefully carry it across the room, and gently place it just UNDER the DVD player. I guess you think that is where we put them in. After you're done, you stare intently at the TV waiting for your show to begin.
5) I love, love, LOVE how you have really started to shake your groove thing when music comes on. You do squats, wiggle your hips, and turn in circles - so funny!
6) Whatever word you use for "yes" (it's more of a squealing sound) makes me smile every time.
7) I love how when we read you point at all the things you know ... and how you are so proud when I read the word and you point at the corresponding picture. Showing us where your head, eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and tongue also elicits a huge smile when you are successful (which is every time now).
8) I love how you have full, long, drawn-out conversations, complete with hand gestures with the animals. We have NO idea what you are saying, but you do!
9) Shopping for the Christmas tree this year might always be one of my favorite memories. You LOVED being there, outside, running in between the trees. And your face when Daddy brought the tree inside the house was just precious - so full of awe and excitement.
10) I love how much you love trains, "choo-choos" (maybe Santa will bring you one of your own?). You have so much fun watching the electric train that Daddy set up around the Christmas tree go around and around. You watch, sometimes following it on foot as far as you can, always being careful because somehow you know that if you touch it, it won't work anymore.
And so, so many more things ... my list could go on and on.
Mommy can't resist taking close-up shots of me (can you blame her?)
