More 18 Months

I forgot to post the ever important statistics from the doctor...if I don't write them down here, they might not get recorded :)
23.4 lbs (20th percentile ish...I already forget)
Height was probably 31.5ish inches, but he was squirming so much it was hard to tell. That was 40thish perecentile.



Those are his official 18 month pictures. Here are some other fun recent things.
Easter




Some random ones...finding the potty, hangin'with his partner in crime, Nolan, Matthew's first time to the movies. On a previous post I talked about how Matthew wouldn't sleep through the night. We did a positive reward system and he earned a trip to the movies (and we are getting some sleep!) And the one on the playground was right after Jacob woke up...he wouldn't give up the blankie and binkie, but was ready to go play. I thought it was cute.





Last ones for this post...they probably won't load in this order, but you can figure it out. The boys are playing ball (probably every dad's dream to play ball with their boy), hugging cousin Ollie, Jacob reading with his belly sticking out, and I caught Jacob just chilling with his snack. He's on this tiny strip of cement on the edge of our deck. I caught him there twice and it made me chuckle. The picture isn't as cute as the moment:)

18 Months

It's so hard to believe Jacob is 18 months!! I had planned on writing more about him right now, but I keep feeling like I don't have time...so for now, here are the pictures. I took Jacob's picture next to snoopy (I have a picture next to the same snoopy from when I was a kid) for the first 11 months. I never did take 12 months. Oops...

Here he is reading one of his favorites...a Sesame Street book from the 70's that's held together by tape.

"Get out of my picture, Snoopy!"


"Reading" what the paper says.


I never did get him looking at the camera.

And for fun, here's an old picture. Here is one year ago, six months.

Picture Update

Here are some recent pictures of life:
Jacob eating a strawberry - the only way he will eat them (it has to be whole, not cut up)

Painting for Daddy - a picture for his birthday. I have this vision in my mind of an awesome picture with little hands and feet on it...we'll see if it ever looks like that. Here's phase one.


Some mommy time. I like the outfit he is wearing and I knew it was the last time because it was getting small. So we took pictures to remember it :)


A rare moment...both boys sitting still!

Funny Quotes

I'm not very good about remember to write down funny quotes the kids say, but here are a couple recent ones.

Matthew, to me, while I was paying bills. "Mommy, maybe one day we can buy you some money."

Matthew to me while we're walking out into the garage, "Mommy, you must care about me.Daddy doesn't care about me." Me: "Yes, I do. But why do you say that?" "You held the door open for me. Daddy didn't."

Jacob: Jacob doesn't have many words, but today I found him searching the house for me (I had disappeared to do a load of laundry). I could hear him in the monitor, wandering from room to room, "Mama? Mama? Mama?" He was very obviously looking for me and not just repeating himself. When he found me, he just grinned. He also says "mama" with a different emphasis to mean "Matthew", "Daddy", "Nama" and "Mawmaw".

This isn't a quote, but Matthew has now started requesting a baby sister and a baby brother.