18 Months

Woohoo! Neil turned 18 months this last week. Hooray for being old enough for nursery! On Sunday Chris took him to his class and dropped him off. Miraculously he stayed without tears and had a great time playing with the other kids. We were fully prepared for another horrific expeirience like we had with Grace, but so far (knock on wood), he is doing great!

I took him in for his check up on Monday, and he weighed in at 29 1/2lbs (88%), and is 33 1/2 in. tall (81%). He is a big boy and is getting more and more grown up everyday. It just melts my heart when I hear Chris go get him in the morning and he happily says Dadda, dadda. He is the sweetest little man, and his smile is the best. He can go up and down the stairs quite well now on his own. He likes to eat with utensils, and he is still mostly a vegetarian. Neil loves playing with cellphones and all toys that make noise. He especially loves his sisters and follows them around all day. So far they are good about letting him play with them. He is just on the verge of saying more words. In the last week he has started doing a lot of new things. Saying "night, night", "uh oh", "cracker", and signing milk, bath, all done, and up. I'm sure this is only the beginning. My only wish is for him to stay my baby for a little longer. These kids get bigger way too fast!