16 months... oh my!

Yes Connor is 16 months can you believe it? I hardly can. I was reading my blog yesterday and I read about what he was like when he was 2 months, it was so nice to be reminded what a good baby he was, but it made me wish I had done a monthly update all along... oh well here we go hope I can keep this up!

Connor has turned into a wild crazy toddler, I swear it was overnight. He still has his sweet calm moments and it seems to be especially that way when we are in front of other kids his age. We started Gymboree last week! Connor sat quietly in my lap almost the whole time (towards the end that drum was just too tempting and he had to try it) there were 4 other kids (1 boy 3 girls) 2 of the girls were running around climbing all over the place kicking the drums being toddlers and here was Connor just looking up at me being so sweet and quiet... wait what that's not my child he loves anything that makes loud noises and can be banged together!! It will be interesting to see what this week is like. We are going to the open gym time this Thursday (tomorrow) as a family and then Friday mornings are our Mommy and me music times. It's been less than a week since my last blog and I feel like Connor has learned so many new things since then. He is really picking up on sign language (please, more, all done) and we are working on help (instead of whining) and he's learning new words every day. His little brain is a sponge, I feel like I should be teaching him everything so he will know it all when he gets older, but I definitely don't want to burn him out. I downloaded some children's music in English and Spanish (old macdonald is the funniest to listen to) just as an introduction. I know every parent says this but I really think Connor is pretty smart, he really picks up on stuff quick:) My Mom keeps telling us we need to start his college fund now because that boy is going to college. He's such a joy to be around I've been looking forward to the 18 month mark for a while now and I knew the time between would be hard at times, but I also really like this age, not that he'll be done with toddler two's any time soon but I always thought once they hit 18 months language would come in and really help with all the melt downs. I'm sure every mother gets the "he doesn't whine or cry when he's with me" which I love that he doesn't but I don't understand why he only does it with me. Gary watches him for two days while I work and he always says he never cries or whines once. Maybe he just knows how to work me....? Oh well, I guess that's why I have so much patients:)

Here's to blog post number 2!

Amanda