18 months

I can't believe my boy is a year and half! Where has time gone??? For old times sake, I thought I would attempt perspective pictures to document the occasion. As you will see, things didn't go very well... Yep. That was as good as it got. This is what he did over and over...

And over...
Until I got smart! At least he found my foot hold funny. Seriously, it is the ONLY way you can keep the child still...
Crosby and his bear, in his chair (with distraction objects A , old phone and B, the Bible)...
Crosby rocking with his bear in his chair, losing object B. Forgive him...
Really getting into the rocking part...

Concerned that distraction object A was now rocked out of the chair...

So I picked object B up. Too bad he was already attacking the poor bear...

And really seems to enjoy doing so!!! Yikes...

Let's just hide behind the bear, why don't we???

On to the mug shot. This was the best I got. Looks like he was smiling, huh? Don't be fooled. It was mid cry that looks like a smile!

This is more like it...

I mean seriously???? Can my lap be this horrible to sit in for all of 10 seconds??? Or even shorter if someone would just cooperate...

Honestly, the drama is hilarious...

So we move on to our feet...

Looks like moving feet. Really, it is just one arm holding a squirmy child while the other is holding the camera. I suppose I need to pull out the tripod for this one now...

So what about the pictures of Nugs with Crosby? He's not crazy. Nugget opted out of the photo shoot this time a stayed out in the hall. And can you blame him??

It is so much fun to hear the new words Crosby says. He listens to everything we say now and tries to repeat us all the time. These are just a few of the words I can think of hearing over the past few months...

Truck (about a MILLION times), Daa, cat, dog, ball, car, hot, cold, danger, elevator, help, please, I love you, Pop, side (outside), okra, buh buh (bubba), buh (banana), juice, milk, garbage truck, corn, up, down, ball cap, all done, amen, "splat splat splat" (Dr. Seuss), go, yuck, wet, Elmo, Bert.

I might have to add a few as I think of them for my records! Sorry if you have google reader! :)

He eats like a champ. Pretty much anything and everything. Doesn't like eggs though. Scrambled, fried. Don't know about poached. And is a little scared of the popsicle. I think the extreme cold throws him off and makes him cry a little. He did overcome that problem with Las Paletas the other night so maybe we are beyond that now!

He is still in a size 4 diaper and wears a wide varietly of sizes. Some 18 month, some 24 month some 2T. There are even a few pairs of shorts that are 6-12 and 12-18 month. Go figure! It all depends on the brand. Most Jon Jons are 24 month or 2T because of that torso of his. He is wearing size 5 shoe at the moment but I image they would say a size 6 if we went to Lonnie Young today!

He has 12 teeth in that mouth of his and likes to touch ours! He weighs in at 24.4 pounds on our scale. I am thinking he has weighed the same thing for months now. He seems a good bit taller but who knows. We go for his 18 month appointment on July 13th so we will see then. He will be getting 3 shots that day so I do not look forward to that visit AT ALL!

Crosby is an active little fella these days. It can be pretty stressful at times. Like, in a store, at a restaurant, at the pool. We have our share of tantrums and are trying to figure out this whole discipline business. Overall, it is a COMPLETE joy to be Crosby's mom. What an amazing 18 months this has been. I LOVE YOU (or as he would say IUUUGGGHHEWWE :) ) Crosby Fox Malone!!!