Ok so it’s still a week before Ben turns 16 months, but I had all this jotted down so I figured I’d post it. He’s definitely soaking things up like a sponge. Loves learning new things and making associations between items that surprise me. The other day we were reading his book and one of the pictures was a truck. He said “tr” (truck) and pointed to the picture, then up on the mantle where Andy keeps his little remote control trucks (out of Ben’s reach). I said that yes those were both trucks and he kept pointing at both of them and grinning.
He did it again with a toy helicopter he got for Christmas and daddy’s fancy pants remote control helicopter. Pointed at his toy and then at Andy’s helicopter and said “ella, ella.”
New words are “Ga Cah Cah” (graham cracker), “Ella” (helicopter), “Cook” (Cookie Monster) and “Ello” (Elmo). He’s getting better at Kitty but it still comes out as “Tikeh.” He also calls everything round “Bah” (ball), whether it be a button, the letter O or a circle in a book. He also says “uh oh” anytime something drops or falls. Sometimes he throws things on purpose just to say “uh oh.”
When we sing the ABCs, Ben chimes in with “Ya, ya, ya, ya…” At the end of the song he claps for me :)
He knows what “over your head” means as we put on a shirt or hat. Also where his ear, nose and foot is. Farting and burping are hilarious, but that’s probably my fault because I’ve always said “Oh my, Mr. Stinky” any time he’s done it. He grins and starts to giggle whenever he does it now.
Don’t worry, we don’t usually watch TV like this :)
I had a gift card to use up and Ben didn’t really need anything, so I picked up this potty for future use. It’s fun to drop toys in the potty…
Slow motion dunking.
Bathtime is so much fun!
Curly Q!
Love him!
