I really cannot believe that my baby is 18 months old. It’s so crazy. It amazes me how much different he is than David. He has a much bigger temper than David ever did and has a much stronger personality. If he doesn’t like something, trust me, you’ll know. I think the phrase I use more than anything else right now is “He’s lucky he’s cute.”
He has a crazy obsession with ducks for some reason. Not sure where that came from, but he goes absolutely berserk if he sees a duck, and starts yelling “DUUUUUUCK!” at the top of his lungs. Duck is actually one of the few words he says, another way he’s different from David. At 18 months, David said well over 100 words. Connor says duck, dog, wow, ball, good, hi and bus. I think that’s it. He does the signs for more, milk, please and help. He definitely communicates, because if we ask him what he wants, he leads us over to whatever it is and shows us. He also knows animal sounds for lion, tiger, bear, snake, fish, sheep, cow, pig, and dog, as well as where his eyes, ears, hair, head, mouth, teeth, tongue, hands, belly, feet, nose and cheeks are.
He loves to wear hats, shoes, beads… whatever he sets his mind on. He’ll bring it to you and say “Aaaah! Aaaah!” until you put it on him. Here are pictures of a few of Connor’s recent fabulous ensembles:
Those are David’s pajama pants that he insisted upon wearing as a hat.
Note the mittens.
He wouldn’t let me put his pajamas back on correctly after I changed his diaper, then he had to have his Crocs on, as well as the headband as a necklace.
Yep, that’s a Tupperware container.
Connor loves his big brother more than anything in the world. One of their favorite things to do is chase each other. David is beside himself that he finally has someone who will run around with him. They love to play together; David will come up to me and say, “Connor and I want to go play in the basement,” and Connor will be toddling along right behind him and then will run to the basement door. It’s like they had a conversation about it, it cracks us up.
It’s so much fun right now, because he truly changes and learns something new every day.
