18 months!!!

Well Remy has finally reached the ripe ol' age of 18 months. He is quite the little busy body and has so many funny things that he does. I wanted to use the chance to write some of these down. Things he loves: puppies, balloons, reading "Cowboy Baby" over and over, being outside, helping Daddy mow the lawn. It's funny to watch him riding with Shaun because he just smiles the whole time and watches me as they ride back and forth. I wave to him and he just smiles and waves back like he is the coolest boy with the coolest Dad ever. He loves to hold Mommy's hand, or anybodys for that matter when walking around. He loves Chappy, even though he constantly gets lick attacked. He also loves fries, rice and beans, Doritos (he takes after Mommy).

When the TV is on Remy will always point and say "puppy" when any animal appears on the screen. Remy will pant and woof, or combine the two whenever he sees a puppy or animal that he thinks may make that noise. Whenever food commercials come on he goes Mmmmm, MMmmm!! and points at the delicious food he sees. He is starting to become a hugger and hugs the nurses at my office before we go home. He loves to give high fives, blow kisses and occasionally he will shake hands and give knuckles. He is very smiley and talks all of the time. He says over 25 words that I can recognize. He likes to talk on the phone, well pretend phone. He uses his yoyo in the car, or the rubber blood vessel model I have in my office. He will talk on it and say Daddy and laugh and laugh.

He is a sweet boy and likes to come up and sit right next to Mommy and have me read him books. If he trips or does something that he thinks is a little risky he will say "whoa" and his eyes get all big and serious. Remy also says "uh oh", and "yucky" all of the time. He picked those up from me because I say them when he is doing something he shouldn't or trying to eat something that is totally gross. He loves to check the water bottles in Grandpa's office at work, point to pictures and say who is in them. He is also getting really good at pointing and knowing where stuff is. If I ask him if he wants something or where something is he will run and point or get what I need. He is getting very observant and will now fold his arms for a prayer all by himself. We haven't ever made him do it but he watches and will now do it by himself. He likes to play in the basement in his "fort". He runs to the stairs and points up to the light switch so he can see to go downstairs. I bought him one of those little foam couches that opens up into a bed with a sleeping bag. He loves it. He doesn't look to thrilled in the picture before but he had just woken up from a nap and was still a little sleepy.

I am entering that wonderful part of motherhood where Remy does everything that he sees, and yes, he watches us very closely. Well, you mothers know, that you don't get much privacy for anything. Yesterday when I was making dinner I turn to look at Remy and watched him pull his pants down and than sit on the bar of the oven like he was going " potty". Now either he is the youngest kid to actually understand potty or he just doesn't give Mommy any privacy and is now going to go about doing all of these things no matter how unfortunate that may be.

One of my favorite recent stories from Remy is when my Mom, Dad, Remy and Me were all heading to lunch one day. We were in my Mom's Yukon and she was driving. Now, for some background, we are always harassing my Mom about her driving because she is always the passenger that will squeak and ooooh and ahhh when you are driving like you are in the middle of a demolition derby. Anyway back to the story, we were waiting to pull out the office which is a nightmare during lunch because of all of the traffic. Well my Mom saw her chance and gunned it. Remy, having the perfect timing and sweetest little voice in the world said "WHOOOAAAAAA!!!" as we were pulling out. It was so funny. His timing couldn't have been anymore perfect. My Dad and I were laughing so hard and my Mom was grumbling to herself because how can you be mad at such a sweet innocent little boy.

Remy's 18 month stats

Height: 33 inches, 72%

Weight: 24 pounds 14 ounces, 37%

Head: 19 1/4 inches, 80%