Elijah- 20 months

I can't believe my baby is almost 2! Yet I can believe it, it has been the shortest and longest two years of my life :) He is getting so big. I swear over the last few months he has sprouted into this big boy with all these opinions and communicates so well. We love him so much, he makes us laugh at least 10 times a day. My favorite times with him are right after he wakes up in the morning and right before naps. It's the only time I can get him to sit still and snuggle with me. I love it.

- LOVES being outside. He starts to get really whiny and needy around 10 am or so and it's usually because he wants to get out of the house and go run around somewhere other than our house.
-Loves trains, trucks and playing in my makeup drawer. And he still can't get enough of animals, adores animals.
-Has yet to make peace with the vacuum.
-Is speaking more clearly everyday. Had added ball, blue, bird, binkie, the letter 'z' and 'b', and whenever he sees a cool toy or something he thinks is pretty dang neat he says, "OOOOOHHHH, yoah!"
-Doesn't talk a ton but I never feel it gets in the way of figuring out what he wants. He's very good at using his body language and showing me where things are. He's pretty easy for me to read.
-Loves Barney. I have no idea why but I turned it on one day when I was super sick and he has been obsessed ever since.
-He never stops. He goes and goes until he crashes for his nap and bed.
-Loves running through the sprinklers.
-Has learned that fire ants hurt really bad. He innocently dipped his hand into a pile to retrieve a cool stick (his other love-sticks) and he started whimpering and brushing his hands together. So sad. He had so many bites.
- Always has something in his hand, always. It's like he doesn't know how to play without holding something.
-Loves jumping on the bed. He has yet to fall off and bump his head :)
-Is very observant. I call him 'The Observer' (from the show Fringe). He loves just taking everything in and watching people. I think this may be why he remembers everything and knows where everything is.
- Is so sweet and gives us hugs and kisses on command.