baby boy! you're not-so baby anymore!
18 months feels so big.
and your personality is just so big right along with your age.
you are growing, shining, exploring, learning, loving, and laughing. all bigger than ever.
we love our tanner boy and kiss your squishy cheeks around the clock.
you've got two mamas in this house :) as your sister cares for you and refers to you as "my baby". and what's even sweeter, is that a majority of the time you go right along with it. as if you know it's your big sis' job to care for her baby boy.
holding your hand to walk you to where you need to be. oiling your feet & putting your socks on before bed. singing to you and rocking before you go down for sleep. kissing you on the head. and the list goes on, and on. she does it all.
now there's no question you don't always go along with it. there are certainly times where your independence is strong and you're sure you can do it by.your.self.
and that you do.
your independence is bigger than ever. just as we'd expect out of our one and a half year-old :)
feed yourself. sit yourself at the dinner table. unwrap your snacks yourself. put chapstick on by yourself. climb up to the kitchen counter on your stool by yourself. teeth brushing- all you boy.
you are confident in your skills. and I love that about you.
you are also the most responsible little one i've ever met.
cleaning is your thing! so much so that two of your most recent gifts have been a broom/mop/dusting set and a vacuum! all of the "uh-ohhhh" that comes out of your mouth if there's any sort of mess or crumb on the kitchen floor. you point right at it and cannot let it go until it is cleaned up. along with the cleaning, comes shutting cupboard doors, fixing the rug, and putting things back in their place where they belong.
you fit right in in this house and mama and daddy are so proud ;)
E A T
this boy eats! as much as (and sometimes more than) his older sister. who is also a good eater herself!
with some exceptions of course, this boy honestly eats nearly everything we put on his plate. if he's hungry, he eats it. and he eats all the foods we eat as a family.
I would do a favorite foods/least favorite foods list... but I wouldn't have much to go on the 'not as liked" list. but just a 'favorites' will do :)
tanner's favorite foods: raspberries, ham + turkey deli meat, scrambled eggs, spaghetti, cucumber, apples, cheddar cheese, wheat thins, oatmeal, raisins, strawberries, steamed broccoli, mama's homemade caramels, goldfish, popcorn, bacon, bananas, pineapple
S L E E P
recently, as i'm writing this... it's been the absolute best ever, also accompanied by the worst night ever! and when I say worst ever, I have to hold myself from speaking too much cause we have been blessed with a great sleeper over here. though one absolutely random night about a week or so ago- - tanner was up all the live long night. down at 8pm, woke at 11pm, and not back to sleep again until 5:30am(!!)
brandon & I were losing our minds in the night. we tried EVERYTHING.
we've never had that bad of a night with either child, EVER. not even in the newborn days.
but am I ever thankful it was just one fluke night.
his 'regular' is to go to bed by 8pm, and wakes about 7:30am. sleeping all night through.
and it's been that way for months.
as of late, the last few weeks have looked like this:
bed by 8pm, sleep allll night long, wake around 9:30-10:30am.
SAY WHAT!??
a mother's dream right there.
I know he's going through a growth spurt, and it seems his two year molars and trying to make their way here and there. so he has been WIPED!
all of this is accompanied by an afternoon nap from 1-4pm.
(even when he sleeps til 10:30 in the morning!)
I was looking back on harper's post of when she was about this age and she did a very similar sleeping pattern. so interesting to see those similarities.
this last week we have had some struggle with him going to sleep at night where he just does not want to go to bed. it seems he would rather be awake and be with us. but with work (and it has much improved the last few nights. thankfully!) he eventually tires himself out and gives up :)
we've noticed its more so when he didn't get to see daddy much that day cause he calls "da-da, da-da" over and over from his room.
P L A Y
this boy is just running along to keep up with his big sister!
so he is literally into anything and everything. and I've actually started to see a little bit of imaginative play which is so cute. making car + airplane noises is my favorite that he does :)
nonstop until the moment it's naptime.
favorite movie - - MOANA.
turn moana on, and this boy is straight hooked!
F I R S T S
:: first hair cut
:: first play in the snow
:: first walking holiday season
18 months feels so big.
and your personality is just so big right along with your age.
you are growing, shining, exploring, learning, loving, and laughing. all bigger than ever.
we love our tanner boy and kiss your squishy cheeks around the clock.
stats:
weight: 28lbs 15oz (95th percentile)
(birth: 8lbs 2 oz)
height: 36.25 inches (>97th percentile - like wayyy greater haha!)
(birth: 21 inches)
you were commented to being "the most cooperative 18 month old i've ever seen" at your check up :)
holding your hand to walk you to where you need to be. oiling your feet & putting your socks on before bed. singing to you and rocking before you go down for sleep. kissing you on the head. and the list goes on, and on. she does it all.
now there's no question you don't always go along with it. there are certainly times where your independence is strong and you're sure you can do it by.your.self.
and that you do.
your independence is bigger than ever. just as we'd expect out of our one and a half year-old :)
feed yourself. sit yourself at the dinner table. unwrap your snacks yourself. put chapstick on by yourself. climb up to the kitchen counter on your stool by yourself. teeth brushing- all you boy.
you are confident in your skills. and I love that about you.
you are also the most responsible little one i've ever met.
you fit right in in this house and mama and daddy are so proud ;)
this boy eats! as much as (and sometimes more than) his older sister. who is also a good eater herself!
with some exceptions of course, this boy honestly eats nearly everything we put on his plate. if he's hungry, he eats it. and he eats all the foods we eat as a family.
I would do a favorite foods/least favorite foods list... but I wouldn't have much to go on the 'not as liked" list. but just a 'favorites' will do :)
tanner's favorite foods: raspberries, ham + turkey deli meat, scrambled eggs, spaghetti, cucumber, apples, cheddar cheese, wheat thins, oatmeal, raisins, strawberries, steamed broccoli, mama's homemade caramels, goldfish, popcorn, bacon, bananas, pineapple
recently, as i'm writing this... it's been the absolute best ever, also accompanied by the worst night ever! and when I say worst ever, I have to hold myself from speaking too much cause we have been blessed with a great sleeper over here. though one absolutely random night about a week or so ago- - tanner was up all the live long night. down at 8pm, woke at 11pm, and not back to sleep again until 5:30am(!!)
brandon & I were losing our minds in the night. we tried EVERYTHING.
we've never had that bad of a night with either child, EVER. not even in the newborn days.
but am I ever thankful it was just one fluke night.
his 'regular' is to go to bed by 8pm, and wakes about 7:30am. sleeping all night through.
and it's been that way for months.
as of late, the last few weeks have looked like this:
bed by 8pm, sleep allll night long, wake around 9:30-10:30am.
SAY WHAT!??
a mother's dream right there.
I know he's going through a growth spurt, and it seems his two year molars and trying to make their way here and there. so he has been WIPED!
all of this is accompanied by an afternoon nap from 1-4pm.
(even when he sleeps til 10:30 in the morning!)
I was looking back on harper's post of when she was about this age and she did a very similar sleeping pattern. so interesting to see those similarities.
this last week we have had some struggle with him going to sleep at night where he just does not want to go to bed. it seems he would rather be awake and be with us. but with work (and it has much improved the last few nights. thankfully!) he eventually tires himself out and gives up :)
we've noticed its more so when he didn't get to see daddy much that day cause he calls "da-da, da-da" over and over from his room.
this boy is just running along to keep up with his big sister!
so he is literally into anything and everything. and I've actually started to see a little bit of imaginative play which is so cute. making car + airplane noises is my favorite that he does :)
nonstop until the moment it's naptime.
favorite movie - - MOANA.
turn moana on, and this boy is straight hooked!
:: first hair cut
:: first play in the snow
:: first walking holiday season
16-18 MONTH P H O T O D U M P!
