Hard to believe, but Landon is nearly 18 months old. A year and a half. 6 months away from being 2. I can't tell you where these past few months have gone. I feel like we just started this year and it's almost halfway over. Everyone tells you how fast things will go, but you can't fully understand until it is flying past you. Landon is growing up fast, literally. I feel like he's grown several inches in the past few months. His legs are much longer and so is his torso area. He's becoming much more of a handful to hold, that's for sure. And he's heavier. At least he feels like it. I need to weigh him on our scale. I'm guessing he's in the 26-27 lb range.
It's hard to saw what new things he is doing since I don't recall everything I wrote about during his last update. So, I'll just tell you things he is doing right now. He LOVES to play outside – so much so that he'll throw a fit if he can't go outside when he wants to. We're trying to work on that… trying. He loves to run outside and chase Patty (Mike and Debra's dog) or push his wagon around the yard. He also likes to play on the playground nearby and slide down the slides or play in the sand. He loves dirt.
He's moving around really well now. He runs much faster than he used too. Landon is also climbing on the couches like crazy. He's constantly up and down. We tried to keep him from doing it as much, but we failed. Instead, we try to make him sit on the couch properly, and it seems to be working so far. He still will stand up and try to run back and forth, though. When he's not on the couch, he's likely on the floor playing with his trucks. He has several that he likes and he usually them all over the place. If it's not trucks, it's books. He has them all over the place too. The kid loves to read.
Landon is starting to learn and recognize more things. We're able to teach him more things like putting something back where he got it or pointing all the features of a face. If you tell him to shut the door, he'll do it, even if he's playing with something inside (like the pantry). Landon also enjoys throwing a ball with you and if you tell him who to throw it to, he'll try to throw it to them. Things like that. He's more resourceful too. If he can't climb the couch, he'll push something over so he can use it as a step. I know, scary. He knows more people, animals, and commands. If you tell him to dance or shake a cup, he'll do it. Landon is getting good with animals. He isn't saying a lot, but he'll point at what you ask. For example, the other day we were reading "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" and I had the book closed. I told him to find the green frog, and he turned to the page and pointed to it. He did it for a few other animals in the book. Landon's favorite animals are probably cows, although he also loves dogs and horses. He'll point them out on books, TV, or is we see one while we are out. We're trying to get him to say the noises each animal makes, but right now he's just saying "ruff ruff" for a dog.
One thing Landon has definitely improved with is eating. Just today he had rice for the first time and he ate it up. It was fried rice from a Japanese place. We didn't think he would eat it, but he loved it. He also ate a few pieces of broccoli and carrots along with some grilled chicken. It was a surprisingly good meal for him. His absolute favorite food at the moment is goldfish crackers. The boy could live on those is we gave him the choice. Some of his other favorite foods are French fries, grilled cheese, pizza, ravioli, chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, eggs, cereal, cookies (pretty much any kind), cake, brownies, ice cream, and any form of bread.
I could go on and on with what he is doing. I'm leaving a BUNCH of things out, but if I put everything in that has crossed my mind this post would be 10,000 words. Since this post it already long enough, I took a lot out. Apologies if it sounds choppy, but you made it this far so it must have made some sense – either that or you're waiting for me to say when I'm going to post more pictures. We did order a new camera that we are excited about, but we don't have it yet. Hopefully next week.
Let me know if you have any questions about anything. I appreciate the comments.
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