Our little boy is growing up: Ashton is officially 18 months old today!
At his vaccination appointment last week he weighed in at almost 25lbs exact (50th percentile and a bit less than I would have guessed) and 88 inches long (98th percentile). Overall, he is doing really well.
This month some of the new words I can recall for Ashton include: "hand, wipe, love you, snack, cookie, man, oh-oh, dog, on/off.... ". He can basically repeat any basic word, and his vocabularly is becoming clearer and more defined every day. A funny thing: he has a unique name for his comfort items, which is exactly like his big sister! Neela called her beloved blankey a "na-na" and Ashton calls his special kitties "Ne-ans". No suprise, another of Ashton's fav things IS Neela...which is also calls "Ne-an". Interesting. No matter how often we ask Ashton to say "Kitty" or "NeeLA" , he only says "Ne-an". Hm.
He plays exceptionally well by himself; making up car games, pretending to cook and feed his beloved cats, playing music on his instruments so he can dance. He can hum a tune right after hearing it (just yesterday he saw a Spiderman commercial and started to hum the spiderman song....unprovoked by me!), he loves to dance, is learning how to jump, and has mastered feeding himself using a spoon as seen below.
Ashton is finally getting the last of his teeth (just four more to go), still naps during the day, loves to eat and adores his big sister! I personally think this age has been one of the best stages with him yet. He is more settled, can communicate a lot better and is certainly a load of fun! WE adore HIM!
