18 Months- The Monkey

THE MONKEY aka- Vander

We signed Vander up for tumbling classes about 4 weeks ago... The classes are AMAZING. They have worked wonders on his social skills and confidence, but one thing that it has also done is turned him into a climbing, exploring, daring MONKEY. His favorite thing to do these days is hang on the bar of the oven and pull his legs up.. Which then results in the oven door opening and him landing flat on his head. (An oven lock is on the shopping list today)....
Aside from him being a monkey, this has been the most fun and entertaining month of his developement yet. He learns new words everyday and can talk your ear off. Most of what he says you cannot understand, but he certainly knows exactly what hes saying..

Heres what hes up to at 18 months..
-His current obsession is Horses- He is almost always carrying a horse around the house with him. (Or shoving them in toilets)
-He loves his sister and checks on her first thing every morning
-He is a tornado. He literally just walks around the house destroying it.
-He LOVES when anyone comes to the door. But usually the first word he screams when he hears a knock at the door is "KAKA" which is Vander language for his Aunt Jessica. She is the light of his life right now ;)
-His new favorite word is "NO!" and while it hasn't yet been directed towards mom and dad.. I'm sure that is VERY soon to follow. He tells the doggies no, sissy no, the door no, his horseys no...
-He loves to count the stairs going up and down, but his favorite number is 9... which is the last step and he loves to shout it
-He could sit and listen to animal sounds on the iphone, ipad, or anything for that matter ALL DAY LONG. He loves animal sounds and knows every common animal now
-When we go anywhere hes constantly making the sounds of the animals he sees, in logos, signs, anything.
-He likes to help do anything- If you ask him to help he gets giddy with excitement and will help the best way he knows how
-He adores songs. Mainly Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Head Shoulders Knees and Toes, and Old MacDonald. We sing Twinkle Twinkle every night at bedtime and he just grins from ear to ear
-He has a wicked baseball swing already. Daddy is proud.
-He gets SO excited at the site of a ball (of any shape/size) and bubbles
-He has become very independant and usually will play by himself for hours
-He likes to line up his bin of animals in a PERFECT row
-He still eats just about anything you put in front of him
-Sleeps from 8pm-8:30

An overall AMAZING, cute, happy, helpful little boy!!!