~ 20 Months Old ~
Grayson is 20 months old. He is such a sweet little boy and changing everyday. The main difference from the previous month is how much he is talking. He is repeating every word we say and having conservations with himself in Grayson speak. He does a great job using the word "Thank You." Sometimes he says it for the other person, which is so cute. He is becoming more assertive with what he wants. His new thing is to take your hand and pull you over to where he wants you to go. He then pushes your hand down so you will sit with him. He loves doing this especially when he plays with his cars. I keep telling him to say sit down please and he will repeat it, but doesn't say it on his own yet.
We spent 5 nights at the Ohlanders house while they did repair work on our house from our flood. Allison was amazed at how much Grayson is talking and said he is advanced. Grayson had the best time hanging out with Cora, Elin and Gabe. He was so excited when he woke up each morning because he knew he got to play with them all day. He was still asking for Gabe days after we left. We are so thankful to have such amazing friends.
Grayson is 20 months old. He is such a sweet little boy and changing everyday. The main difference from the previous month is how much he is talking. He is repeating every word we say and having conservations with himself in Grayson speak. He does a great job using the word "Thank You." Sometimes he says it for the other person, which is so cute. He is becoming more assertive with what he wants. His new thing is to take your hand and pull you over to where he wants you to go. He then pushes your hand down so you will sit with him. He loves doing this especially when he plays with his cars. I keep telling him to say sit down please and he will repeat it, but doesn't say it on his own yet.
We spent 5 nights at the Ohlanders house while they did repair work on our house from our flood. Allison was amazed at how much Grayson is talking and said he is advanced. Grayson had the best time hanging out with Cora, Elin and Gabe. He was so excited when he woke up each morning because he knew he got to play with them all day. He was still asking for Gabe days after we left. We are so thankful to have such amazing friends.
New obsessions...
Playing with the toilet ~ He loves to throw pieces of toilet paper in the bowl and flush it over and over again. He did this when we were in Cancun and did it again when we stayed at a hotel (we had a flood and had to be out of our house for a week) and again at the Ohlander's house. He is not able to do it at our house because we have locks on our toilets. Thank goodness.
Playing in the car ~ He loves to go up to the front seats and beep the horn and play with whatever he can find. He hates going in his car seat because he has too much to do inside the car. This makes it very hard for mommy with my growing belly.
Climbing on the island chairs ~ our little monkey can now climb up on the chairs and get up on the island. He loves playing with the centerpiece because it has rocks around the candle.
New things...
Matching Game ~ He loves playing with his matching puzzle game. He can match up every single one of them and there must be 15-20 different things. He is so smart. I'm sure every parent says that, but from what I read he is definitely ahead of the game.
Counting ~ He has started counting, but skips right to 3. He loves to count things and tries to count, but we still need some work on 1, 2, 3.
Recognizing things ~ When we ask him where stuff is in his book he points to it or will say what it is when we point to the object. Some examples: Good Night Moon ~ he can point to and say the following things: fire, clock, toy house, kitten, mittens, bowl full of mush, comb, brush, moon, mouse, stars, and cow. Chicago Baby ~ he can point and say the following things: taxi, babies, bridges, balloons, boat, choo choo trains, pizza, ferris wheel, dinosaur, basketball, baseball, soccer ball, hockey ball (it's so cute how he says this so I don't correct him) and the bean (at Millennium Park).
First choo choo train ride ~ We met our friends from Bubbles, Jennifer and her daughter Charlotte and Lauren and her son Devin at the zoo. We all rode on the choo choo train and Grayson was so excited he squealed. It was his first time and he didn't want to get off so he threw a little tamper tantrum when it was over. We also went to the zoo with Daddy, Oma and Ethan and twice (small zoo in Wheaton and Brookfield Zoo) when we were visiting the Ohlanders. Grayson loves seeing all the animals at the zoo so we got a family pass to the Lincoln Park Zoo.
Visiting the Bean at Millennium Park ~ While we were homeless for a week we stayed at the Westin River North Hotel one night and the Sheraton Hotel one night in Chicago. Our nanny took Grayson to the Bean at Millennium Park and he loved it. He also had fun chasing the pigeons and walking around Chicago.
Eskimo kisses ~ He loves to give me eskimo kisses. (eckimo kisses in Grayson speak)
Playing with the toilet ~ He loves to throw pieces of toilet paper in the bowl and flush it over and over again. He did this when we were in Cancun and did it again when we stayed at a hotel (we had a flood and had to be out of our house for a week) and again at the Ohlander's house. He is not able to do it at our house because we have locks on our toilets. Thank goodness.
Playing in the car ~ He loves to go up to the front seats and beep the horn and play with whatever he can find. He hates going in his car seat because he has too much to do inside the car. This makes it very hard for mommy with my growing belly.
Climbing on the island chairs ~ our little monkey can now climb up on the chairs and get up on the island. He loves playing with the centerpiece because it has rocks around the candle.
New things...
Matching Game ~ He loves playing with his matching puzzle game. He can match up every single one of them and there must be 15-20 different things. He is so smart. I'm sure every parent says that, but from what I read he is definitely ahead of the game.
Counting ~ He has started counting, but skips right to 3. He loves to count things and tries to count, but we still need some work on 1, 2, 3.
Recognizing things ~ When we ask him where stuff is in his book he points to it or will say what it is when we point to the object. Some examples: Good Night Moon ~ he can point to and say the following things: fire, clock, toy house, kitten, mittens, bowl full of mush, comb, brush, moon, mouse, stars, and cow. Chicago Baby ~ he can point and say the following things: taxi, babies, bridges, balloons, boat, choo choo trains, pizza, ferris wheel, dinosaur, basketball, baseball, soccer ball, hockey ball (it's so cute how he says this so I don't correct him) and the bean (at Millennium Park).
First choo choo train ride ~ We met our friends from Bubbles, Jennifer and her daughter Charlotte and Lauren and her son Devin at the zoo. We all rode on the choo choo train and Grayson was so excited he squealed. It was his first time and he didn't want to get off so he threw a little tamper tantrum when it was over. We also went to the zoo with Daddy, Oma and Ethan and twice (small zoo in Wheaton and Brookfield Zoo) when we were visiting the Ohlanders. Grayson loves seeing all the animals at the zoo so we got a family pass to the Lincoln Park Zoo.
Visiting the Bean at Millennium Park ~ While we were homeless for a week we stayed at the Westin River North Hotel one night and the Sheraton Hotel one night in Chicago. Our nanny took Grayson to the Bean at Millennium Park and he loved it. He also had fun chasing the pigeons and walking around Chicago.
Eskimo kisses ~ He loves to give me eskimo kisses. (eckimo kisses in Grayson speak)
New words...
"That's okay" ~ Elin said sorry and his response was "that's okay". He said this all on his own and we were all shocked. Other new words...come here, come here mama, thank you mama, hold me, that way (he didn't want to go to bed and wanted to go outside of his room)
new Spanish words: no mas, uno mas, aquí, arriba
new Spanish words: no mas, uno mas, aquí, arriba
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