19 Months!

Holy Cow does time ever fly!!! 19 months ago today, we met our sweet little boy!  Every day he amazes us even more!  Brad and I say every day how lucky we are to have him, and we ask how we got such a good, sweet, smart kid!

Koleton's favorite color is orange! How do we know that? It all started with an orange wooden block. He started carrying it around with him everywhere. He even took it to bed with him and had it tight in his fist when he woke up in the middle of the night and again in the morning!  We thought, "hmmm ok well he sure likes that orange block!" Then he had another orange block (the first was in the diaper bag). This means he went to his box of blocks (all different colors and shapes) and pulled another one out!  The same thing, he held onto it like it was gold!  The next day he had an orange triangle block. He will choose the orange block (any shape) over his hot wheels (his other favorite) some days! This has been going on for a couple of weeks now, and he has yet to pull a different color block out of the bin! Hence, his favorite color is orange :)

CARS!!! Oh boy, oh boy, does my boy ever love cars! He has a Lightning McQueen car that is pretty big that he just LOVES! He even put it to bed on a blanket next to his crib the other night ;)  And Hot Wheels are another favorite, but he is picky about which ones! He definitely has his favorites! lol

Koleton still loves his tv and movies, though we are trying to cut down the "fun" shows/movies and keep educational stuff on.  PBS runs all morning, though he doesn't just sit and watch tv all day. I figure I'd rather he be learning than just getting addicted to tv!  His favorite movies are Cars and Bolt (yes, still Bolt haha).  He LOVES watching Super Why, Dinosaur Train, Sesame Street (mostly Elmo, curses!!!!) and Sid the Science Kid.  He is doing really well without the "junk" tv and I'm happy he is learning and playing, using his imagination more than just staring at the tv :)

So, I am a Goodwill junkie, as most of you know already! I found Koleton a big slide a while back (normally retails for $90 and I got it for $9).  It was outside so he didn't play with it too often.  I cleaned it up recently and brought it in the house hoping that our little observer/thinker would get a little more adventurous (he doesn't climb the play equipment at the mall etc). Well sure as heck, he did! He is PRO at climbing up the ladder, sitting at the top of the slide, and going down now!  He tries climbing up the slide part, too, and gets to the top, but can't sit, so he ends up sliding down on his tummy :)

We took Koleton to his 18 month doctor's appointment a couple weeks ago and he was 24.5lbs and 31.5" tall!  He is still in the 25th percentile for both height and weight, but is perfectly healthy!  His head is still huge (we are sure it is because he is a genius ;) ) but his doctor said it should stop growing now that his soft spot is all closed up! I just thought it was funny that she said that... as in "Geez, his head is HUGE compared to the rest of him, but hopefully it stops growing now!!!" haha He is fitting and growing out of size 18 month clothes now.  Some shirts he has go up to 2t, but pants are still 18 months in the waist though they are getting a little short now!  He is in size 4 diapers and I bet it won't be too long before he grows out of those too!

Koleton's best friend is... himself! haha I hear him talking all the time in our bedroom so I go see what he is up to, and there he is, talking to his "best friend" in the mirror lol He LOVES himself, that is for sure!  Just ask him who that handsome boy in the mirror is and he will SMILE so big and laugh :)  He is the sweetest kid, really! He loves on stuffed animals all the time, hugs and kisses them :) And he LOVES our animals! All of them! He goes up to them all sweet, high pitched voice and pets them.  He loves our cat the most though (probably because she is inside all the time and the dogs are outside/inside). He will chase her around and around the house until she gets tired of him, and then he keeps going lol His forehead met her claw yesterday :( She is going in to get those darned claws removed soon! Maybe once they are gone, a bat in the head will clue him in the the fact that the cat doesn't want to play anymore!

I couldn't say exactly what his favorite food is right now cause it changes all the time!  French fries, I suppose would be his favorite, but what parent wants to admit that?!?! ;)  I suppose I would have to say Mexican food is his favorite! He loves bean burritos, beans, rice, spicy food (not TOO spicy of course). He gobbled down the chicken enchilada soup I made, as well as tacos and spanish rice!  He is most definitely my kid! ;)

I almost forgot! Koleton is talking :) It is still mostly in Koleton-ese, but there are real words interlaced in there!   He waves his hand and says "hhhhaaaaa" for hot (at the stove), says cat, dog, go go, lets go, yeah, no, car, dada, mama, "where'dhego", "where'ddaddygo", all done (aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa lol). He also signs more, please, all done, milk, eat, and smart. He even combines those and will sign "more, please" or "eat more". He is just so stinkin' smart! We sign the alphabet when we sing the ABC's, though that may take a while to learn since it is so finger dependent, but I'm sure he will get it one day :)

That is pretty much Koleton these days!  Hopefully blog hiatus is over and I will update AT LEAST once a month on his "birthday".