18 months old..

Saturday Ian turned 18 months old. He has been going to nursery with us since August since we are the teachers, but he is officially old enough now. Ian is full of energy. This kid can run, run, run at 100 mph and never get tired. My favorite is when Matthew gets home. He could be so grumpy and once dad walks in the door he changes instantly. He dances around, wants Matthew to play, and runs around the house screaming. He screams when he is excited, and I mean really screams loud. He sure is good at throwing fits lately, but we still love him in all his glory. The other day I was gone, and called to tell Matthew I was on my way home. Ian loves talking on the phone so I got to talk to him too. It totally sounded like he said "I love you mama." It was so sweet. We were so excited today when he had his well child check up that the fluid in his ears was all cleared up. He has had fluid in them for the last few months, so no tubes yet. We will see how the winter goes with getting colds. We will cross our fingers.
  Some things Ian is up to are:
- loves coloring
- loves reading books
- loves going to swimming lessons, and his favorite part is jumping off the side of the pool
-singing songs
-loves to eat
-jabbers and jabbers all day long. He walks around the house singing and it sounds like he is counting sometimes.
-loves mickey mouse still
-loves playing with cars and the toy car garage at nursery ( I am so excited to give him the one we got him for Christmas)
-makes animal noises all the time
-while we are driving in the car I will talk to him, and tell him where we are going, and he will say "mom, um um mom". I say "what Ian?" and he repeats "mom, um um mom." It's so cute.
-He is seriously the biggest climber. He climbs on anything and everything. Everyday I wonder if we are going to have to go to the ER for breaking some part of his body.
We sure do love our little ball of energy. We sure are happy you came to our family, and we can't wait to see what you learn next. Love you bunches Ian boy.

18 month stats:

Height: 33": 70%

Weight: 25.5 pounds: 45%

Head: 19.5": 85%

 



The other night I came home from the store, and I found Matthew and Ian with these hats on. It was so funny :)