18 Months

Bennett’s actually 19 months now, but with all the traveling we’ve been doing I didn’t have a chance to do an update, or to take “official” 18-month pictures of him until last week.

I’ve started keeping a little “Bennett journal” with milestones and funny things he does so I can remember. I wish I had started it when he was born, but oh well – better late than never, right? I won’t bore you with all the details, but we are enjoying watching him learn new words (or at least attempts at them), animal sounds (my current favorite is the fishy – no actual sounds, he just opens and closes his mouth), and body parts (“show me your muscles”, complete with a grunt, is the current favorite). One of his favorite things lately is helping Nate take off his shoes as soon as he walks in the door – he then takes his socks off, puts his socks inside his shoes, and puts the shoes under the piano. He laughs easily and is pretty fun to have around. I attempted to get some photos of him last week, but brought a couple balls to keep him from getting bored – maybe a mistake? He just wanted to play with the balls and wouldn’t look at me. We think he’s pretty cute anyway.

(that second one is blurry, but it gives you an idea of what I had to work with – and it makes him look like he’s running really fast! :)