He's almost 17 months old now! Can you believe it??
Here's the rundown:
-He's already starting to have iron-willed independent bouts, and asserts his will at times by screaming. It would be cute if it wasn't so ear-piercing! :)
-He's super curious about everything!
-If you do something, like turn on a faucet, or the hose, or open something in front of him, he'll figure out how to do it and try to repeat the action. It doesn't always work out for him - he just isn't strong enough yet to do everything, but sheesh that kid is a smart cookie! When my sister and bro-in-law brought home a new car about a months ago, I sat Q in the driver's seat and he proceeded to sit on the edge of the seat, try to steer the car, shift the gears, open the windows and fiddle with the stereo. He watches EVERYTHING us adults do!
-He loves to play in water, but not in pools! He's a big scaredy chicken in a swimming pool!
-He copies my sister's mannerisms perfectly. She used to say "Ooh!" to show him something excited, and so he used to get excited about things and say "Oooh!" (it was really cute to watch his little mouth make the O), now he's graduated to a "Huh!" (Sucking in breath in surprise!) just like his mom is doing these days.
-He has a vocabulary, but likes to speak gibberish instead of using it. He chit chats all day long, saying very loud, very emphatic, very important things in some foreign language. The other day we determined he was speaking German. Then a few minutes later it was French. Maybe it's Kling-on?
-He runs and plays hard! He's got abs of steel and can pull himself up and onto things like a pro, and even get down now too without falling most of the time. He can reach the top of his parent's kitchen counters now and pull things off. Tall kid. (Dad is 6'8") He's always on the move!
-He likes to snuggle when he wakes up. I love to be at his house just as he's waking up from a nap. My sister is so awesome to share him with me on the days I'm able to come over. Q sits on my lap and just cuddles for a good 15 minutes or so. Then he's gotta go play.
-He loves Shaun the Sheep. It's a claymation TV show from the UK. There's not any dialogue and it's absolutely captivating. Funny even for adults.
-Kid's got rhythm. Seriously. He can boogie. And he LOVES music.
-When he gets tired he walks funny. Like a zombie. On purpose. It's hilarious. I caught it on video the other day:
He is such a cute zombie!!
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