18 Months

Month 18 was full of fun. Evan is now 34 inches and 28lbs. He remains in the 90th % for height and head and is now 70th for weight. He has a great appetite, he just rarely stops moving these days. He loves to be outside and knows all of our neighbors and likes to go knock on their doors if I don't catch him first - and he usually gets invited in. He enjoys "playing" football with dad and the neighborhood boys and playing with Bruce the dog across the street. His vocabulary is growing by the day. For example, I went to get him from his nap on Saturday and he was standing in his crib with just a shirt on smiling at me - no diaper in site - saying "pee pee, pee pee" .... yes, Evan pee pee...the sheets are changed. So yes, he has learned to remove his diaper and he loves to be free.
Christmas time has brought quite a bit of fun as we are surrounded by lawns full of lights and blow-up decorations and music - it's Griswald Jr everywhere we look. We go back outside after dinner each evening so he can walk through all the lights and touch everything.
He loves to dance and sing and throw everything he can. He has experienced Timeout a few times and does not like it - so far it's effective. He is becoming more and more insistant in his independence wanting to do everything himself. He loves his daddy and says "daddy" throughout the day and gets so excited when he hears the garage door in the evening knowing it means daddy is home.
This month also brought about Jeff finishing seminary - Evan and I are so proud of the graduate and can't wait to go to Cali in June to celebrate. I have some more pictures to share and will get those up soon. That's all for now.