He's talking. And talking. And talking. He uses multiple word sentences. He tells stories. He tries to sing songs - My favorite is "keen up da body" (clean up everybody).
He is *obsessed* with trains. It goes beyond anything sane or normal. He really loves the die-cast Thomas trains (take-alongs, I think). He's borrowed Ryanne's case for them on a semi-permanent basis because his collection now outnumbers hers. He takes that train everywhere. Literally. He will sit and play with them for a seemingly irrational amount of time. He seeks out the aisle of Thomas at Target. He wanders from box to box just oohing and ahhing over them. If we walk by a display of them, he has to stop and look. He's learning the names of them - thomas, puhssy (Percy), duntin (Duncan), dohdon (Gordon) - and doesn't get them mixed up.
He's doing gymnastics once a week. His favorite things are the trampoline and the rope that he can swing on. He loves running down the trampoline and has amazing balance. The rope swing is a thrill. He knows the difference between "Ry-yah nastics and Towin nastics."
He still loves helicopters and planes. He'll point out just about every airplane that flies by the house or the car. He even recognizes the "wowd" of them flying overhead when he can't see them.
Speaking of things loud, we've entered the non-loud phase. Hand dryers, vacuum cleaners, inflatable jumpers, yelling - he doesn't like it. He'll cover his ears and whine.
He's still nursing quite a bit, but it has cut back since his 18 month appointment. He's down to 3-4 times a day, I'd guess. It's much more tolerable for me. He's a very squirmy nurser, though.
He's still in 2T clothes. Some of them need a belt to keep them up because the little guy has no hips and still has his baby belly. At this point, we're outgrowing things by height and not weight. Hopefully he's still gaining enough for the ped to leave me alone, though.
He loves to eat - especially lightly cooked vegetables. He'll seek out the peas and carrots in fried rice. It's less of a struggle to get protein into him (especially beans), but he's not much for fruit.
Now, if he just slept through the night, life would be so much easier...
