We wandered over to Kirkland and visited Big Finn Hill Park. We did a little walk through the forest area, but it wasn’t quite the hike we expected. However, there was a big playground and grassy area, so we spent some time there and Edward had a blast!
The Hike:
The Playarea:
In December, we went back down to San Diego for another sisters wedding. While we were down there, Edward got to spend a good portion of his time with his cousin Hazel. He loved following her and doing things that she did. He learned a lot of new things…. some good, some bad. 🙂 All in all though, he had a blast!
I know I am a few months behind. Edward has been growing and doing things in leaps and bounds. He is now speaking a bunch. I actually don’t want to try to figure them all out because then he finds some new ones. He is running around and is completely in love with all sports balls. Basketball, Football and Soccer are his favs. He is jumping and able to get both feet off the ground and then land without falling over. His taste buds are starting to show themselves. I don’t know exactly what we did, but there have been many meals in the last few weeks where we offer him a pasta or pizza or something and all he wants is raw bell pepper strips. He LOVES his veggies. Granted, he also loves his chocolate. 😛
Edward has started showing an interest in potty training. We are at about 60-70% trained on going poop in the potty, but that’s about it. He tells us when he has to go and then we go spend some time on the toilet. We are letting him go at his own pace. It is nice that I am only changing about 3-4 poopy diapers a week.
Edward has also decided that he didn’t want to sleep in his crib anymore. So we transitioned his crib to a toddler bed. That lasted all of like 2 weeks before he wasn’t even sleeping in that. So we went ahead and searched craigslist and found a boat bed for free. Edward loves it! He spends a lot of time jumping on his bed, but he stays in his room.
First SoCal rainstorm and First In-N-Out Burger
Edward has his first visit with Santa this year! Last year we didn’t really do very much Christmas stuff since we spent a good portion of the month down in Southern California. This year, we went through the Lynnwood mall back at the beginning of November, and Darrell saw the Santa that was there for photos. He mentioned that it would be great to get a photo, so last week, we got Edward dressed up and took him down to see Santa. He is a little shy around strangers and doesn’t smile unless someone he knows is taking the photo (all of our photos show this), so Edward isn’t smiling, but we got a family photo.
This little cheese ball is 18 months now! Time sure flies! At his 18 month appointment, he was 30#3oz and 34.5″ tall. Doc says that he is doing great.
Playtime: Still loves the balls, balloons, necklaces and glasses. His new obsession is the toy trucks and cars we have for him. He has actually been pulling those out first in the morning. He has gotten better and helps me pick up all of his toys at night. He does about 33% of them before starting to want to pull them out again, so then I just finish up. He still loves to have books read to him.
Sleep: Sleep went haywire this month. He cut all 4 of his canine teeth, so he wasn’t sleeping very well. He would wake up between 3-5am and then take an hour to go back to sleep. It took us a week to figure out what was up. We ended up putting a nightlight in his room so he didn’t wake up to pitch black. That didn’t work. Then we ultimately ended up transitioning him to the toddler bed. Now when he wakes up, he just gets up and comes into our room and our bed. For a couple nights, he was joining us around 5-6am. Now he doesn’t come in until around 8:30. He doesn’t always stay in his bed and usually ends up on the spare twin bed we have in there, but he does stay in his room.
Food: Still slightly picky, but will eat if we spoonfeed him. He has started to figure out how to use the fork and spoon, so he isn’t getting quite as messy as he was before. He hates to be cleaned up afterwards, but hopefully that is just a phase.
Teething:Â He has cut all 4 canines. All that is left is his 2-year molars. He had his first dentist appointment this month. He front two teeth are a little tight, but other than that, he is good. He LOVES to brush his teeth. He gets out of the bath at night and runs straight to our bathroom so he can brush his teeth.
Clothes: 24 month and 2T. The 2T pants need to be rolled up a little bit, but they fit at the waist.
Movement: He runs around the house, climbs up whatever he can, attempts to jump on the floor. He succeeds in jumping on the bed (thanks daddy).
Potty Training: Edward is starting to show an interest in the potty. We bought him a small one and he enjoys sitting on it while Mommy or Daddy are going potty. He has a tell when he goes poop, so we are trying to catch him to help with that. So far, we have had three successful catches before pooping in the diaper.
