18 months

Hawkins is 18 months old!

This age is by far the sweetest and hardest at the same time. Hawkins, you can make me pull my hair out with your whining and tugging at my legs, but then plant a big kiss and hug on me and melt my heart. You have learned to say "No" and you say it all the time - even when you mean yes. It is annoying and cute at the same time. You shake your head and say no at the same time like you really know what you are talking about. You know what you want and exactly when you want it. If you don't get it immediately a meltdown might occur. You are learning your manners and love to say "Dant you" (thank you) when I hand you something. Oh, and you LOVE trucks.Love.them.

-You can point to your nose, eyes, ears, mouth, teeth, hair, feet, toes, hand, and belly button

-You love to give kisses and hugs - even to strangers at the gym nursery

-You love to ride in the race car grocery cart at Publix.

-You are a little monkey who loves to climb - the stairs, onto chairs, whatever!

-You love to read and look at books.

-You look up at the sky when a bird or airplane flies over and point. You love to go outside at night and find the moon.

-You sleep from 7:30pm until around 7am and take one nap at 12:30pm usually for 2 hours.

-You wear 18 month or 24 month clothes and a size 5 diaper. You wear a size 5 or 6 shoe.

-You are the pickiest eater ever. You are very suspicious of everything. If it's not a waffle or a grilled cheese you are not even thinking about putting it in your mouth. You even rejected home made unhealthy delicious mac and cheese AND pizza.

- Your new love is orange juice.

-A new food you ate this month was fish sticks and you love them!

Your typical day:

-Breakfast: waffle, banana, yogurt, a pouch of fruit.

Lunch: grilled cheese, banana, pouch of fruit/veggie, puffs.

Dinner: chicken nuggets, pouch of veggie, yogurt, some other item like tator tots or a sweet potato

-For snacks you love apples, graham goldfish, PB or cheese mini ritz crackers, oreos or nilla wafers.

-You drink a sippy cup of whole milk in the morning, afternoon, and night and a 1/2 a cup at naptime.

-You still LOVE bath time and you LOVE your Daddy. I know little boys love their Daddies, but man you really love yours. You wake up asking for him and get so excited when you hear the door handle turning in the evenings when he gets home.

Hawkins, you are the sweetest little guy. You are testing your limits as a toddler, but you are also showing us how much you love and trust us. I love that. Thank you for letting us teach you new things every day.