18 Months

Yikes! Can Carter really be that old already? I can hardly believe it! He had is doctor's appointment right on his 18 months. Here are his statistics:

• Weight 23lbs 5 oz - 25th percentile
• 31 3/4 inches long - just above 25th percentile
• Head of 19 1/4 inches - 75th percentile

The doctor said Carter is finally growing into his big head, proportionally wise. From the time the nurse had left and the doctor got in the room Carter had completely torn up the paper lining on the patient table. He had lots of fun doing that, looking in the mirror, and pointing to things saying "this." This was his first appointment he really put up a fight any time the nurse or doctor were trying to listen to him or lay him down to measure him. For those who don't know, Carter has pretty bad eczema from the waist down. Within the last couple months he has really started itching it. I was asking the Doctor what we could do for the itching and he said if it got too bad we could give him a little liquid zyrtec. Well a little later in the appointment Carter, still just in his diaper, began rubbing his bum against the chair like, like a bear. While he was sitting on the floor he also starting dragging his bum across the floor to scratch it. He does both of these fairly often at home. Dr. Moffitt just started chuckling and told us we needed to start him on zyrtec. A few times when I've seen him at work since then he'll bring it up, telling people the story of how my son was dragging his bum around on the floor. This was the first time they gave him some animal cookies when he was all done, which he really deserved because he did great during his shots. He was excited about the cookies and carried the bag, eating them the whole way home. Carter loves climbing in the Noah's Ark box to retrieve things he put down in there. Unfortunately the last time he climbed in it the box broke open. Carter loves shoes. He great at bringing our shoes to us, always bringing a matching pair. He also loves putting them on himself. This day he got a hold of some of my church shoes and had fun walking around in them Carter has discovered he can just barely up on his tip toes reach the door knobs. He can't open them but he pulls them shut. He loves doing that. We started calling him our "door police" because he'll go around closing all the doors that are open. Carter is getting so big. He is still mostly a very happy and easy going but busy boy. He can say many words now and surprises us all the time by suddenly repeating a word we've just said to him. Some of his favorite words are "Ace/Acey", "mom", "da-da", "thank-you", "sauce" (for applesauce), and "no". He really likes reading books still and loves playing games with mom and dad. He really likes ring-a-round the rosy. He'll start turning himself in circles and will sing "ashes ashes down." He is wearing some 12 month clothes still but a lot of 18 months, the pants are just a little to long and some are too big in the waist for him. He's in size 5 shoes. We sure love our big boy and are so happy to have his happy smiley spirit in our home.