Owen is 18-months old!

At your 18-month appointment, you were completely mesmerized with the salt water fish tank at

Dr. Fletcher's office.

• You weight a whopping __lbs, and are __inches long. Your daddy & I had to laugh at your percentiles though: You are only in the 10th percentile for weight, the 50th for length... and the 75th percentile for your head.  Ha!

• You may not talk that much, but you seem to understand a lot.  Your favorite word is probably "BYE!!!" as you yell it when we are leaving a place.
• You love animals and talk in a very gentle, high-pitched voice when you see a cat or dog.  You love going to the zoo or seeing animals at the farm.

• You are a great sleeper.  You go down fairly easy at night (you enjoy being rocked and held) and sleep soundly until the sun comes up in the morning.
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• You are a fairly adventurous eater. 
• You love fruit-- the other day at the grocery store you sampled watermelon (nobody in our family likes it) and I ended up buying a big chunk because you liked it so much... and you ate the whole thing. 
• You eat spicy-- salsa and creole.  I made a spicy shrimp pasta the other night (with jalapeños) and you kept slugging down milk & reaching for more.
• You don't love meat in general, but will tear up a Robinson's chopped beef BBQ sandwich.
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• Sorry for the potty picture, but this is a classic example of how you look when you eat. 
• Every time you eat, you rub your fingers through your hair.  You take a bite with your fingers (sometimes holding a spoon in the other) and then immediately play with/stroke your hair.  By the end of the day we can see everything you've eaten all day.  Peanut butter, watermelon, cheese, banana... it's all up there. 


• We wash your hair every night, but there is always food texture in your lovely locks.

• If there is a dirty spot in the vicinity, you will find it... fall in it... or wipe dirt all over your shirt. No exceptions.
• We're not being pushy, but you've woken up with a dry diaper on several occasions.  I've set you on the potty and have given you snacks and you eventually pee.  Hoping you'll make the connection before your 2nd birthday.

• You love being outside. Even when it’s 100°F, you cry when we come inside and shut the door.  
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• Grandpa Cook's corn field

• No fear.  You climb things and aren't ever afraid.  (This causes your mom to have small heart attacks.)

 

 Photo bombing Luke & Kaden's picture