14 Months

Wade is 14 months old today. I feel like I have so much to post about because I did not do a 13 mo post. I did not even try to get a picture with a sign... he is just too busy these days. Wade is so much fun these days. He is talking up a storm and we have really seen his personality change more and more over the last few weeks. I hate to say I think he has gotten a little bit of an attitude over the last few weeks. He now knows what he wants to do and what he does not want to do. He has even started throwing a "fit" or two when I take something away that he is not supposed to have. All I can do is laugh and remind myself how fun the 2's are going to be! His newest thing is telling us "no" when he does not want to do something. For instance today I said: Wade its time to go... lets go and I hear "no" being yelled from his room where he was playing. I quietly laughed and then went right into his room and said we do not say that. I am really working hard to get him to say "no sir" or " no mam." Its not really working yet but hopefully once he gets a little older he will understand. He does the cutest thing though... when I tell him to say "no thank you" instead of "no" he will say no and then he will do thank you in sign language. At least that's a step in the right direction.

He is running everywhere these days and dancing up a storm. He will stop what he is doing and start dancing or bopping his head when he hears any music. He also likes to clap for people... especially if we are watching TV. He was clapping for Idol a couple of weeks ago and I almost died laughing two weeks ago when he was clapping for Oprah's makeover show. He has also started waiving to everyone he see's. He used to wave some to people but now it is all the time. I hate to say it already but he will wave and give a huge smile when he see's girls (pretty much of any age.) Last week he threw his favorite bunny in the toilet the night before we left for Mexico. While we were gone he learned to pick his nose, say boo while playing hide and seek, and say ouch. The bad thing about saying ouch is he will usually pinch me and then say ouch and laugh! Thanks dad for teaching him that one. His favorite things these days are: balls (still), balloons, school buses, big trucks, and lawnmowers. He gets so so excited if he see's any of these and can spot them a mile away. Last week we passed a balloon in the car and he started screaming! When we drove past it he held up his little hand like "where did it go?" Here are a few other things that he is up to.
-weighs around 22 lbs
-wears size 12-18 months and size 4 diapers
-wears size 5 wide shoe
-eats pretty much everything (veggies are still not a favorite), loves fruit the best
-takes two naps most days still
-sleeps 11-12 hours at night
-loves to be outside
-loves the pool
-loves to push the lawnmower and pick up peaches (from our peach tree) and sticky balls (gum balls) outside
-loves to read and will bring us book after book to read to him
-loves to blow kisses to everyone
-now has started wanting to dip food in ketchup and ranch dressing
-still cries when we drop him off at the gym or church
-loves to tickle us and be tickled
-plays hide and seek and screams "boo" when we see him
-is talking so much; he can say: hey, bye bye, boo, boobie (thanks to josh), no, yum, lawnmower, papaw, mommy, daddy, duck, bird, ball, dog, rock, stop, ouch, more, yellow, purple, school bus, wow, baba (sippy cup), pops, Dora, Diego, please( pssit), now (says that when we call Charlie- Josh says get in here now), milk, wa-wa (water), blueberry (b-berry).

Here is Wade clapping and dancing to his toy that sings. Its hard to tell he is dancing but he gets so excited when things play music or when he hears it on TV. We just love this wild child so much and can't believe he is already 14 months old!