ethan @ 18 months

• 32.5 pounds; 35 inches
• lover & a fighter (he gives the sweetest hugs & kisses and the meanest hits & pushes... sometimes in the same minute!)
• don't even try to wipe his nose
• he loves bubbles, balls, balloons and being pushed in his tricycle
• his food vocabulary is expanding: "apple, apple sauce, cheese, cracker, milk, blueberry, waffle, more, etc..."
• he just started swim lessons and is a fan of blowing bubbles, jumping in, and climbing out but NOT floating on his back in 'airplane'
• he can jump (and actually get off the ground!)
• he won't sit still for a full book reading
• he tries to keep up with the big kids
• he closes his eyes when he doesn't want to look at me, or strangers for that matter (it's like his own version of 'creepy eyes'...)
• he says "hi" to any little kid he sees in public, as if they are all his friends
• his favorite places to go right now are: shopping at sprouts (because he gets a sucker), preschool to get Charlie (the parents are supposed to tap their kid on the shoulder as they wait patiently on the rug when they pick them up, but Ethan thinks that's his job), our 'joyful noises' music class, and the 'chick fil a' indoor playground... oh and Costco for the free snacks and because he gets to sit in the shopping cart next to Charlie
• he gives everyone in the family a kiss before bedtime