20 Months Update

I cannot believe that my little guy is only four months away from being 2 years old. How did that happen? Where has the time gone? So what is my almost 2 year old up to these days. For starters, he is a smart little guy. He can identify all of the major colors, he knows his shapes, can count to 6 with help, of course and can draw pretty good circles. His vocabulary grows every day. He can often put three words together when describing certain things. For example, he says "big, mack truck" when he sees a transfer truck or "moo tow eat" when he sees a cow! Yes, we live a little out in the country so seeing cows is a daily treat for us. From what our friends and parents tell us, Mason is pretty smart for 20 months. We hope this continues and he will always be interested in learning!

This week's new words are "I sorry". He has apparantly learned that from day care which makes me wonder if he is often having to say he is sorry for something! Hmmm... At any rate, it is the cutest thing eVeR! The other morning I was watching and listening to him on the video monitor and he was playing with his stuffed pup pup! He poked the puppy in the eye and said, Ouch! I sorry then hugged the puppy tight. Can you say adorable?

We have to be much more careful of what we say around him because he is like a little sponge. The other day, we were in the car and car pulled out in front of us causing us to have to slam on brakes. Dawn blew the horn at them and they all put their hands out of the windows and flipped us off. I said, "rednecks". Mason immediately said "redneck". I laughed out loud and he said it again. We quickly got his attention with something else and he quit saying it! So far, he hasn't repeated it! Let's hope that one doesn't come back to bite us in the future!

Mason really enjoys looking at books and listening to us read to him. He identifies pretty much everything we ask him in the stories we read. He loves to color and "draw". He loves watching Sesame Street and his Elmo movies. We don't let him watch too much tv but when he does it is usually something relatively educational. Mason loves listening to music as well. With mine and Dawn's different taste in music, he is getting an exposure to a wide array of music! There is so much more that Mason is doing at 20 months but I know this is getting a bit long so I'll write more soon.

Until next time......