21 months

Here we are....at 21 months.  I'm already starting to think about Hunter's 2nd birthday party.  Crazy.  "They grow up too fast" is just one of those cliche lines that you always hear from people when you're pregnant or have a newborn.  Kind of like "Your life is about to completely change" or "You'll never sleep again"...you just think "Yeah yeah yeah, I've heard it all".  But man, it really does go by too fast.  It's just not right!

One thing that I forgot to mention on my previous post and wanted to make sure I documented was something Hunter said on Christmas Eve.  We went to a candlelight service at church that evening.  Hunter hasn't really ever been around candles except for birthday parties, so when the candles were being lit he started saying "Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday" over and over....and quite loud I might add, which stands out a little while Silent Night is being softly sung. :)  So, it turned from just "Happy Birthday" to "Happy Birthday Andrew", "Happy Birthday Dada", "Happy Birthday Mama".  AJ told him that it was Jesus' birthday and to say Happy Birthday Jesus.  Which he did....repeatedly for almost the entire car ride home.  Regardless, it was pretty stinkin' cute and made me smile thinking about the sweet innocence of children and the true meaning of Christmas.

He's getting much better with his colors.  Everything used to be blue, but now he's saying the correct color of objects more and more - green apple, orange golf club (yes, he does have an orange golf club, he's not just making it up!! :) ), yellow school bus.  He also can correctly identify about 8-10 letters, depending on his mood.  Sometimes he'll get stuck in a rut and keep saying the previous letter over and over again so then we have to call it a day on practicing his letters. :)  He can somewhat count to 13.  I say somewhat because sometimes a couple of them get jumbled up in the middle, but he's doing a really great job.

He's moving right along with putting sentences together, even sometimes saying "I".  The other day he said "I push the door dada" (he LOVES to push doors closed and still loves pushing buttons), which is by far the best sentence he's said so far.  He also said "I want another" at dinner the other night.  Still, most of the time it's more like "Hunter jacket on", "Hunter drink", "Hunter sit", "Maggie eat pood (food)", "open it please" (his manners are still fantastic).  He's starting to get the hang of the fork and spoon more and more and claps for himself when he successfully gets the food on to the fork/spoon and into his mouth.  So cute!  He knows his last name is Johnson and says Hunter Johnson all together.  The other day he even caught the football from a short distance about 6-8 times in a row!  He's currently sleeping about 12-13 hours at night with an 1.5ish hour nap during the day.

He's such a sweet little boy and when he tells you he loves you out of the blue it just melts my heart!