Declan at 20 Months

Dear Declan: 1 year and 8 months

• You weigh 22.8 pounds 
• You are wearing 6-9 and 9-12 month pants, 18 month shirts, you finally are in size 4 diapers and 5 shoes.
• You have 16 teeth!! All of your canines finally popped thru!
• Your favorite foods are: Banana, blue berries, apples, grapes, oranges, string cheese, hamburger, chicken, ketchup, bread, Fettuccine Alfredo, yo baby yogurt, Veggie straws, Cheerios, french fries, crackers, cookies and anything that's on our plates.
• You sleep from 6:30/7:00pm-6:30am during the week and 1 nap from 12-2 sometimes until 2:30; on the weekends we are usually running errands and eating dinner late and visiting friends and family so you don't get to be until 7 or 8 but you usually sleep 11-15 hours and still take a 2 or 3 hour nap.
• You can say dada, momma, milk, more, nite nite, nana(banana), all done, no no, thank you, bubbles, down, duck, bye bye, ball, my ball, book, turtle, dog, cracker, cookie and Mickey. 
• You still love golf and play with all and any balls you can find.
• We have started to plan your 2nd birthday party! I can't believe its only a 4 short months away!! 

We went to this beach this past week and you had so much fun!! We took 3 days to get there and then 1.5 days to get home. We left late Thursday night after work and drove down to Benton where J's mom and family lives and then on Friday morning we took you to the splash pad to wear off some energy. We left for McGee, MS durning nap time and stayed the night there. Saturday we got up and headed to the beach! We meet up with the rest of the family and this year we had 18 people!! We went to the beach and pool on Sunday. Monday we found a park and splash pad. Tuesday we went to the pool. Wednesday we went back to the beach after nap time we went to the outlet mall and bowling. Thursday we went over to Pensacola and had lunch and then took you to the baby beach, it has really low tides and you were able to play in it more and not get swept away. Friday we went back to the beach for a few hours. We left Friday night about 630pm and drove overnight so you could sleep most of the way, we rolled into Benton at 3am. You did great! We bought an iPad holder that we put some movies on and it kept you entertained until it was time to go to sleep and you were not happy when I turned it off.  You are getting a lot more independent and it amazes me the difference from last year to this year. I can't wait for next year!

{20 MONTHS}

{saturday - nap time on the way home from little rock}

{friday night - start of the over night trip back to benton}

{friday - last day at the beach}

{friday - you slept until 1030 and yes you slept in a closet}

{thursday - road trip to pensacola baby beach}

{wednesday - at the beach and some bowling}

{tuesday night - hanging out at the 'hangout'}

{tuesday - heading to the pool}

{tuesday morning puzzles with uncle s}

{monday night - 4th of july}

{family picture}

{monday - fun at the park and splash pad}

{sunday after nap - heading to the pool}

{sunday - first day at the beach}

 {saturday - you loved being on the balcony and pointing up to airplanes}

{friday -  nap time on the drive to magee}

{friday morning  - splash pad in benton was so much fun}

{you got a sucker and have never been so happy}

{papaw came up to watch you for a few days}

{wedding time - you had so much fun dancing}

{you can 'bump fist'}

{fathers day swimming}

Happy 20 Month Birthday Baby Boy!

I'll love you forever

I'll like you for always,

As long as I'm living

My baby you'll be.

xoxo

ac