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

Declan at 19 Months

Dear Declan: 1 year and 7 months

• You weigh 22.5 pounds 
• You are wearing 6-9 and 9-12 month pants, 18 month shirts, size 3 diapers (size 4 overnight), size 4 and 5 shoes.
• You have 14 teeth!! Your upper left and right canine finally popped thru.
• You've been sick again this past month, another ear infection and an upper respiratory infection and you've had a cough and runny nose this past week.
• 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 (we only let you have a couple) 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, you can finally say Mickey!!!!
• You have a mirror you can look at yourself when we are in my car.... you like to 'talk' and look at yourself. You also like to yell/scream/talk very loudly while in the car.... I have to tell you inside voice all the time!
• You LOVE ketchup! You like to dip everything you can in ketchup, even your fingers and hands and then lick it off. It's so gross but you are so funny!
• You want to big so bad! You love watching big kids play and you want to run and play with them but you're still so little!
• You can point to your nose, ears, and hair/head... we are working on eyes, mouth, and tummy...
• We are starting traveling almost every weekend summer. So far you've done great! Only a few meltdowns and you were just very tired or hungry or both. We fixed it asap!
• Branson, MO - Silver Dollar City
• We took you to Silver Dollar City Friday of Memorial Weekend and you got to ride 2 rides, play in the playhouse and sand table area. We also got to see the Willis Clan, you were so good during their performance!
• Tulsa, Ok - Hot Air Balloon Festival
• The line for cars to get into to park was at least 2 hours so we drove around and finally found a place across the interstate where we could see the balloons but not have to pay to get in or wait! You had fun playing in the gravel and throwing rocks.
• Dallas, Tx - Yearly visit to see family on your Nana's side
• We went down early to see your cousin's in Austin and you stayed in Dallas with your Papaw and Nana and Nana's family. You had so much fun with all your cousins! 
• Beton/Hot Springs - Magic Springs - Family Weekend for your Pepaw
• Pepaw's company has a family day at a park in Hot Springs every year, we rode a bunch of rides, played in the water, had lunch and listen to some music! 

{19 MONTHS}

 {magic springs - pool time}

{dallas  - pool time with papaw and cousins}

{your favorite things to do at daycare..... swing and draw on the sidewalk}

{reading to yourself}

{waiting to see some hot air balloons in tulsa}

{first rides at silver dollar city}

{dipping food in ketchup}

{loving the park and watching the workers changing the lights}

{making brownies with mooh}

{taking your own temp}

{really upset that they were mowing the field behind the park} 

{you have something on your head}

{mimi's birthday dinner}

{mimi's surprise birthday party}

Happy 19 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