Nixon - Eighteen Months

Our little buddy is eighteen months old!  He is in such a fun stage right now and while he certainly keeps us on our toes, we're loving every second of it.

His latest acquired skill is climbing onto chairs (and subsequently tables and counters), and fairly often I'll turn around to find this...

His favorite place to be is standing at the kitchen counter and I love that he wants to help and be in the middle of all the action.  I usually give him a bunch of spoons, spatulas, and other random kitchen utensils and judging by his mixing skills, it shouldn't be too much longer before I can actually put him to work.

He's not saying very many conversational words yet (aside from "wow," which he says many, many times a day) but he can tell you what a kitty, dinosaur, sheep, and snake say.  Pretty much any four-legged animal is considered a kitty and will elicit an enthusiastic "meow!" Squirrel, dog, he's not picky.

Favorite foods: berries, carrots, grapes, tomatoes, cottage cheese, peanut butter toast, and pickles

Least favorite foods: zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli, and eggs.

Favorite things to do: play outside, go to the park, help me vacuum, read books (he finally sits still long enough to actually read!), wrestle with Daddy, pull ALL his toys out without actually playing with them, and turn lights on and off.

A Hike

Hi everyone! We're back from a busy, fun-filled holiday weekend spent in South Carolina. We finally got the chance to reconnect with some friends from Italy and it was a wonderful couple days of catching up and relaxing. Nixon loved hanging out with Aunt Jessica and Uncle Ralphie and even warmed up to Darby the dog despite her enthusiastic face licks. The weekend was so fun, in fact, that I didn't manage to take a single picture, so you'll all have to imagine the cuteness that was Nixon running around in American flag swim trunks.

So, in lieu of sharing Fourth of July photos, I'll share some photos of a quick hike we did a couple weeks ago.

Aquarium

A couple weeks ago, we took a quick getaway down to Wilmington.  Nixon has loved looking at all the fish tanks we've randomly come across, so we figured the aquarium would be a big hit.  And sure enough, he loved it.  Part of his excitement may have been due to being able to run free after a couple hours in the car, but whatever the case may be, he had a blast running from exhibit to exhibit and pointing at everything he saw.