Clearly I can't keep a blog

Well if last month was long overdue, I think this one is passed that. Here you are a lovely 17 month old! You are clearly a genius, tying shoes, spelling words, counting to 86 and really good at persuasive essays. We have already started your college applications.

Actually, you are a smarty pants.

I can't get over your jump in speech. You had been parroting back every sound over the past few months. But now you clearly have a great vocabulary. You stick to 1-2 syllables (which is about where Josie is too) but you say everything flawlessly (at least 80% of the time). You label everything you see and know all your corresponding  animal sounds.

You have nearly all your teeth in at this point, not the three year old ones yet, but the... incisors? And you love brushing them.

You are great at climbing and running but still have a tiny bit of a toddle to your movement.

You have slimmed out a lot. You're tall, nearly as tall as Josie and you have a lot of thick short hair.

You are a snug 24 month top wearer.

You enjoy a good puppet show put on by your sister and anything daredevilish.

You LOVE food. You eat everything with the best of em. I spy a hot dog eating contest vocation in your future. You're still nursing but only for comfort and naps or bedtime now. Which is actually still a good chunk of the day I suppose.

You're down to one nap a day, but you need that nap.

You still love shoes ridiculously. I suppose you always will.

Peek a boo is still a super funny game. Especially if its Josie playing with you. You're better at finding at hide and seek than Josie is -- and sometimes you look at her blankly as if to say, Mommy is right there. 

You can count to three, though I'm sure you have no idea why.

And you know many,  many, many signs and the funny thing is while Josie has invented her own version of most of them, you do the majority of them correctly rather than like she does.

You come over so I can kiss your boo boos then run off.

You sulk when you don't get your way.

You still love music and dancing (of course). You've got some pretty funky moves too.

I will post at your 18th month check up how chunky you still are and your height percentages.

All in all you are a sweetie and amaze us daily.