Dear Banks,
Twenty months old on Friday.... these days are flying by! When I pick you up from your crib in the mornings, your long legs dangling, I'm reminded that every day you are less a baby and more a little boy. But, I'll baby you as long as I can.... I still rock you like a baby every night, as you say "Rock, rock mommy."
What are you doing at 20 months? A LOT!
- You are putting together sentences, 2 and 3 words. I love that I'm starting to hear your thoughts out loud. Yesterday you said "Dog kiss mommy" as you brought your dog to kiss me.
- You really love to dance still, but now you actually dance a little to the rhythm of the music!
- In the car, you want to sing with your duck puppet. You yell "SING! Song."
- You love a "
foofball!"
- You still love to tickle daddy.
- You understand possessives. You like to show me "Mommy's eyes.
Banks's eyes."
- You love
Kindermusik. Especially the "
wishy washy wee!" song!
- You ask for your friends by name, and we can talk about them.
- You really remember things that happen, and we talk about them later. Today, we were able to talk about last night's football game and the friends we saw.
- You know and your remember all of your extended family, and it's a lot of fun to flip through pictures with you naming everyone!
- You like to pretend to "pat" our backs to put us to sleep. You "pat" your dog and put him night-night too. It's the first of the "pretend play" we've really seen, and it's so sweet! I love pretending! This week you also pretended to be asleep in your crib when I came to get you. You said "Mommy, asleep!" And he rolled over and closed his eyes, then peeked to make sure I was watching!
- You're really into feeding yourself, and you make a MESS!
We love you sweet, sweet baby! You make us so happy!
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
They played tons of music and Banks broke it down on the dance floor. This is some kind of song about "swimming" in case you couldn't tell!
"He did it!" Banks with his buddy John Thomas!
Banks loves Nostalia! When I ask him who his friends are at school, he says " 'Stalia and Daddy!" Looks here like Nostalia might be loving Banks too!
Oh no!! Time to go home!
Some kids really underestimate the need for safety. Truth is, you just never know what can happen when you're living on the edge.
I mean, just look here! You could fall on concrete! Good thing I'm wearing a helmet.
You're paying attention, right? Because this is serious stuff.
Cutting the grass is dangerous! I always wear my helmet when I cut the grass. My daddy is real into safety. He says his friend Bill is the safety guy at work, and he wouldn't want Bill to think that safety ended there. We practice safety at home too!
Definitely. You can never be too safe.
Dog will go in the car with you. He doesn't need much room. Your lap is fine.
Dogs can help cut the grass. They're helpful like that.
I just downloaded this picture, and even though it's from 2 weeks ago - I thought it deserved a post! This is Beth and I at the Clemson - Middle Tennessee St. game! Beth and I go all the way back to Holmes Hall at Clemson as freshmen. Met her my first weekend there! I do love her! Great seeing you, Beth!
Check out all those cuties decked out in their Georgia Southern gear!
What a sweet family!
- You love a "foofball!"
...running in the bubbles with Bailey the dog...
...helping Yaya pay a few bills at the computer...
... and cheering on the Tigers in "foofball."
I know - not my best picture, but really... if I don't document myself in his life somehow I will NEVER be documented! Somehow Jonathan refuses to take responsibility for the camera. Ever. (Love you babe!)
Run, Banks, run!! Hurry! Sweet little toddle-run!
Behold! My first watermelon! It only took 4 months to grow this tiny melon! Banks and Jonathan cut right into it in the drive way and promptly polished the whole thing off.
