Sentences

Conner has started saying complete sentences and I can understand him! Last week I was on the computer and he came over and put his finger on the power button. Then he said, "I am going to push." My mom and I both looked at each other and said, "Did he just say a complete sentence?" Then today he was playing with a ball on the couch and it fell on the floor. I asked Conner if he wanted me to get it. He turned around, started to get off of the couch and said, "I'm going to get it." After he picked up the ball he said, "I got it." Then about 10 minutes later he comes over to me and says, "I made a mess." I repeated, "You made a mess?" Then he pointed to the water that was on the kitchen floor. I gave him a napkin and he cleaned it up. It is amazing what 18 months olds are capable of.

It seems like no matter what Conner is doing, if he is inside our out, he will stop what he is doing whenever he hears an airplane or helicopter. He points up in the air and will say either airplane or helicopter. Not everything that he says is clear as a bell, but I can understand him. My mom and Steve can understand him as well. Most of the things he says are still one or two words but he can say those words very clearly. A lot of the time when he says a sentence you can only catch a couple of words. But it is so nice that he is talking more and more so I can understand him. I can't believe he starts nursery in two weeks!

A couple of weeks ago we went up to Silver Lake as a family. It was really nice.

Conner's Stories

Conner loves books! We "read" quite a few in a day. Some books we only make it a couple of pages before he picks out another one. We have managed to get through some books completely.

Conner has now helped unload the dishwasher, twice. He takes each dish out one at a time and hands it to me or Steve and then we finish putting it away. We tell him thank you every time he hands us a dish so he says thank you everyone time he gets a dish out.

Conner absolutely LOVES to wave to everyone. He waves at cars that pass by when we are out on the front lawn. The only problem is not that many people wave back. For the most part people just don't pay attention. I feel so bad for him when they don't wave because you can tell Conner's heart sinks a little. He doesn't give up either. He will wave to the same person even after they pass him. He keeps waving until he can't see them anymore. It is so cute! 

Today Conner would not stop asking for an apple but I didn't have any apples. So we went to the store and I pulled the shopping cart up to the apples and he got so excited. "APPLES!" He picked his out and carried it to the cashier. He was so proud of his apple.

We just bought Conner a tricycle. It is really neat because it not only has a push stick thing that comes out the back, I can steer the tricyle with it. So I don't have to bend over and kill my back. Conner loves it, he just can't reach the pedals quite yet. So, I do the steering and pushing. It even has a 3 point belt.

He still loves dolls.

Laying on the coffee table, watching tv. I thought it was funny how he crossed his legs.

Getting SO big!