Month 22!

I've had this post half-done for a week now. Haha.

A few things about Samuel at 22 Months..

Talking: This has been the biggest thing this month. He's been talking a LOT of the last few months, but this month he really started putting sentences together. Some other (non-sentence) favorites are:

- Hiding behind our recliner, poking his head around and saying "Heh-Woh!!"

- Everything is cute. "Mommy, Cat cute. Blocks cute. Josh cute. Mommy cute!"

- He calls himself "Cecil" (which I find flippin' adorable!) So sometimes he tells me, "Mommy, Cecil cute."

- Anytime anything goes wrong: "Oh no! Oh my!"

- Sometimes randomly: "Oh, mommy. Oh, Cecil. " I guess that's how I sound to him. Haha. 

- "Owl owl! Hoo Hoo!" (All penguins and snowmen are "owls," so we've been seeing a lot of them now that people are decorating for Christmas!

- Here's an excerpt I wrote down of Samuel talking to himself in his crib one morning: "Bash? Noooo. haha! No No No. Teddy! Teddy! Night night Teddy! (Kissing noises). Happy happy happy! Nana! More? ::Monkey sounds:: Yeah! Yessss!"

So yeah. He still doesn't enunciate well, but talking to him is extra-fun now!

Music: I feel like this should be a category now because Samuel has definite opinions about what we listen to. He's been obsessed with the song "Happy" by Pharrell. He would BEG to hear it ALLL the time. I finally got my friend  Tara to burn it onto a CD for me and we listened to it constantly for about a week. Now he's changed his minds and he only wants to hear Veggie Tales. He calls the song "God is Bigger Than the Boogie Man" "Eyyyyes! Eyyyes!" So most bedtimes now involve singing that song multiple times. So far he is NOT a fan of Christmas music. We're going to make him come around though. ;-)

TV: Ugh. I have a love/hate thing with our television right now. It's the only time he will sit still, but he beggggs to watch "shows!" all the time. These days we're watching:
- Leap Frog's "Scout and Friends":Shapeville Park and Numberland
- Chuck the Dump Truck
- Cars: Mater's Tall Tales
- Any Thomas the Tank Engine
- Veggie Tales
- The occasional SuperWhy

Eating: He's getting really picky, but he acts like he's starving allll the time. He just only wants crackers and cereal. (Oh, so much cereal!). He *will* try most new things if you tell him it's a cookie or a doughnut. ;-) I've been pretty consistent about giving him what we eat, especially at night. If he eats it, cool, if not, he can be hungry. Mean? Perhaps. But hopefully he'll come back around soon enough. ;-)

The biggest problem is snacking, which I am super guilty of myself. I've made out a schedule this past week of when and what we should eat each day. I'm hoping maybe we can do a little better about getting all of our veggies/fruits in at appropriate times. We'll see!

Play: He's really gotten into playing ball this month and his Mega Blocks. Tractors, trucks, cars and trains are, as always, a huge hit! He likes putting some of his big cars on the ottoman and trying to "ride" them... Um, no, child. Not happening. And, of course, he climbs. He always climbs. :-)

A few other random things:

- He has his momma's allergies. His nose runs All. The. Time. Poor baby.

- Knows most of his shapes, all his letters, we're working on numbers and colors. Numbers usually go, "1, 2, 4, 6, 9!!" Haha.

- He surprisingly HATED the inflatables at the Y and our church trunk or treat on Halloween. Like, cried when we went in there. I was shocked considering what a daredevil he is! He did like the basketball game though.

- He (usually) loves bath time, and is obsessed with brushing his teeth.

- We had Samuel's first dentist visit a few weeks ago to check out his extra baby tooth. All was well, we don't have to have it removed, and he did AMAZING letting the dentist check him out!

- He finally started voluntarily giving hugs and kisses. I love it!

- He had his first Starbucks this month -  a Caramel Apple Spice. Probably a mistake, but it was kind of the cutest thing ever!

- He knows were the all the neighborhood playgrounds are, and gets *really* upset if we run/drive by one and don't stop. So that's fun.

- We got his school pictures back! And I paid way way way too much money for them. But I love them oh so much.

Oh! And we measured/weighed him recently too. From what we can tell he currently weighs 25 1/2 lbs and is 34 1/2" tall.

Here's a few other cute pics:

He loved this hat he made at preschool!

Our morning cuddle time - He lets me hold him while he watches a "show!!"

Annnd he's waking up from nap. :-) So thankful for my sweet 22 month old!!