twenty-one months

my wild child is still growing. still having fun. and still loving life. "twenty-one months" tidbits:

he works out! hah, but seriously, he really does. almost every night he will begin to run. for no reason that i can particularly uncover, except that he likes it. he runs back and forth from the front door to the fireplace over and over and over again.

loves bath time. he's constantly getting in the tub and turning on the water...still fully clothed.

if something is dark and small--like a piece of chocolate--he will ask me, "Choc?" (and then a sort of guttural sound meaning "-olate.") rocks, headphones...if it looks like chocolate then he wants it bad. he gets sad over pictures of chocolate too. he tries to grab them and pretend to eat them and when that obviously doesn't work out he says, "ohhhhh." so sad. but don't feel too sad, he eats thin mints daily.

j is loving puzzles. his favorite--go figure--is a Toy Story one.

he's a bow tie kind of guy. he insists on wearing one throughout the day. it's uber stylish with monkey pjs.

he's binky free!

still a bit of a neat-clean-freak. he likes brushing his teeth, rubbing lotion on his face and putting bubbles on his face to "shave" like daddy. he gets very concerned over messy hands and spills and if he makes a mess he'll yell very worriedly, "SPILL!"

new found love for trampolines.

and my all-time favorite j tidbit: he likes me to nibble his ears. it's hilarious. but he is dead serious about it, which makes me laugh even harder. as he falls asleep, he'll rub his ears over my face...for like ten minutes. sometimes he'll wrap both my arms around him and chicken peck kiss my arm over and over. i try so hard not to laugh and disturb his "going to bed" ritual but it is so funny and cute! and i love that he loves me so much! i usually get all the kisses but j always wants scott to hold him and rock him. it's precious.

happy 21 months mister!