17 months

Yep every month this number grows right along with my boy.

What has Patrick been up to this month?

Talking, talking and more talking. Most of the time we don't have a clue what this kid is saying, but he continues to talk anyway. Some words are coming out pretty clear. Ball, Boat, All Done, Car, Truck, Bus, Kitty Ryan and I have begun just making up what we think he is saying. Kinda funny! yesterday he looked out the window and kept yelling a-boa! a-boa! We couldn't figure out what that was until we got outside and he ran towards a sprinkler yelling a-boa, a-boa! Who knew? He is so expressive when he talks to with lots of pointing and eye brow action. So fun.

Patrick is really good with utensils now. He'll use them for most of the meal and thinks it is fun to stab everything with a fork. Even applesauce. He prefers forks, but will use a spoon. He still resorts to his hands, but just when he is extra hungry and the utensils are taking too long.

We had to get Patrick tested for Whooping Cough this past week (cousin Luke had it), luckily it was negative, but he is left with a yucky cold. While at the Dr. we found out that he is up to 23lbs. He is really filling out lately and his 12-18mo pants and shirts are starting to creep up on him. He is wearing a mostly 4.5-5 shoe, but I suspect he may be out of those soon.

He still loves anything that isn't a toy, but the toys that do have wheels he is fan of. I found him a .99 plastic trike at the thrift store the other day and he has had a blast riding that up and down the sidewalk. He'll ride it down the driveway but then carries it back up. Very cute! (We did try out a really great bike at a friends house the other day, so if ever you see one on sale, give me a shout as I'd love to pick one up for Patrick for Christmas. Funny looking, but awesome! It's an Okiedog.)

We've had a great time traveling this month. Patrick did great in planes, cars and buses. He traveled a total of close to 90 hours in a little over a week with a 3 hour hike thrown in there. He was a real trooper. He did great sleeping in all the strange places too. In only a weekend he was in 3 hotel rooms! We were all glad to go but glad to be home as well.

I got a total of 3 photos of him before he ran out of the studio this week, and had to take them with his jammies on. It's the best we can do down there lately!