Josh is 18 months

Josh turned 18 months recently. He is now 35 inches tall which was off the charts and 25 pounds 14 ounces which is 50th percentile. So he is a tall, skinny boy. He can go up and down the stairs all by himself, kick a ball, throw things overhand, walk backwards, and say about 10 words. But mostly he wants to do whatever Jake is doing. He loves it when he can go downstairs and play with Jake or wrestle with him on the floor. We find them laughing and playing a lot together. Josh did have his first time out though the other day when he was throwing a fit and throwing toys. He was so good to sit there until his 1 1/2 minutes were up. Josh decided that over Christmas break he no longer needed to take two naps. There were too many things going on and his morning nap just got missed. So we are down to one nap in the afternoon. It makes for a little bear just before lunch but then gets made up with a really long afternoon nap. We are currently trying to get rid of the pacifier. He is only suppose to have it in his bed at naps or night time and once in a while at church during Sacrament. He seems to find them all over the house and sneaks them into his mouth once in a while. Then we have to walk to his bed and put it in there. He has shown an interest lately in books and we spend lots of time reading and looking at pictures. One of his favorite things to do is give kisses and blow kisses good bye. It is so cute! He is getting so big and doing new things all the time. I can’t believe how fast the time has gone.