17 Months

Dear Caydin,

Happy 17 months!! Don't worry, mama didn't forget... We all just got super busy with Christmas and family visiting. And sorry about not having a picture this month, mama sort of clicked a button on the old laptop and the screen went blue. Oops. And to top that off, Mama didn't save the last month of pictures to the external hardrive yet so we lost a lot of pictures. I'm sure you're wondering what an external hardrive is.... but don't worry... it's really not that important now that I DON'T have my pictures on it! Grandpa took the old laptop to Virginia with him to see if he could fix it and save our pictures.

Christmas was a few days ago, you had lots of fun playing with your new toys. You were amazed by all the packages under the christmas tree but for some reason you didn't want to unwrap the gifts yourself so you played with everyone else's christmas stuff until we got your stuff opened! You really liked the flashlights and mama's new scrapbook container!

At 17 months, you dance to any song you hear... it can be a commerical on the TV or a song that one of your toys does... you don't care.. you hear it and you stop to dance!

You are saying lots of new words... like car, truck, house, shoe, and go. Your new favorite thing to say is "choo-choo" and you say it anytime you see a train, car, or truck. If it has wheels, you think its a choo-choo. You point at everything and are following directions better. You like to help throw things away (even if the object doesn't belong in the trash... like my sock this morning).

You climb on EVERYTHING. Nuff said.

I love when you give hugs and kisses. You kissed everyone at Christmas, numerous times! I also love that you say bye-bye and wave at naptime and bedtime. Then you lay down and go right to sleep, as if you've been waiting for a nap for hours :) It's the best!

Love you little dude!

Mama