Grady- 19 months

Meet Grady the 19 month old (for 2 more days!).

Things I want to remember about Grady at this age:

Grady loves his lovies.  In an attempt to get him not so attached to his favorite one, I started encouraging two others.  Now he is obsessed with all three lovies.  Oh and for Grady, paci and lovie go together like peanut butter and jelly.

Grady loves balls.  His favorite way to play is by shooting hoops from inside the ottoman.  He also has a very good day when they are on his shirt.

Grady is tough to grocery shop with.  He yells for everything that he wants.  And he pretty much wants everything.  The aisles that are the toughest to go down are the cracker/cookie aisle and the produce section.  Seriously, the title of bossiest little boy who doesn't talk very much...goes to Grady :)

Grady loves to show his belly.  He is so cute when he does it.  He likes to flash his belly often at us.

In typical little brother fashion, Grady does whatever Layla does.  He also likes to play with every toy she plays with.  As you can imagine, this can mean a battle or two during the day.  But they are also very cute together.  They like to do a lot of running in circles together.

Grady loves electronics.  He enjoys a good iPhone, computer, t.v. on/off switch and remote.  BUT he will not watch any t.v.  He does not sit still long enough to be bothered with cartoons.  Layla really liked Barney at this age, but Grady is at full speed unless he is eating, sleeping or riding in the car.  Fitting in a shower can be interesting some days :)

Grady loves to brush his teeth.  As soon as I mention the word, he is on the stool passing Layla's toothbrush to her and grabbing his out of the drawer.

This past month, Grady has started understanding so much and he is even listening a tad better (we may even start storytime again!).  It is fun to watch him grow in this way.  Layla gets a kick out of it too.  We can tell him to go grab an item in the other room or throw away garbage and he will go toddling away to get the job done.  We are hoping more words come as his receptive language grows!

I love this age.  Round, cute and very silly.  But onto 20 months we must go!