Ted is Sixteen Months Old

Ted’s sixteenth month was very busy, and involved seeing lots of people.  Ted’s a people person, though, so he was very happy about it.

Our northerner friends Jay and Erin stopped by our place for a visit.  They were traveling down the east coast and stopped by. We were glad to be part of their road trip!

We ate pancakes and visited the J-R store for some southern culture.  For those not around here, imagine a store not unlike Spags, but with way more Nascar and armed security guards at the entrance.

Then we drove on up to New England for a 4th of July week visit.  Ted got to see lots of family, and had a great time.

And then!  Auntie Christine surprised us with a quick visit here at the AfterVictory ranch!  Ted was very excited about this.

Ted’s key accomplishments this month:

• Looks at Kate, says “Mama.”  About freakin’ time.   His speaking vocabularly is now car, teeth, shoes, da-da, and sometimes fish.
• Can point to his own nose, your nose, his ears, your ears, his teeth, your teeth  and finally your chin and then his chin.  And he can also point to his toes and his belly.  And your belly.  But where are Ted’s knees?  He’s not really sure just yet.
• Can toss up some mean knucks (aka the fist-bump).  He also can raise a toast and clink glasses with you, although he says “Dah!” instead of “cheers.”
• Signs more than a dozen words now.  Eat, yes, more, drink, bird, book, dog, sleep, cat, butterfly, baby, ball, bear, “all done”, bath, cereal, fish, milk, mom, and sometimes dad.  Thank goodness he knows how to say “bear.”  I mean, you know, it might come up.  He could warn us.  Save us all from a bear.
• He can draw with crayons now.
• He runs.  Fast. He’s also very much into the water now.  Loves the beach, runs right into the water and loves the sand, too.
• He now eats at the dinner table with us (in a booster seat) and usually will have what we’re having (with some baby food, too).