18 month Tigger!

The wonderful thing about Tigger, is Tigger's a wonderful thing. His tops are made of bottoms his bottoms are made of springs.They're bouncy trouncy, flouncy, pouncy, fun fun fun fun. The wonderful thing about Tigger is I'm the only one!





We actually have several Tigger's at our house... "Stinky Tig' ", "Big Tigger", and "Jackson Tigger" and "all the other Tiggers we have tried to get him to attach himself to".


I love having an 18 month old "baby". What busy busy life he has getting into everything! He is great about throwing things away in the trash (both trash items and non trash items), he likes to help me sweep and mop, he constantly signs more when he sees buses, trucks, airplanes, and dogs. When he looks around and can't find anything he wants by default he points to the door and wants to go outside no matter how cold or dark it may be. If he doesn't see any keys on the table he will reach for Adam's pocket to see if there are any keys in there--he loves to try open everything with keys whether it needs a key or not. His sweet little walk still looks like a waddle as he runs when he moves he hands back and forth as he goes as fast as he can. There are lots of bonks and bruises to his head but he seems to recover quickly. His vocabulary is growing everyday. It is fun to see him put words to the signs he has been doing for months like boat and horse. Our favorite word he says right now is "battery". It's hilarious. He knows which toys need batteries and looks at the bottom of the toy and points. Today he did that with his Shake 'n Go car that Aunt Julie and Uncle David gave him for his birthday and said "ba-ery" while pointing to the screw on the bottom of the car. Then he proceeded to take the car while pointing to the utility room where Adam keeps his screwdriver to change batteries. It's incredible what they remember!
He discovered the mechanical horse at the grocery store--great. Lucky for us it only costs a penny so it makes for cheap entertainment and a good reward for the end of a grocery trip.
Jackson is started to get the hang of duck duck goose and really enjoys ring around the the rosey--sometimes he will even spin around and do it all by himself. A recent activity he enjoys is laying in the middle of a quilt and having Adam and I swing and toss him in the air. He starts signing and saying "mo' " before we can put him down.
He weighs about 22 lbs and all of his 18 month clothing is still to long for him... We are hoping baby boy 2 will be about the same size so he will fit perfectly into things being born 8-10 weeks earlier.