Tidbits

This blog post is not fancy and doesn't have any photos to go with it.  But I haven't posted in a long time and there are several little things I keep meaning to jot down.  Warning: these may be really random.

Andrew seems to have taught himself about somersaults.  He gets his head down on the floor so you'll push him over the rest of the way.  He occasionally does the whole somersault by himself.

He usually doesn't mind getting his hands messy, but when I hand him a graham cracker with cream cheese on it he hesitates taking it because he's trying to figure out how to hold it without getting his fingers in the cream cheese.

He now knows about 16 body parts.  I took him to the pediatrician a week ago and he said that at 18 months a baby is normal if they only know 1 body part!  We are a little concerned about his speaking ability, though, so we're taking him Monday to get his hearing evaluated.  He can definitely hear, it's just that he may not be hearing accurately enough to figure out how to talk.  We are extra sensitive about the issue because Paul's expressive language was delayed because he had fluid in his ears as a toddler.

Oh, gotta go; the cream cheese-covered toddler is crying for attention and can now reach into the kitchen drawer where I keep the kitchen shears, vegetable peeler, etc.

P.S.

When I look at a picture book with Andrew that has a pig in it, he always puts his finger in his nose, because he sees that pigs have big noses.

Sometimes he decides to spin around and around until he gets a little dizzy.

He can now open the refrigerator and get his milk out when he wants some.