22 Months

We haven't done a general Josh update in a while and today he is 22 months old so it seems like a good time.  Over the last few months we've seen a dramatic increase in Josh's vocabulary.  He knows body parts, animals, and he knows the "Crayola 8" colors among many other words.  The big change in the last few weeks has been putting words together to make phrases:

"Mamma all done apple"
"All done mamma phone"
"Over there"
"Night night moon" (Goodnight moon)

He is doing a lot of repeating of what we say so we have to be better about watching what we say!

He can count to two although I'm not quite sure he knows he is counting.  He did pick up two of his stuffed monkeys and say "two monkeys".

In addition to the vocabulary has been the increase in opinions.  He knows what he wants to do and it isn't always what we want him to do.  When he doesn't get his way, he sometimes gets very upset.  We believe it's just the precursor to the terrible twos.  Hopefully he gets through it quickly.

He's walking very quickly now, not sure you would call it running (although he calls it running).  He can also climb shorter steps without going to us hand and knees.

He now sleeps with stuffed animals, a pillow and a blanket.

Our little guy is growing up and it's amazing to watch!

Helping with some yard work

Playing hide and seek