18 month update

Lots of big things happened since his birthday. He finally figured out walking at 14 months. Now he doesn't stop running. And he walks with his head, so many bumps and bruises on his head ALL THE TIME!
He's a mama's boy, but at night after bath, when Anthony is on the couch with sports on the TV, you'll find Eli sitting in his lap watching right with him.
He has a love/hate relationship with Emi. I figure this will probably never change.
He started back to school and hated it at first, but he's warming up. At least now there's no more tears.
He's so much more cautious that Emi was. He's not afraid, but he's not jumping into water head first without checking out the situation first. He's perfectly happy sitting in the kiddy pool.
Funny story: We went to the Denton fair and there was a petty zoo. He wasn't sure about it at first, but he warmed up and started walking around. Then the baby calf saw the owner with a bottle and started mooing. He was too close for Eli and Eli did a spider man move jumping up the fence and trying to climb his way out. I have never seen him move so fast. Emi would have thought that was hilarious, but not my cautious boy.

Weight: 16.8 lbs

Height: 28.3" or 2.3'

Percentiles: Height- 95%
Weight- 37%
Head Circumference- 34%

Eating:
He's my picky eater. Give him a plate of pasta and he'll eat like it's his last meal. Give him a cookie and he's starving. Give him a plate of meat and veggies and forget it. He'll act like he's not hungry. He'll even go to bed without eating enough for dinner. But he's not given another option, so for the most part, he eats what we eat. 

Bedtime:

Since school started, he's going to bed closer to 7:00. He's pretty worn out after a full day at school.

Awake:

He's usually up around 6:30. Sometimes he's stirring at 6, but I make him wait until 6:30 so I'm mostly dressed. 

Naps:

He's taking 1 longer one in the afternoon.  If we're in the car, he'll sneak and extra one, but mostly he just gets one. 

Diapers:

Size 4. 

Clothes:

He's still in 18 month, but some of these are starting to get too small. It depends on the brand. All the new things I'm buying I'm getting 24 month. 

Favorites:

He loves balls.
He loves to yell/smack the dogs.
He loves the princess bath toys. (I'm sure Anthony loves this...)
He loves being outside.
He loves playing with his sister, but he doesn't like to be the "little brother" to her.
He likes Mickey Mouse and the new dog show on Disney Jr.  

Words:

Uppppp
mama/dada
MINE
no no
dog
ball
milk
more
yes
cow
eat
NI NI (night night)
uh oo (love you)
Uh Oh

Struggles:
We were pretty healthy the last 6 months. Hopefully that continues now that we're back in school.
I guess the only struggle is the picky eating.
I'm sure when we start potty training, we'll have a whole different world of struggles, but that's going to wait for awhile.
He does get annoyed at Emi for pretty much just existing so he's learned how to get her in trouble by crying for no apparent reason. We fell for it for awhile until we figured out his game. 

12 month

18 months

Compare to Emi's 18 month.