Eighteen Months Old

I'm one-&-a-half years old! Everyone knows how fast I'm growing and learning new things, but let me just give you some examples. Here are new words I can say:

uh-sy (outside)

uh-foof (upstairs)
ogie (egg)

ongo (orange)

appo (apple)

koo-keen-hee (zucchini)

nuh-nuh (sandwich)

kick (stick)

lella (yellow)

kacker (tractor)

he (hair)

ubbo (elbow)

hen (hand)

Bubba (SpongeBob)

peents (pants)

teedee (TV)

i-keem (ice cream)

peez (please)

kiku (thank you)

bus
pizza
dirt

knee
corn

The list goes on. I can't really tell you all the things I can say because I say new things all the time. I'm starting to repeat things I hear, even if I don't know what they mean. I'll basically try to say anything you ask me to, as long as you don't have a camera and I'm not shy around you.

Here are some other things I can do now...

Point to body parts and name them
Climb onto tabletops

Say everything is "yellow" if you ask me the color

Clap and say "Yeah Baby" when I watch American Idol

Say "honk honk" and "vroom vroom" when I see cars

Throw temper tantrums

Brush my teeth

Reach the kitchen countertops (just an inch or two!)

Put Dada's neckties on and tell myself I "look like Dada!"

Sing "Boomer Sooner"

Run fast outside, but I know not to go into the street

Pull keys off our laptop

I like to associate objects with people I know. I've already told you how I associate Dada with the University of Oklahoma and Uncle Marco with Oklahoma State University. When Mama opens the fridge, I point to each beer and designate an owner - Dada, Papa, Oma and Auntie Tini. The wine is usually Mama's. Everything I wear is "like Dada". Cars are all Papa's. My Chargers football is property of Uncle Pablo. When Mama folds laundry, I tell her who each piece of clothing belongs to. Literally everything is someone's!

My favorite thing to do is to play outside. My favorite food (besides crackers) is pizza. My favorite song is "Boomer Sooner". My favorite TV show is SpongeBob Squarepants.

Here are my 18-month stats:

22 lbs 11 oz (just under 25th percentile)

32 1/2 inches (just above 50th percentile)

Palm Sunday & Pascha

I had a nice Palm Sunday in Oklahoma City with my cousins. We had lunch at Uncle Bebo & Aunt Dee's house and celebrated Mackenna's birthday.

On Easter morning, I woke up to find the Easter Bunny had left me 2 baskets! Mama and Daddy gave me a free day to eat all the candy I wanted!

We had an Easter egg hunt at the Elkouri's. I found lots of "ogies"! It was a great day spent with family and friends.

CHRIST IS RISEN! INDEED HE IS RISEN!