I am 18 months old! Happy Half Birthday!

And just like that half of his second year is over! Erik and I can honestly say that the last 6 months have been pure joy! We have never laughed and smiled more in our lives. This little boy is so special, and we just can't get enough of him! Here are some facts about Ford at 18 months:

*He weighs 25.8 lbs (70th percentile), 34 inches tall (90th percentile), and head circumference 19 3/8 inches (90th percentile)

*He runs everywhere he goes, and rarely ever slows down or stops moving!

*He loves people and loves to make others laugh and smile!

*He rarely has a bad day, and if he does it is almost always teething!

*He is so happy and full of life!

*He is so sweet and so affectionate! He loves to give hugs (and pat you on the back), and big open mouth kisses!

*He is a very good listener, and doesn't get into trouble very often! That being said, I am getting tiny glimmers of the "terrible twos" from this strong willed little boy!

*He and I go down to the beach almost every morning (unless it's raining), and he loves it! He rides in the Bob without compliant while I run for a half hour, and then we play in the sand!

*He is always talking and I don't know what he's saying most of the time!

*He has always done sign language, but I have recently been trying to get him to say "please", and instead of saying it he just came up with his own sign for please! He's a smart kid!

*He knows where all his body parts are and when we ask him "Where are your boogies?" he sticks his finger up his nose!

*He has most of his animal noises down (especially animals that growl), but if he doesn't know the answer to an animal noise question he just says "go go go"! I don't know where he comes up with this stuff!

*He holds his hands up and says "hap?" all the time!

*He pretends to talk on the phone all the time!

*At night when I try to rock him a little before I put him down he says "up" because he wants me to just put him in his bed!

*He crys when Erik leaves for work, and when Erik gets home Ford is so excited! He loves his Dada!

*He still loves to watch Curious George on my iPad, but he also loves to cuddle with me while watching, so he probably does it more often than he should!

Here is our sweet boy at 18 months! Happy Half Birthday Ford we love so much!

Loving Lambie!

The classic "hap?"

Love this one!

While I know it appears that Ford sits like a perfect angel giving me the perfect smile for these monthly pictures, in reality it plays out a little more like this........

By FAR my favorite!

.........and we're back and exhausted (: