Everett Facts

1. Our little buddy is 18 months old now, which means it's time for a blog post all about him! :)

2. He had his doctor visit last week and we found out that he is 24 and a half pounds and is in the 55th percentile.

3. Everett is 33 inches tall and in the 55th percentile for that also. He is growing right on track according to his doctor.

4. Everett is quite the biter. It's probably related to teething somewhat because I always see him chewing on his jacket or blankets and things. But he also tends to bite us when he gets upset or mad at us. Right now he has his 4 top teeth and 3 bottom (the doc was a little surprised that 4th one on the bottom didn't come at the same time as the other) and he has a couple molars that are poking through in the back.

5. He is talking so much. He knows so many more words than I thought Claire did at this point, but then it's probably because of Claire that he's learning more words. He needs to know how to get what he wants so he learns those words quickly. He's also very good at imitating us and our words.

6. He just started nursery 3 weeks ago. It was a little rough the first day, they had to come get us to calm him down and I had to stay with him for a little bit. The next two weeks were better besides a couple crying fits. I think he's just not used to playing with other children instead of Claire. He loves playing with the toys in nursery though and it's a lot more fun I'm sure than hanging out with us in our other meetings. :)

7. Everett has an obsession with his belly button. He's always poking his finger in and rubbing his belly button. One of his favorite games is saying, "Where'd it go?", then he pulls up his shirt, points to his belly button, and says, "There it is!" We'd love to catch a video of him playing this game before he stops. :)

8. Everett is all boy. He's very active. He loves to jump from furniture to furniture, he climbs ladders at the park like a pro, and he loves to climb all over people, especially his daddy. One thing he's made a habit of lately is getting a ride to bed on daddy's back and then standing up on daddy and jumping into his crib.

9. He is an eater. He's pretty good at trying new things and wants everything. He still insists on eating things like we do. He doesn't like when we cut up his food into smaller pieces.

10. He loves cats and dogs. He gets super excited when he sees them on the TV or in books. He knows exactly what sounds they make and when he sees one he'll run right up to it with a scream of excitement. The other day he did this to a small dog while we were on a walk. The dog also got pretty excited and started running straight towards Everett. Everett didn't like this return of affection as much and turned to run away in terror while his scream turned from delight to fear. The whole scene was a little humorous, but he saw another dog on TV the next day and was still happy to see it, so I'm glad it didn't scare him away from dogs all together. :)

And a little video to show his awesome dance moves... :)