22 Months Old

Well this update is a little late, but as you can imagine we have been a little busy. Hallister is becoming such a great helper. He cleans up his toys, most of the time without being asked. He now helps put silverware away out of the dishwasher by bringing it to us, and then closes the dishwasher. He really enjoys "swiffering" the kitchen floor. Hallister now says many words....please (which he says while doing the sign), thank you (he says after being given something he asked for), pizza, video, bless you. We were all in the car and Preston sneezed. Hallister said "Bless you", which sounds like "Bess you". It was so cute! We immediately gave him praise. He learns so quickly and it is obvious he is watching what we do and say, especially when he repeats it like that. He is trying more food. He now eats grilled cheese sandwiches and feeds himself yogurt and sweet potato baby food. He won't eat regular vegetables so this way we know he still gets his veggies. We keep him in the high chair until he at least takes one bite of new food. It has helped if we place it in front of him and instead of hounding him we go about eating ourselves. Once he does try new food we make sure we clap and say good job. His love language is definitely words of encouragement. We have decided to keep letting his hair grow. It is cute how it curls in the back. His favorite things are Thomas the Train and slides.