Noah is 18 months old!

That's right, my little baby was born just 18 short months ago! I can't believe how quickly a year and a half goes by. It seems like just yesterday when I was still in the hospital giving birth. We don't have his "official" 18 month doctor appointment until next Monday. I'll give you the updated stats on his weight, height, etc. then.

Things Noah is doing is talking A LOT. I don't even think I can write down the whole list of words he can say. At this point, they are all one word at a time. I've tried getting him to say 2 words together but he usually just says the last word. I would say he probably has a vocabulary of about 25 words, if not more. But, there is a consistent 5 or so words that he uses ALL THE TIME. Those include Mommy, Daddy, Doggie, Ball, and Down. Although Cookie is close.

Noah loves climbing up, down and all over. It's funny cuz he'll say "down" when he wants down but then he also says it when he wants "up". He doesn't quite know the difference yet. He loves playing with the dog. Buddy is amazingly good with Noah. The worst is that he'll lick him all over. Noah will grab at his ears and point to his teeth and try to rip off his cheek and Buddy just sits there. Although sometimes we think that's pretty stupid, since he should just walk away!

Noah has mastered going up and down the stairs several months ago by using his knees and then going down on his tummy. But lately, it's all about being a big boy and he wants to hold your hand and go up and down the big boy way. This scares Mommy a lot since I'm afraid you are going to fall, but I suppose it's how we learn.

I'm sure before I know it, Noah will be 2 years old already!

UPDATED - Now for the pictures. All from my iphone since that's where I take most of his pictures these days.

Noah's 2nd haircut. Still cute!!

Went to Monkey Joe's for the first time and had a great time.

Playing with friends.

Noah in his big boy bed. This was taken one morning and I guess he wanted his legs over the edge.

Noah has taken to showers lately, especially with Daddy. And no, our son is not a drug addict. He just likes stacking the empty bottles.

Enjoying some popcorn with daddy.

This was actually a picture sent from his daycare. Apparently he jumped into the swing, shut the latch and said "Baby". Too cute!