Brody - 18 Months

My little boy is 18 months. Brody turning a year and a half feels quite different than when Luke did. He still seems like my little baby, and Luke seemed like such a big boy. I know it is only my perception because Brody is a very smart big boy himself.

His measurements from his 18 month well check:
29.03 lbs = 85th percentile
36 inches tall = off the chart

I have to say I was a little surprised because he seems so much smaller than Luke. But Luke is a big kid and older so of course he looks bigger! I am interested to see how Brody compares to Luke at the same age. I will have to look up Luke's stats and repost. But I do remember that Luke was never above 75th percentile for weight. Brody is definitely more stout.

Brody is a very good communicator. He speaks many words and is beginning to put words together.
OOoo - Luke
down nair - down there
Baball ame - He's always talking about "Football game"
He now says as he decides what to eat, "How bout...dat."
Every time you ask him where something is, especially his pacifier, he says, "Dada has it."
When he gets in trouble he acts like he didn't know the rules. The conversation goes something like this:
"Brody, why were you in timeout?"
"Umm..." Yes he actually says "umm!" Sometimes he will say, "Ooo" because he knows he hit Luke.
"Brody we don't hit."
"Oh."

Brody loves to play ball. Balls are definitely his favorite things. He actually throws really well. He turns everything into a bat; a fork, his toothbrush, anything stick like! He just learned to hike the ball through his legs so now he does that all the time.

He gets really attached to things. He now has two blankies, a baby (he LOVES babies), and a giraffe. He CANNOT do without his yellow fleece blankie, so if he at least has that, he's good. But there are days he comes toddling down the hall with all four.
Brody shows a lot of excitement. We took him to a football game and he was raising his arms in the air, cheering, stomping his feet and dancing around. He pumps his fists in the air a lot when he gets excited.

I did so much reading and learning with Luke, I feel bad I haven't done as much with Brody. But we sat here tonight going through his favorite book, 'First 100 Words,' and he could point out almost every picture. I asked him where the butterfly was, the broccoli, the motorcycle... I was surprised he knew them!

He loves to do whatever Luke is doing. You can always find Brody running with the big kids (Luke, Kameron, and Olivia). He copies Luke in everything, even eating. He'll watch what Luke is doing...Luke picks up his sandwich and takes a bite, so will B. Luke moves on to his carrots, so will B. Luke takes a drink, so will B.
I didn't think we'd ever have two of everything because we need to learn to share. But, oh boy, we need two of everything! They always want what the other has. They each got a pair of jammies from Grandma. Luke's had all kinds of balls on them and Brody's were striped. Brody had a fit. He liked Luke's ball jammies better so they fought over them. It made me realize we probably need two of everything the same!