Happy 18-month Birthday, Rowan!

Yesterday was Rowan's 18-month birthday! Here's a little update on some of his recent activities.

• New Vocab: hat, hot, cold, blueberry (blue-blue), blue, green (geen), red, purple, "Go Dog, Go!", cake, Elmo, Big Bird, truck, car, apple, Cheetos, diaper (kind of sounds like Pamper), boo-boo, pool, balloon (boon), Chica (from Sprout's Good Morning Show), bean, Papaw (Papoo), corn, and the childhood essentials: poop and booger
• New Skills: A couple of Rowan's classmates are starting to potty train and he's been showing a lot of interest. He's used the toilet at least once a day for the past two weeks. He tells us "Pee pee" and points to his diaper. So we ask him, "Do you want to use the potty?" If he says yes, we hurry to the bathroom and he goes. He even kept up his interest while he was sick with a cold last week. I'm very impressed with him, but we're not going to try to rush him in any way.
• Miscellaneous: Rowan can make the noises for quite a few animals and point to them in a book. The animals include: duck, donkey, horse, dog, kitty, owl, chick, hen, rooster, sheep, cow, and monkey. He can also point to other animals: butterfly, ladybug, zebra, elephant, giraffe, lion, bear, frog, pig, worm, and bird. He can pick out all of the "O"s on a page. He knows the letters "G" and "E" by sight. He can also pick out colors: blue, red, green, yellow, purple, and pink.

We are so proud of our little man!