Kendal at 19 months

I love my little red-head boy! He has the cutest smile and such a funny personality. Lately his vocabulary has exploded and I thought it would be fun to share what he can say.

Where's Daddy? (asked probably over 200 times in a day)

here doe (here you go)

ess you (bless you)

chess (yes)

no

mine

stop

doe way (go away)

ball

bear

thank you

hello

hi

bye bye

water

cheese

yummy

Mama

I yuv you (I love you)

Sitzy (Kizzy)

awesome

antsome (want some very similar to awesome, but there is a difference)

more

Uh-uh

Ah-Ah (grandpa)

socks

shoes

poopoo

peepee

please

up

down

He also is a neat freak, he picks up after himself and will go as far as try to make Kizzy's bed and picks up her toys and clothes. If he finds anything that is trash he will stop playing in order to go throw it away. He'll even go out of his way if he notices a sleeve from a shirt hanging out of the hamper. He always asks for a paper towel after meals so he can clean his tray and his face. He's an excellent hand washer.

I think Kendal might be mechanically minded. His fine motor skills are very good and he can be entertained for hours by making things fit together.

Kendal was born with music in his soul. As a newborn he would perk up to music in a way that was very noticable. Since then he has shown a love for playing with instruments. He is always "head dancing" (Sometimes he dances with his whole body, but mostly he keeps rhythym with his head, but it can't really be called head banging). He always notices music, even from sources that I don't realize is music at first (such as commercials). The most amazing thing is he can carry a tune. While he can't say most of the words in songs you can tell which song he's singing.

You can recognize the difference between "I am a child of God" the "abc song" , "I love to see the temple" and many more.

He's a MAJOR daddy's boy. If Daddy is home he wants absolutely nothing to do with anyone else. However when Daddy is at work he's very lovable and sweet to his Mama. He gives lots of loves and kisses.

All in all he's a sweet boy. He has a sense of humor and is very funny. He's a good brother and looks out for his sister. He tends to be whiny but doesn't have much of a temper so his tantrums are minimal. He's a great sleeper, and doesnt' do well when he doesn't get his 12 hours at night and his 2-3 hours during the day. He sometimes is naughty on purpose but not to be defiant, he thinks he's funny. He's going through a phase of separation anxiety which makes nursery a work in progress, but I'm confident he'll grow out of it. One major difference I've recently noticed between Kizzy and Kendal is that Kizzy loved everything animal and could identify and make the noises for at least a dozen different animals by the time she was just past 12 months. Whereas Kendal is just starting to take notice of animals and can only identify dogs and bears and his 3 animal noises are barking, growling and mooing.

One of my all time favorite things that he does is fishy lips and I cannot seem to get it on camera, but as soon as I do I promise to share.

I love my baby boy!