18 Months

Landon and Elliot are now 18 months old. They love life! Some of their favorite things right now are cars, trucks, airplanes, trains, books, animals, bath time and snacks. They play together well and are the best of friends (most of the time). They can say each others names and love to join in on whatever activity the other one is doing. Their vocabulary grows each day and it is so fun to watch them learn new words.

Landon loves cars and tells me about his cars multiple times a day. He brings me a car and says "car" repeatedly. The past few weeks he has been more adventurous with trying to say new words. He learned how to say "bubble" yesterday which was so cute to listen to. Landon is really good at sharing with Elliot. If Elliot is sad because Landon has the car he wants, Landon will often just hand it over. He doesn't seem as attached to his stuff as Elliot is. (This is not all the time by the way. There is plenty of fighting that goes on around here as well.) Landon knows his animal sounds, and of course the sounds a car and fire truck make. We hear those a lot around here. Landon likes to read, but gets distracted quickly. In the past couple of weeks he has turned into a great hugger. He loves to give hugs and is so sweet about hugging Elliot especially.

Elliot LOVES to read. He will sit on our lap and read for an hour if we have the time. When you finish with one book, he will bring you another one and another and another. The airplane ride to AZ shouldn't be too bad for him if he keeps that up. Elliot is also talking a lot more. He likes to process the words before he tries them though. I love watching him think it through before he tries a new word. Elliot also gets pretty attached to particular toys. He has a couple of cars that are favorites and books as well. He likes to have a car in his hand almost non-stop. He knows his animal sounds, car noises and fire truck noises as well. Elliot is such a happy boy. It is easy to get him to smile and laugh. He has grown to enjoy wrestling with Landon as long as it doesn't last too long.

Everyday is a new adventure with them around and we love having them in our family!

Family Pictures

We had family pictures taken on Sunday at the park. Jeremiah took them for us and we love them! There were still some of the fall colors on the ground and in the trees to enjoy.

Scary Creatures

We had a good Halloween full of time spent with friends. Elliot was a dragon and Landon was a dinosaur. I put Landon in the dragon costume first, but he hated how bulky it was so we switched. Elliot loved being a dragon! He stood admiring himself in the mirror for quite a while. It worked out perfectly because the dinosaur costume fit more into Landon's level of comfort.

Elliot would point at himself whenever I started talking about him being a dragon.

The week before Halloween we carved pumpkins with friends. We used the pumpkin carving kit and I loved how they turned out.