Emmett is 17 months old!

Time is just flying by with this little guy. It's been a while since I wrote an update of his "doings." Here's a summary below:

Sleeping: He goes to bed at 7:30PM ish and we get him at 7AM. Half the time he sleeps straight through, but the other half he cries out 1 to 2 times. I usually just go in there and re-adjust him, find his paci and turn on his "bug" sounds. 2 min max of disruption...you won't hear me complaining! I'm getting pretty good at sleep walking.

Pacifier: Just this month we started limiting the paci to just sleeping. It's going ok, but if he catches sight of one, he lets you know he misses it!

Eating: He loves his fruits and veggies. Until this last month he wouldn't touch meat and I discovered he'd eat it if it was ground and mixed with rice. He still won't touch eggs, chunks of meat, beans, tofu, pancakes, and waffles. He LOVES yogurt, cheese, bread crusts (which is nice because Aria doesn't like them), beets, carrots, zucchini, blueberries, sweet potatoes, pears, grapes and strawberries.

Words: He currently routinely says "up", "buh" (ball, bug, box), "ba-ba" (fire, butterfly, diaper) "Pop Pop", "Dadda", "Ma-ma", "Ya-ya" (Aria), "ella" (our elf-on-the-shelf), "gabba" (Yo Gabba Gabba). His most favorite word has been "yep" with the accent on the P - he also says "yesh". He'll wake up from his nap sometimes, just saying "Yep, yep, yup, yesh, yup..."

Separation: We've been taking him to the toddler/twos room during church and he has had a hard time adjusting to us leaving. The past week Emmett showed signs of being more comfortable with it all and Kevin left with no problem. Before then he would cry so hard, so we've just been taking turns hanging out with him. Other than with the grandparents, we haven't left him alone.

School: Next month he starts school. Kevin will be easing him into the 3 hours of school slowly. Eventually when Kevin gets a full-time job, Emmett will stay until 4. Emmett loves the school because he drops Aria off everyday with Daddy. He also already knows his teacher (same one Aria had at his age). Kevin took him to a Parent/infant class with the same teacher in the spring. After dropping off Aria, Kevin has been taking him down to the class to spend a little bit of time to check things out before they head home. He seems excited about all the "work"/learning materials.

Physical Activity: Emmett started walking at about 14mo. He is a mover but enjoys a rest. We love that he can just "hang out" and listen to books, snuggle, sit on the couch and watch a little bit of TV next to sister.

Sister: Emmett has caught on that anything he plays with Aria will come up and "remove" it from him since she wants to play with that same thing coincidentally. When she approaches him, he drops what he is holding and walks away. We keep telling Aria that someday she will regret doing that. She loves her brother, even though she doesn't show it to his face. She is so proud and will talk about him to everyone at school and she loves it when he comes into the classroom during drop off to stay for a couple minutes.

Emmett definitely has his cranky moments like the rest of us, but he a cool little guy and fun to be around.

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