18 Months...First Day of Nursery

 This last Sunday was Rhys' first time to visit the nursery. He wouldn't turn 18 months officially until the next day, but they let him come and visit. To start our morning, he had his first doughnut with icing on it. If he didn't like doughnuts before, he does now. What a difference a little chocolate can make, huh? He kept yelling for another "doughney" after he finished this one. It was definitely time for a bath at that point though.

 After his bath, I tried to get a decent picture of him and Andy together in their matching sweaters that Jammy and Pappy bought them, but it was a no go. I barely got pictures! Rhys was ready to leave and go bye bye out the door, but I wanted pictures so he kept throwing a fit and throwing himself against the wall, the door, and the floor. This was the best picture that I could get of him.

I wrestled him to get his coat on while Andy was brushing his teeth not even thinking about the fact that I needed a picture of them both in their sweaters, but I went ahead and took the picture anyway, sorry Jammy, I'll take another one soon, I promise! They are such best of friends! Andy got a dinosaur tent for Christmas from Jammy and Pappy and him and Rhys have been playing in that thing all week! They play together all of the time and are inseparable. Here's a little bit about what Rhys is doing now.

Rhys is our handful child, even more than what Andy ever was or is. He is a climber, he will climb his crib, bookshelves, anything that looks like a ladder, chairs, well, pretty much anything! He gets into the fireplace a lot and gets in the ashes and the charcoal. He makes a royal mess when he does that. His favorite toys are blocks, Mickey Mouse and his rocket ship, a roaring flashlight, and his new puppy he got at Build a Bear with his Christmas money. He is like a little parrot because he will mimic everything we say. Today he even repeated broccoli and kookaburra. He says about everything and never stops talking. What happens when he starts actually making sense of what he's saying? I'll be in so much trouble between him and Andy! Those two boys know how to talk! I wonder where they got that from? hmmm...He loves to do anything big brother is doing, which is frustrating at times for Andy, but he's been a real trooper and great helper with Rhys.

A lot of times at night when we put them to bed, we can hear them jabbering back and forth with each other and laughing and giggling. Andy can always make Rhys laugh, no matter what. Rhys is very ticklish and is a picky eater. He doesn't like pasta, chicken (certain types), or rice. But, his favorite foods are bananas, crackers, cookies, applesauce, yogurt, pizza, and "doughnies" just to name a few. He's a ham and will dance on cue if there's music, it doesn't matter what kind. If we bring the camera out, he'll do it even more. A lot of his dancing consists of bootie shaking, bouncing his head, and spinning around, but this week he's started to move his arms too. It's hard to believe that he's this old now, it's gone fast, a lot faster than it did with Andy.