21 months!

Kaiser turned 21 months the day after my parents left on April 1st! I haven't done an update in a few months so I figure it's about time :)

 Just a few more months and he will officially be a big boy and I don't even count in months anymore--he will be 2 so soon! I seriously feel like we just celebrated his 1st birthday. I know I say this all the time, but time seriously flies. He's such a happy little squirt. He also the smartest, cutest, most loving, funniest, and most stubborn little squirt too :)

In the last few months, Kaiser has learned so many new things and we can have actual conversations now, which has been super fun! He pretty much seems to understand everything we tell him which is nice, but he is getting to that "terrible two" stage. We spend a lot of time trying to sit him down, look him in the eyes, and explain things to him instead of yelling at him. (Some times are easier than others!) He seems to do well so far with that, and with going to "time out." He seriously is so incredibly smart--it amazes me every day that he is mine!

Here are some fun facts about Kaiser that we can think of at the moment:

* There's nothing he can't say honestly
* He's starting to put sentences together like crazy--he's a smartie (i.e. when he wakes up in the morning he will yell, "mommy det out...otaaaay!")
* He can count from 1-10 (and can sing the 1 2 buckle my show, 3 4 shut the door.... song)
* He sings the whole song of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Wheels on the Bus and parts to lots of different songs. He loves Maroon 5 "Sugar" Katy Perry "Roar" and Taylor Swift "Shake it Off"
* Everything currently is about "woo woo stations." When we are playing it's always that we are going to go visit the woo woo station
* He is starting to make believe things a lot, which has been so fun
* When he's drinking his milk, he will share with his doggy, his monkey, or whatever toy he has with him at the time
* He still loves reading books, but is becoming quite selective. He is super into books about cars/trains/trucks/tractors/firwtrucks/ambulances/airplanes, etc... You get the point. Sometimes he likes to sit and look at nonfiction books about these items because he loves them so much
* He is such a goof--he loves making people laugh
* He has a little lisp which is still super adorable. He'll go "watch this" and do something to make us laugh--when I laugh because of how he says "watch this"
* When gets gets an owie, or notices that he has one, he will whine a little and ask me to "kiss it" or "blow on it". After I do, he always says, "all bedda!"
* Still loves Baby Einstein and it's about the only show he will sit through for longer than 20 minutes
* "On-the-Go" is his favorite Baby Einstein show right now (cuz of the airplanes, helicopters, boats and trains)
* Still doesn't want to sit through movies. But always wants to watch little clips of "shows" whether it's a "woo-woo show" or a "choo choo show" or a "heh-deh-deh-det" show, or a "tractor show"
* He loves bikes
* He sometimes talks about himself in 3rd person
* He shrugs his shoulders all the time--when he's talking to people or just walking around...it's so cute!
* He is always very willing to give mommy and daddy kisses and loves
* He loves to help me with whatever I'm doing. If I'm making lunch/dinner he will say, "help me" and pull a chair up so he can help me haha
* He calls his drink "Elmo drink"
* He goes to sleep at 2100, wakes up at 0800, and takes roughly one two-hour nap in the day
* He wears clothes anywhere from 18-24 months
* We moved him up to size 5 diapers cuz he kept peeing through at night. They're a little big on him..
* At night when we cuddle him before bed, he always says, "baby" and he likes to be held like a baby
* He loves to say his prayers, and if we forget to thank Heavenly Father for Jesus, he reminds us
* Likes to "pee-pee potty." He still hasn't pooped on the potty though, but he tells us when he is going. He does great with peeing on the potty-we take him quite often
* He throws rage fits when he gets in the car seat and tries to hit or bite us. He's never going to like it... And when he's in it, he says, "Mommy get down!" and whines...
* He has the cutest run. He lifts his feet up super high. He is pretty fast too
* He loves his piggy bank and loves to put money in it
* Just got his last 2 canine teeth, so he has all of his teeth until he starts working on his 2-year molars

Since we feel like he can and does say pretty much everything, here are a list of words that he says that we love to hear him say:

*Amblance (Ambulance)
*Woo Woo (for any type of fire truck, ambulance, police care, etc.)
*Heh-deh-deh-det (Helicopter)
*Air-pane (airplane)
*I-yah-you (I love you)
*Otaaaaay (Okay)
* Pease (please)
*Bo-bah-bo-dez (bulldozer)
*When you ask him if he likes something and he does, he'll go "nummy nummy!"
*He answers "yes" in the cutest voice with a slight lisp on the end :)
*He started responding with "I dooo" to many of the questions we ask
*Dapah-stwas (veggie straws)
*Cooter (scooter)
*Dama and Dampa (Grandma and Grandpa)
*He still  says "bobot" for both pumpkin and robot
*Has a hard time with his "r's". He will say "shaip" (sharp, shark)
*He laughs when he toots and says, "tooted, fauted (Farted) then will say "qu-meeeee"
*Cai (car)
*Daik (dark)
*Open-en it (Open it) He sometimes adds extra syllables
*Cah-lah-lin (coloring)
*Ditdahs (stickers)
*Motor daddy or cycle (motorcycle)
*Nacks (snacks)
*How-ai-you? (How are you)
*Lie-aye-yin (dinosaur/lion)

That's about all we can think of! Since I'm finally caught up on blogging and my picture taking, this post isn't a picture post.

We sure love our Kaiser man and think he is just the greatest thing in the world. He makes our lives so happy and he is definitely our greatest blessing!