Cedar is 20 months old today

Cedar is 20 months old today! Almost closing in on the terrible twos!

He's all boy now. No trace of baby left here.

Thankfully he's mostly done with teething, he's kind of having a resurgence (molars), but for several months has been free of this menace. Since he's not teething, he's been less bitey, thankfully.

He's still an awesome eater, and will eat anything as far as I can tell. He can feed himself for the most part, but is still funny about using utensils. He can do it, but often chooses not to. Guess using his hands seem more efficient. He loves fruits and vegetables.

He's pretty good at walking now. He can walk on the sand without falling down most of the time. He can walk backwards (which he thinks is hilarious), and likes to twirl around a bit if he's in the right mood. He runs away if he knows you want him for a diaper change or a bath.

His favorite toys right now are stackable cups, and he's still a really big fan of jar lids. He also likes his duplos although he hasn't figured out how to put them together yet. Other toys he likes are balls, cans, and rattly things.

He's as passionate about reading as ever--if I had the stamina for it, I think he would sit in my lap for hours and be read to. He's going through a stage where he wants to know what things are called, and points at whatever he wants to know the name of. He clearly remembers this because if I ask him to point at something specific, he usually can, although with less familiar items, he needs a wait time of about 5 seconds.

He still likes his "specks", but he's also into sticks and rocks now. When we go to the beach he will try to pick up all the rocks and give them to me. He's also really fascinated by holes, and will poke any he finds.

He gets pretty splashy in the bath.

He still takes the huge afternoon nap that lasts a couple of hours.

He still thinks everything's funny. The sound of his laugh is changing a little bit and he sounds less like a baby all the time.

He's still very easy to take places. He likes the stimulation of being out and about, although he not crazy about being in the car for any length of time. He likes to hold your hand while you drive.

He's really into the dog. Brian's taught him how to feed the dog a treat, and he likes that. They go for walks together a lot, although, now I can't take them both to the beach by myself because of the logistics of keeping her on a leash and carrying him at the same time.

He's still not talking. He makes some random noises, but other than dada and mama isn't talking, just babbling a bit.

I love how he comes running up to the door when he hears my keys in the lock. It's almost always time for dinner by the time I get home. It's still pretty nice out, so I take him and the dog for a walk over to the bay after dinner. When it's too windy, or I'm too tired, we just hang out in the living room and play until it's time for bath and bedtime. He still goes to bed around 8pm, and that seems to work well. He's currently into watching football with daddy when he's home. Otherwise, I chase him around the living room and throw his balls for him to chase.

He's usually a happy mellow kid, but when he doesn't get something he wants, he cries like all get out. Preview of the terrible twos???

He had to give up his beloved pacifier...he had taken to sticking the whole thing in his mouth (to chew on with his incoming back molars) so we had to take it away, and he's had to give it up cold turkey. As a result, it takes him longer to go to sleep at night, but I'm hoping it will also encourage him to work on talking.