Well, little man is officially 20-months-old now! Very soon, he will be a big brother, so we've been working hard on some training issues. The biggest thing is potty-training. We've actually been doing this since he was about 2 months, but we really hit it hard the past couple of months. So far, he has done really well. Most days he doesn't have any accidents, but other days, it's another story :) I haven't taken many pics the past month b/c he really does best when he doesn't have any bottoms on. Then he can just go sit on the potty when he knows he needs to go. I will eventually get around to putting underwear on him, but right now it just causes more frustration on my part. One--he can't pull them down by himself; two--he somehow thinks it's free reign to just go in his underwear :)
The other thing has been getting him to sleep in his "big boy" bed. This has been 10 times worse than potty-training b/c it deprives me and Eric both of our sleep :) But, we have made lots of progress. Normally, he'll go down pretty easily now (except for tonight :) ), but he still gets up 3-4 times during the night. The good thing is that now we can usually just put him back in bed and he'll sleep for a couple more hours. The bad thing is that we still get woken up every few hours to go put him back in bed :) I think we're definitely prepared for baby #3 :)
Elijah's vocabulary is growing steadily. He's not real clear on much, but I notice more and more that he really been trying to talk and communicate better! He copies pretty much anything Mikaela does from jumping on the couch to running around the house to cooking. He LOVES a show on PBS called "Word World" and would watch it the entire day if I would let him :) He asks multiple times during the day to watch it :)
He is so funny and cute but is also starting to display some unpleasant characteristics :( Mikaela really doesn't like it when he has to get a spanking and will start crying too. It's good to see she cares :)
I think he's going to make a great big brother. He loves to pull up my shirt, kiss the baby, and then pull my shirt back down :) Before long, you'll get to see pics of him holding his little sibling!
