19 months!

19 months already?!

~Brennan is quite the talker! When asked, he'll repeat almost every word he hears. If he's being a stinker, he'll smile and giggle instead of repeating you. He's also using more words and phrases independently each day!
~While talking spontaneously, his pronunciation is becoming more an more accurate. For example, "accles" are now "apples"; "curcle" is "purple"; and "belly butt" is now "belly button"
~He says his name! At times, it sounds more like "Brenden", but it's cute either way!
~In addition to completing phrases in books, Brennan is also finishing song lyrics if we pause while singing.
~He requests many songs: "Ashes" for Ring Around the Rosey; "Twinkle" for Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; "Happy" for If You're Happy and You Know It; "Dinkie" for Skinamarink"; "A, C, C's" for the alphabet; "Baby" for Rock-A-Bye Baby; and "E, I, E, I" or "Donald" for Old McDonald.
~When he sees several of the same object, he's likely to state "More ____" or "Two ____", even if there are more than two of the object.
~When looking at people in books, he's able to label and distinguish boys and girls.
~His fascination for shoes continues. He enjoys walking in others' shoes. He'll also state the owner of the shoes: "Mommy shoes!", "Daddy shoes!"
~He's cut his last canine tooth! Farewell, swollen gums and drool! ...until his 2 year molars.
~After slipping in the tub, we think Brennan may have his first scar. Ouch!
~Mommy has returned to working full time. Mommy-itis usually strikes in the morning when I tell him I need to leave. Some mornings, he goes and plays without a second thought. Other mornings, the babysitter has to pry him off of me. I almost always get a long bear hug before I leave. He has a great time there and has a lot of fun after Mommy leaves.
~After recent visits with his grandparents on both sides, Brennan frequently talks about grandma and grandpa. When asked who he is going to see, where he is going, etc, he immediately responds, "Mama! Papa! Mama! Papa!"
~Brennan enjoys counting. He's counted to 12 several times, skipping 9. He doesn't seem to have one-to-one correspondence, but it's still impressive!
~He's mastering more colors: red, blue, green, yellow, purple, and orange. He occasionally identifies pink, grey, white, and black.
~Going to the grocery store is quite entertaining, including for other shoppers. "Bread! Apples! Nanas! Milk! Yogurt! Crackers! Cookies! Hot dogs! Pickles! Olives!"

Counting!

Brennan impressed us today as he counted out loud to 10 several times! Mommy and Brennan were playing with blocks. As he removed them from the pegs, Mommy counted "one, two, three, four, five." She stopped and Brennan continued on, "six, seven, eight, nine, ten!" After Mommy/Daddy started with "one", he counted independently several times!