Sprgtime: 19 Month & language update!

Today Dax is 19 months old! I feel like he's made a lot of verbal improvement since his 18 month post (technically, since he got his tongue tie clipped), so is due for an update for my records. He's also demonstrated that he recognizes colors and will ask for them by name (via ASL). He can now reach the light switches in almost every room in the house, and doorknobs, too.

Weight 31 lbs
Length 36.5"
Head Circumference 19.75"
Clothing Size 4T (shirts) , 12-18mo pants, 3T/4T underwear, 8.5xw shoe

Verbal vocabulary (22 "words") Dada, mama, up, Daddy, Mommy, buh (bus), nana (banana), booo (blue), up, gukie (cookie), gabble (garbage), ah eee (candy), doh (go), buh (bus), bubble, opsickle (popsicle), poo poo, pee pee, no, bye, ukgie (yucky), wahwah (water)

Signing vocabulary (over 70 words, most listed here)
all done/finished
again
apple
asleep
baby
balloon
banana
bath
bear
bed
blocks
blue
book
brush hair
brush teeth
bubbles
build
butterfly
candy
car
cat
cereal
cheese
clean
clothes
cold
cracker
Daddy
dog
down
drink
eat/food
fold laundry
get dressed
go
grapes
green
hair
hat
help
horse
hot
ice cream
keys
messy/dirty
milk
Mommy
more
music
open
opposite
orange
outside
peas
phone
play
popcorn
potty
rain
raisin
shirt
shoes
sit
sleep
slide
snow
socks
spider
stop
sweep
thank you
train
tree
wash hands
water
work
you

What Dax Likes His favorites right now include music, HORSES, blocks, balloons, bubbles, swimming, outdoors, and climbing. He really enjoys dancing to music, most times if he hears music he will spontaneously dance to the beat. Loves it if the music has instructions like "clap your hands" or "jump up high" and he actually does the movements for songs now, so that's pretty fun. One of his favorite songs is the ABC song, his leapfrog toy plays it for him. It's super cute to watch him dance to that now, though, because he moves his fingers trying to "finger spell" the alphabet and he totally doesn't have enough dexterity to do it yet! Haha, cute that he tries. He'll ask me to finger spell for him when the song comes on now - and sometimes I show him the ASL signs for letters when he's building his blocks. That's pretty fun, too, he'll keep handing me new blocks to see those letters.

I know I've written it before, but this is seriously my favorite favorite favorite age! He's so much fun! He's enthused about life and adventure and anything new. He's an animated happy little toddler with an adorable grin that lights up the room and my heart.

Here's a pic of him bundled up for a snowy walk:

I swapped out my Britax Marathon for the Recaro Como that was in hubby's car, as it can rear face to 35 pounds instead of 33 and that might get us to age 2 with Dax rear facing. It also has about 3" more torso space in height. It is a VERY tall seat!