20 Months Old

20 months old and counting...SAD. So close to turning two and every day gets a little bit closer. Our little boy is growing up and learning new things every day. He started learning to sign some words. We have taught him some as well as his new daycare lady, Staci. Of course the first thing he learned was cookie. He can now sign 4 words, cookie, please, eat and hat. We have been working on thank you and finished. We are also trying to introduce new activities to him such as more games and arts and crafts and learning new things like numbers and colors and shapes. He likes to figure out on his own how things work. He gets frustrated trying but still keeps going. He loves going to the library. He ran around excited to see all of the books since he LOVES to read stories with mom or dad. He also enjoyed feeding the ducks at the library, he was cracking up at how fast they were swimming to get the food we threw out. He is starting to form words better and communicate a little bit better. I feel like we have already entered the "terrible twos" phase. He throws fits when he hears the word NO and when I can't pick him up and hold him when he wants me to he loses it. He has lost all interest in swimming lessons so we are going to put them on hold for now. We will continue to practice lessons in our own pool at home and are hoping to enroll him into a survival and learn swim class next spring. Other than that mostly everything has stayed the same and consistent!