19 Month Milestone Minutes

This past month Aston totally gets anything and everything we throw his way…the good, the bad, and the ugly. Every glance, every word and even every hint…he’s on to us…we are really in for it now!
New Words:
Again, too many but here are some:
Exhaust (haust), eyes, BB, nut, ouch, open, bum bum, paci (pa-pa), gymnastics (nat-nat), nose, cheeks, chips, peas, piece, two, yeah, skiing, pool, toot toot, grapes (beeps), jeep, monster truck (mont mont), roller, dump truck, digger, hummer, noodles (noonles), chase
New Signs:
none that I can think of? We’ve been bad about introducing any new ones.
New Sounds:
the crying baby, cars screeching around corners , the scary monster voice, booom (when there’s a car crash)
New Favorite Foods:
We stopped eating this month:) asks for nuts a lot but only eats a couple. French toast is still a favorite but doesn’t eat as much. Daddy introduced M&M’s, Thin Mint Girl Scout and fortune cookies…big mistake…asks for them all the time now. Loves oranges.
Rascal Traits:
-Really bad about staying in his chair. Somehow manages to get out, stands up, and gets on the table.
-Loves standing on all furniture
-More signs of Terrible 2 meltdowns…throwing his body around, arching the back and going limp…usually because he is tired…we need to be better about managing our time with him.
-We started watching the occasional bits and pieces of CARS the movie in the car on a long road trip a few months ago and now every time we get in the car he points to the screens and says “momo” (for movie) and whines...play it a couple times a week when I really need him to settle down in the car:( terrible how I give in sometimes
Other Notables this Month:
-Does push-ups with Daddy
-We have put an end to the paci during the day…our new mantra is “pacis are for babies and bedtime only”. Aston has done AMAZINGLY well…he totally got it the first day we started it. He places his paci in his dresser drawer when he gets out of bed and leaves it there until the next bed time. When asked “who are pacis for Aston?”…he says “baby”…
-One time this month I was watching Aston on the video monitor rolling around in his crib holding his bum bum saying “poop” “poop”. When I went up to get him he was still saying “poop” ”poop” but when I check he was clean!? I put him down and to my surprise he went around the corner and went “poop” “poop”…this was the first time (and only since) that we told me before hand that he had to poop!
-Performs the sidestep (runs sideways)
-When we were in FL Jeff was driving the rental minivan and peeled out from some shopping center. Aston apparently made a mental note of the incident and now makes a screeching tire noise every time we make sharp turns in the car…what have we taught him!
-Loves to play chase and hide and go seek…runs into our closet and throws himself into all my hanging clothes