The Lindvall Family: 17 months

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

17 months

Happy 17 months Connor Lee (last week)!!

These days, Connor is able to follow directions very well! We're amazed at how much he can understand. He is beginning to tell us when he is going to the bathroom. Just this week, we noticed that when he goes #2, he keeps patting his diaper saying "ugh, ugh, ugh."

The older Connor gets, the more we realize just how much Connor likes to sleep! He is still sleeping at least 12 hours, many times more each night. These days, we usually see him waking up around 8:30 in the morning. We used to put him to bed without hearing a peep from him. These days, he likes to talk to himself for 10 or so minutes before he falls asleep.

One thing I always want to remember about Connor at this age is how anything can typically become his toy. I love watching his imagination with everything! He loves putting things to bed. Just the other day he put a thing of play dough in the stroller, was pushing it around, and saying "shhhhhhhhh." He'll put his niney (blanket) in a cabinet and say "shhhhhhh." Speaking of niney, he loves his niney....just like Elli does. I made his niney awhile ago and he rarely lets it out of his sight.

Just like his sister, when a part of his body hurts, he instantly wants it kissed. I often see him patting the body part that hurts and smacking his lips, so I will kiss it.

Connor is playing with the dog blanket in the picture below! He loves walking around while wearing this! Looks like we will have 2 kids that like to play dress up!

He loves shoes and gets really excited about trying on new shoes. We often see him putting our shoes on and walking all over the place! In this picture, he is wearing Elli's sandal.

I couldn't help, but post the above picture. A few months ago, Connor would ALWAYS stick his pointer finger in his nose. We saw him consistently doing this when he would get scared/nervous. This picture was from the other day, but it reminded me of when he would get scared/nervous.