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All I can say, is the top picture is "classic" Nolan. He always has his little "thinking/mischievous" tongue out with a cute smile like he is up to something. He likes to play with his shirt, and he is about to take off running a millisecond after the picture is taken. Can you believe he is more of a toddler than a baby? It seems like he was just born. Here is a little bit about Nolan at 18 months:
This little boy is non-stop all day and very full of energy. He loves to climb, jump, fall, run, kick, and he even knows how to pester his big sister already. One of his current favorite things to do is climb up on the couch, fall off on his head, turn over, laugh about it and then do it all over again. He loves to play paddy cake and to do all of the actions with you; however, he prefers that you actually throw him to the couch when you throw the cake in the oven, it is more fun to him. Nolan is obsessed with "shooting hoops!" We got him a basketball hoop a few weeks ago and he can sit there and shoot baskets all day long, and Rylee is his #1 fan. He is a climber, and can figure out how to climb anything. He has mastered all of the climbing things at the playground, which is quite impressive but scary because he is not big enough to be climbing to the top of those things yet. But don't tell him he is not, he will get mad at you. While he is only 18 months old he wants and thinks he can do everything Rylee can do, which is cute but frustrating at the same time for me. If she has a real cup he wants a real cup. He refuses anything but one, and that is just an example of one of many things that we deal with. (But it is not that big of a deal.) He loves to color/scribble! About a month ago he found a baseball in his closet and decided that he should take it to bed with him every night, so he does, and has ever since. Also, he definitely knows what he wants because sometimes he shakes his head 'no' so hard I think he is going to hurt himself!
It has been great to have our "sweet boy" back the past 6 weeks since he got his tubes in, he was a little grouchy prior, so he is back to himself now. Since the tubes he has really started trying to talk much more, and Rylee loves trying to help him learn new words. His current vocabulary is:
Rye-Rye
Dada
Mama
Papa
Tay-Tay
Ta-da! (when he does something impressive)
Uh-oh
Yeah

Shoe

Hi
Up
Uh-uh
He can sign:
Eat
Please
Thank you
More
(The four words that matter the most when he eats!)
We love our boy and are so grateful he is a part of our family!