I just realized that I never posted a 19-month update for Grayson. Oops! Guess time got away from me.
These days, Gray continues to be a vocal busy-body that entertains us one minute and challenges our parental skills the next. We've had one throw-your-body-on-the-floor meltdown and I have a feeling the closer we get to two, the more we may see.
The tantrum was over the strangest thing. His sippy cup of milk had gotten dirty so Michael took it away and was washing it. I was going to get him a clean one, but before I could he threw himself down on our kitchen floor and was crying hysterically. Michael and I were both shocked and a little caught off guard.
We all managed to somehow survive but I'm still in disbelief that we're already entering the "terrible two" phase.
He also has a seemingly constant runny nose that we are attributing to allergies. I'll be happy when spring is behind us and his nose isn't in need of wiping.
On a much brighter note, Grayson's current hobbies include swinging and sliding whenever possible, eating like a bottomless pit, and reading books over and over and over.
We've introduced him to several Sesame Street podcasts and he's now working on saying a lot of the characters' names. Before, he only cared about MoMo (Elmo), but now he also recognizes Grover, Grouch (Oscar the Grouch), Bert and Big Bird.
Counting is another skill he's working on, but he doesn't seem to be interested in colors yet. If he turns out to be colorblind his daddy's heart may break a little.
He's doing better with saying "thank you" unprompted and will even give hugs and kisses bye upon departure. He's been able to see a lot of all of his grandparents lately and loves them all to no end. He barely gives his parents the time of day when they are around.
Soon we'll be in Houston showing off all of Grayson's new skills to Michael's extended family. They haven't seen him in person since just after Christmas, so he'll be full of party tricks.
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