18 Months

Jacob can clearly say Mama, Dada, Babcia, Dziadzia, osiem (eight), and Elmo!  He is adding words every day!  Every once in a while we are surprised with a word that is repeated.  He even repeats certain letters of the alphabet like G and V.  His animal sounds are coming along too.....we have added a mooo and grrrrrr (like a bison).

Jacob loves to walk down the street to visit the puppies.  He stands at the edge of the neighbor's driveway while the puppies bark at him.

On today's walk down the street, Jacob was tempted by big piles of leaves.

Let's not forget that our little guy has some awesome stacking skills.

We noticed Jacob moving all the tomatoes from the window sill to the chair and back again.  Silly boy.

But we are most surprised by how much our little man understands.  Jacob is very good about following directions (when he wants to).  He loves to run back and forth from the laundry basket to the washing machine with the dirty laundry.  He also loves to clean with a towel or napkin......Babcia sets a good example!  Look at that attention to detail.

 Jacob called in management to check his work!

And let's not forget that Jacob can also maneuver his way around the iPad like no body's business!

We are transitioning from the big sloppy open mouth baby kisses to more puckered lip smooches and Jacob loves to give hugs. 

Jacob loves Father Jacob at church and is so very good at church!  During mass, Jacob raises his hands during prayers just like Father Jacob.  Even at home, we have started noticing Jacob sings while walking around with his hands raised.  Father Jacob would be proud.

Babcia and Dziadzio were leaving church with Jacob one Saturday evening and Babcia gave Jacob the car keys.  This may have been a mistake because the little guy loves to click the remote buttons and locked himself in the car!  Everyone gathered around the car and was telling Jacob to click the unlock button, but Jacob let his audience wait a few minutes before he got to that unlock button.

Also, Jacob started driving.  He pushes the button and the bike goes forward.  We are still working on steering.