It's so funny to look back at the pictures of little-bitty baby Chase and compare them to the funny, active, adventurous, talkative toddler we have today. He really is quite a person, with distinct likes and dislikes and ways to voice his opinions. Chase is also a daredevil and is becoming less worried about "fall down" as he learns he can climb up on almost everything.
At 19 months, Chase is:
Talking and Singing: Again, I can't list all of his new words, but he has something new to say almost every day. He repeats phrases like "Daddy feed bitty birdie." (He calls the birds that eat on our bird-feeder "bitty birdie. Not sure why). This month he also started telling us what songs he likes to sing and really singing along. Baa Baa Blacksheep, Elmo had 4 Ducks, and 6 Little Ducks are among his favorites--he likes quacking.
Peeing on the potty: (!!!!!) Chase has peed on his potty at least 10 times. We ask him if he wants to go pee-pee on the potty and he says yes, so we take off the diaper and put him on the potty and he pees! We cheer him on and celebrate like it's New Years Eve. We even do the "Pee-Pee on the Pah-tay" dance. Chase is especially good about doing it before baths and early in the morning. We're not trying to get our hopes up because he doesn't show a lot of the signs of being ready to potty train, but we're still happy about this development.
Starting to sleep later: I really don't want to jinx myself by writing this, but Chase has started to sleep later. He even slept past 7am a few days in a row! Twice he woke up around 5:45 and we rocked him back to sleep and he stayed down until almost 8am. Again, I hate to get my hopes up, but maybe he is catching on to how cool sleep really is (especially for his pregnant mommy).
A daredevil: He's started climbing his bookcase....and on the coffee table....and up on all of the chairs...and on the railings on the outside of the stairs.
Getting used to daycare: This month Chase transitioned to daycare. For reasons beyond our control (and not to our liking), our nanny share dissolved and we had to give up our fabulous nanny, Carol. Chase started in an in-home daycare around the corner from our house. The first couple of weeks were rough--he was happy to be around other kids but missed Carol, was sad he couldn't play outside as much, did not adjust well to the new 1-nap schedule, and (worst of all) cried every time I left him there. But they are very good to him and he likes the kids and caregivers so things have gotten much better. I still wouldn't say that he is excited when we arrive, but he gives me a kiss and goes to one of the ladies or goes to play. He still gets excited when we see Carol and yells "CAROL!" when we tell him that she is coming to visit.
Making best friends with Mueller: Chase knows where Mueller's treats are and likes to give them to him often. It's not uncommon for him to give Mueller 3 treats in a row (or shove one in Mueller's mouth while he's still eating). Mueller is very patient with Chase....this only helps!
Not quite throwing tantrums, but...Coming pretty close. There are a number of things he does not like such as having his diaper changed, taking away a toy he is playing with, catching him when he is trying to run away (even in busy parking lots) or waiting for his "Nigh nigh bah bah". He's been known to throw a fit, although it's usually short of a full blown tantrum. So far there is crying and whining but no screaming. We also steer clear of taking him out to eat when it will be a long wait and try to avoid stores because we are not prepared for a full blown public tantrum.
Getting ready for Christmas: Chase loves the Christmas tree, especially "the balls!" on it. We put lights up all over the first floor for our holiday party this weekend that Chase insists we turn on. He plays music in his Charlie Brown Christmas book. He knows Santa says "ho ho ho ho," although he would NOT go anywhere near Santa when we were at the mall the other day. He moves the ornaments on our Advent Calendars and even hurried Christmas along by putting them ALL up. Every day Chase counts down to Christmas by gluing more cotton to Santa's beard. I'm excited to share his excitement this year.
And now for some more (low-quality iPhone) pictures!
Playing with Mama's brushes:
Wearing his Red Sox hat that he put on all by himself.
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