14 Month Update

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It's been FOREVER since we've posted anything. Needless to say, Evan and life (Evan) are keeping us very occupied. We are having a blast with him! He's almost 14 months. He's walking (running), climbing, and exploring.

His favorite thing to do is read. We go to the library at least every other week. Right now we have 18 books checked out and we read them all. Books about the characters Maisy and Max and his sister Ruby are favorites as are the alphabet books.

Evan L-O-V-E-S letters. He recognizes letters everywhere we go and says sounds for many of them. We will try to get it on video soon. "M" is his favorite letter and you must say it back to him and point to it when he says it. Otherwise toddler meltdown and yelling will ensue!

Among his other favorite things are gardening, basketball, Legos, and climbing the slide.

We've been working on sign language with him and it's really paying off. Instead of yelling for what he wants he can now communicate with us. It's also given him a lot of confidence. The signs that he uses the most are: bird, moon, hat, ball, dog, water, flower, more, book, cow, mouse, and milk.

It's so fun watching him develop. Leslie and I are amazed by his growth everyday and can't believe how quickly it all happens. It's so much work but at the same time I realize that some day he'll be off to college and I'll be missing him so much.