Letter to Camden (22 month edition)

Dear Camden,

My sweet boy, you are now 22 months old! I was just telling your daddy yesterday that I feel like we're seeing more and more of your personality every day. And you know what? You're a funny guy!

My latest favorites include:

You love to watch your daddy put his contacts in every morning. When he's done, you take the case from him, and then pretend to put your contacts in, too.

You love to squeal "Eeew!" when you see something dirty. This includes a poopy diaper, dirt, the trashcan, etc. You also like to follow Daddy and me into the bathroom and scream "Eeew!" while we go potty.

Whenever you look for something now, you get a very pensive expression on your face and say "Hmmm..." while you search for whatever the missing item is.

You love to tuck your animals in bed at naptime and bedtime. You lay them on a pillow and sign "goodnight" to them. Today, you also put your juice down for a nap. You gently placed your sippy cup on your pillow and signed "goodnight" to the cup.

You sign "I love you" now. Cutest.sign.EVER.

When you give kisses, your favorite sound effect is "mmmm" to go along with the kiss.

You mimic everything! You sweep, clean toilets, help daddy build things with his tool set, etc. You're obviously watching us carefully, which means we need to be extra mindful of what we do and say now!

You like to pretend to feed your toy animals your snacks and share your milk with them. So sweet of you!

You like to blow (spit?!) on your food to cool it down. Only, you don't limit the blowing to hot food. You've been known to blow on cereal, bananas, and Graham Crackers too.

Language:

You continue to make strides with your language skills. You've recently started using "dada" more appropriately. You've also added a snake's hiss and a firetruck's alarm to the list of sounds you can make.

Current Unprompted Words/Approximations/Sounds:

Mama
Dada
Yeah
Mmm (moo)
Nahh (neigh)
Baba (sheep)
Eeew!
Ssss (snake)
Shhh (quiet/sleep)
Hmm (when looking for something)

Will imitate when prompted: Babbling (yiyiyi, yayaya, bababa, dadada, nanana, etc.); fire truck sounds, monkey sounds, "ow!", no ("na"), bye (when I hang up the phone).

You seem to have the most difficulty with vowel sounds, as you like to substitute an "a" in whenever you can. But, you're making great progress, and you continue to use your signs well!

Camden, if I could describe you in only one word right now, it would be F-U-N. You make me laugh every single day. Today, I was getting dressed in the bedroom and you were in the family room. You walked quietly into the bedroom and stood and watched me get dressed. It was only when I looked up that I noticed that you were wearing Mr. Potato Head's tiny glasses while watching me with a serious expression.

We have so much to look foward to in the upcoming months: Halloween, your birthday, and the holidays! Daddy and I can't wait to share all of these exciting times with you. You are, hands down, the best thing that ever happened to us and we love you more with each passing day.

What you've been up to this month:

Wearing Mr. Potato Head's glasses:

Hangin' with Uncle Chris:

Loving on Cousin Will:

Love,
Mommy