23 months: Our climber

Noah is now 23 months. I can't believe in less than a month he will be 2 years old. It's crazy how fast he has grown up. He is very talkative now and uses many toddler sentences, such as "Where he go?" and "Daddy bye bye." He says 90% of people's names now, which is really cute to hear (especially his little friends from Mops or the gym!). He is learning to say "thank you" and "please may I get out," and he will pray before dinner if Mommy helps him.

We are discovering that any semblance of babyproofing our house is completely gone. Noah has figured out ways around our safety measures. One of the ways he does this is by climbing up to things. Here are some pictures showing a few of the ways that Noah is a climber. Not pictured: standing on his riding toys (and falling usually), climbing on his coloring table, standing on the dining room table, climbing on the computer desk.

This is Noah during the Superbowl eating chips with his cousin Benjamin.

(His favorite activity of late is to watch the tractor plow out the driveway. With three recent snowfalls, Noah has had lots of chances to watch the plowing!)