18 month old Jared

This is my little toddler.

Jared is at a great stage right now. He loves to copy our words and run away from diaper changes. He is very particular about what he wants to do or play with and fortunately he is getting much better about communicating those desires.
He says lots of things- walk, down, up, help, bread, juice, drink, another-one, more, again, grandpa, grandma, play, rain, hot, cold, no (this is a favorite), cookie, apple, cheese, stack, spoon, fork (he pronounces this as "stick"), two, three, poop, dirty, fish, bear, blanket, spin, jump, sit, chair, play, truck, car, hat, eye, uh-oh, fall, hug, bonk, bib, all-gone, all-done, nose, spit, teeth, rub, pants, shoe, jacket, socks, stuck
Of course, the pronunciation on these are approximate, but I'll be your interpreter if you need me.
Jared is definitely a mover and runs from task to task as fast as he can go. He can climb most anywhere he wants to go. Besides hearing the word "STOP" he is quite obedient, which makes me extraordinarily happy.
Jared has almost all of his teeth, except for a pair of canines and the last set of molars. He weighs 23 pounds (30th percentile) and is 33 inches tall (70th percentile).
He loves a lot of things, namely babies, dogs, trucks, helping Mom, climbing, but most of all being silly. This morning we were out on a walk and he slipped a little on the ice (holding my hand). He thought it was the best thing ever. So he had to try out slipping on the dry concrete. When that didn't turn out he searched out every patch of ice and snow to pretend slip on for the rest of our walk.
He is great. I think we'll keep him.