19 Months

Happy Easter!

19 months was filled with Easter festivities (as soon as he got better from the yucky virus)!

Tillman went to 4 Easter Egg Hunts this year.  As they say, practice makes perfect, and that is certainly the case for hunting eggs...OR "footballs" as Tillman calls them (he's all boy!). The first hunt was at the church where he attends daycare; Tillman wanted nothing to do with picking up any eggs.  He was running around like a "Banchie" the entire time and picking up eggs and throwing them like a football (I think he's going to have a great passing arm). The daycare director asked Tillman if picking up eggs was too much like clean up time.  We walked away from that hunt "batting zero!"

The Egg Hunt was over to the left...
not interested & wouldn't hold the basket

The next week, Tillman had a hunt at daycare.  Unsure the results of that hunt, but based on his skills after that hunt, he must have found that hunting "footballs" was fun!  At the next two hunts, he found 6 eggs and then 9 eggs all by himself!  One thing that slows him down is that he has to pick all the pine straw out of the bucket before finding the next egg.  Only eggs in Tillman's bucket!

Tillman with his findings

This "football hunter's" 19 month stats:

Weight: holding steady around 23 lbs

Diapers size: Little Movers size 3 during the day and size 4 at night

Clothing size: 12-18 months (some 24 mo shirts)

Shoe size: 4.5 or 5

Food tricks: drinking from a small cup (without a lid) & learning to feed himself

Naps: 1 nap during the day around 11:30 and sleep until 1:30

Play (new things): puzzles, dancing to music, and giving hugs and kisses to all that ask!

Oh, and he also started GYMERCIZE!  The philosophy is building a child's confidence and self-esteem through a fitness geared program. The objectives of the class are gross-motor coordination (tumbling mats and tunnels) and developing eye-to-hand coordination through use of balls, hoops, and awareness games.
Tillman is learning how to tumble!  He put his head down the other day on the carpet and his behind straight up in the air.  He was all set up for the flip.  Nick helped him with his "follow through!"