Calder isn't so little anymore

My little boy is 18 months!  A year and half!  Time has FLOWN.

Stats:
Weight: 23 lbs, 10 oz (20th percentile)
Length: 34 1/2 in. (90th percentile)
Head: 18 3/4 in. (45th percentile)

A few new things about Calder right now:

• His first obsession is airplanes.  Every time he hears one, he gets so excited, and has to try and find it in the sky! And then he proceeds to tell me about it the rest of the day with little airplane arm movements with accompanying airplane sounds.  It is pretty cute.  We took him to the airport last Saturday so he could watch the planes take off. He LOVED it!
• We have started taking Calder to nursery.  He thinks it is great - as long as mom is there. So we are working on how to help him understand that it is ok for him to be there by himself.  

What a tired boy!  Nursery is exhausting.  He almost made it home from church. :)

• One of his favorite things to do is go swimming.  He is getting very comfortable in the water, (which sometimes makes me nervous!) and loves to kick around by himself in his little arm floaties. (But I don't let him do it too much by himself, the arm floaties only do so much to keep him up.)

•  I used to carry Calder a lot of places, like to the car, or to and from the swimming pool, but not so much anymore.  He walks pretty much everywhere by himself.

Walking back home from the pool.  

• Calder has started LOVING all blankets.  It doesn't have to be a particular one, which is nice, but he loves to give his blankets a big hug and carry them around when he gets tired.
• He dedicates a half hour of every day to finding all the fallen acorns by our apartment and then proceeds to throw them into the stream or pond that is nearby.  He is actually getting quite a good arm!  Must be all the practice.
• I think he is left-handed.  He eats primarily with his left hand and throws with his left hand.
• He still loves the park and everything associated with it: swings, slides, climbing, etc.  We could spend all day at the park, and he would be a happy camper.
• Calder is starting to say a lot of new words and animal sounds.  Some of the newer ones are: rock, did it (when he does something himself), please (peese), waffle, bubbles, blocks.  Apparently I need to start making a list of what he says, because I don't remember the others off the top of my head!
• He understands everything we say, and it is so fun having conversations with him. Even if they are a bit one-sided right now.  He has definite opinions of what he likes and doesn't like.  

• He is starting to be somewhat of a picky eater. I think he just likes being in control of what he eats, and when.
• Calder is a big helper.  He loves to help with dishes, cooking, and other cleaning that we do around the house.  

We love you little man!