Barrett 18 months

 Riding the four wheeler with gpa and trooper towing Nick's welding trailer he built

 Watching is first movie "Over the Hedge" - attention span wasn't awesome, he made it like 10 minutes. 

 Helping make dinner. He thinks this is a much better way to make dinner than when he is on the floor. 

 Lounging on one of the fuzzies

 Springfield FD's new Ladder truck. The firemen showed us around :)

Helping gpa clean up

Things Barrett Loves:

• Fruit and veggie pouches
• Fruit (all kinds)
• Chocolate Milk 
• Music. He loves all kinds of music and sways to it and dances. 
• Mommy's "princess clock" that plays music. He goes over to it and points at it to have one of us push it and make it play music. Then he sways to it. 
• Pulling a fuzzy blanket up over himself to do anything, play, read, sleep, hang out
• Climbing up onto the bed, sliding his legs under the covers and flopping backward onto the pillows. 
• Being read to, cuddled up on the couch under a fuzzy blanket by anyone
• Playing with trucks, he drives them around and makes the "truck driving sound"
• Chasing after trooper, he runs and laughs and smiles really big
• Riding on any equipment with Gpa or Daddy - the mini excavator, the lawn mower, the four wheeler
• Being outside doing anything, walking around, digging in the garden, "helping" picking dandelions, picking up rocks or anything else
• Playing with blocks - he can stack the Melissa and Doug small blocks remarkably high. 
• Being with people in his circle. He tends not to like to branch out a ton, he has his circle of people and sticks to them. 

Barrett's stats

• 10% for weight
• 56% for height
• 33% for head size
• Wearing 12/18 month clothes, size 3 diapers (still in cloth), size 4.5 shoes

About Barrett Right Now

He loves to cuddle and smiles really big. He enjoys running around and falls from time to time but gets right back up and keeps going. He doesn't cry much but things that will make him cry include being overly hungry, falling down too hard or when someone leaves (generally me) that he is really sad about. 

He gets overwhelmed in situations where there are too many people or too much going on - not so much when someone in his "circle" is with him, but when he has been left at the gym daycare (which is the only place his is with "unfamiliar" people), he can get a little sad and overwhelmed. 

He is very sweet and waves at everyone. He likes to be close to people and cuddles close when sleeping, reading, when he first wakes up and any other time he feels the need during the day. 

He is quiet and very "mechanically minded" - he doesn't talk yet but he can do things like unscrew and screw on caps, stack blocks really high, hook small objects together, climb on anything. He is very good at playing alone or with someone else. He is very good at entertaining himself. 

He loves to take baths but doesn't get upset when he is dirty. We generally give him a bath daily but if he has dirt on his hands, it doesn't seem to bother him. He likes to play in the sink water and loves to "wash his hands" with soap. 

He will eat any type of food but seems to hate tomatoes (Nick does too). He still wakes up at night either because he is hungry, or because he wants to cuddle close or because (we think) he has had a nightmare. 

He is really easy going and is great on car trips. He is very well behaved for the most part and is a really "easy" kid. He is definitely all boy and sometimes growls and whoops around the house which is absolutely hilarious. He is sweet natured and thoughtful but quiet and reserved. He has much more of a "small town personality" and lets others lead the way.