19 Months

I know I'm a bit behind on this one, but better late than never! 

• Weight: ~30 lbs.
• Height: 34" (90%)
• Clothing Size: 24 months & 2T
• Enjoys: 
• Books - we go to the library every week now and Keegan gets to pick out 5 books and check them out. He picks them out, puts them in his bag and carries his bag to self check out where he hands them to me to scan then puts them back in his bag. He really enjoys the library!
• Trucks - he drives them around the floor now, sound effects and all
• Playing with the hose outside - he has lots of fun outside toys but he still prefers the hose
• Turn-Offs: still not much....he's a pretty agreeable kid but I do believe we are into the "terrible twos" phase already...he is very independent and throws a fit if he doesn't get his way sometimes. 
• Strengths: signing, eating (he is still a great eater)
• Sleeping: Keegan is finally getting pretty consistent with sleep. He goes to bed around 7:30 most days and sleeps until 6:00 or 6:30. I have been refilling his sippy cup with water (that he has at bedtime in his crib) before I go to bed and the past few mornings he hasn't called for me right when he wakes up like he used to. So maybe that helps hold him off for even just a little bit, every little bit helps! He's napping pretty well these days. He goes down between 12:30/1:00 and sleeps until 3:30/4:00 most days. I can't complain there! 
• Words: Keegan "talks" all the time. Sometimes it sounds like he is saying words but I am not sure if he really is or I am just thinking he is! 
• BALL
• BOOK
• MORE 
• PAPA
• MONKEY
• "BU.." for "Book" (6.24.11) We noticed today that he was trying to say book. 
• "UCK" for "Truck" (6.23.11)....when he was watching the garbage truck. He was standing in the front yard and kept running to me (standing at the front door) and signing "truck" and saying "uck". 
• LOOK (6.24.11)...pointing at flowers at Marbles Museum, telling me and Weezie to "look" at the flowers
• ICE (5.24.11)....today at lunch Keegan held his cup towards the ice maker on the fridge and said "ice!" and I said do you want ice in your water and he said "ice!"
• WHO'S THAT (5.23.11)...I was teaching a cello lesson the other night and Keegan had to eat dinner during my lesson because Justin had a late meeting and in the middle of my lesson (up until which he had been good and quietly eating dinner) he looked up and said "who's that?" referring to my student. It cracked us all up. I told him the name of my student and suggested he say hi. He looked at me and laughed then a minute later said hi to her! 
• BABY....he signs baby and says baby in the same high pitched voice that he uses for kitty. He has a boy baby doll that he says "baby" when ever he sees it as well as when he sees real babies. 
• WEEZIE....he has said "Weezie" a few times when prompted or shown her picture.
• MOM....we skipped Mommy and Mama really. I'm already just Mom.
• ALL DONE (4.5.11) Keegan now says "all done" and signs it at the same time
• WHAT'S THAT? (3.29.11) Keegan says this when are looking at books and he points to everything....what's that...what's that...although it sounds like "wa dat" 
• KITTY (3.1.11) when he sees the cat that lives next door or even when we go outside he looks for the "diddy" as he says in a very high pitched voice. 
• DADA
• Signs:
• Animals:
1. Bug
2. Bear
3. Monkey
4. Butterfly 
5. Rabbit
6. Lion
7. Elephant
8. Frog
9. Pig
10. Cat
11. Bird
12. Fish
13. Duck
14. Horse
15. Cow
16. Dog
• Objects:
1. Shoes
2. Hat
3. Coat
4. Socks
5. Car
6. Train
7. Ball
8. Light
9. Phone
10. Truck
11. Paci
12. Book
13. Flower 
• Food:
1. Cereal
2. Pasta
3. Raisin
4. Cracker
5. Pancake
6. Strawberry
7. Blueberry
8. Cup/Drink
9. Yogurt
10. Banana
11. Milk
12. Water
13. Bread
• Actions:
1. Love
2. Help
3. Wash Hands 
4. All Done
5. Please 
6. Thank You
7. Sleep
8. Eat
9. Play
• People:
1. Weezie
2. Mommy
3. Daddy
4. Friends
5. You

Favorites of Keegan currently:

• Foods: Pasta (any kind of pasta, he loves it!), animal crackers, carrots (cooked) 
• Songs: Itsy Bitsy Spider 
• Shows: Baby Signing Time and Thomas the Train 
• Books: any book, he especially likes ones with cats and trucks
• Toys: Mini Tool Bench and Kitchen Set 
• Activities: Playing with the hose in the backyard

Things I don't want to forget:

• Keegan can say "love you". Today when Weezie left our house we were saying bye and I said "bye weezie, i love you!" and Keegan signed "love" then "you". We had been working on these signs already and he has signed them to me when I said "sign love", "sign you" but it was fun to see him say it to someone appropriately. Then tonight at bedtime I put him in his crib and said "good night Keegan, I love you" and he signed "love you" back to me. Sweet boy. 
• Keegan is developing little quirks about him that are quite funny. When he is eating, his cup has to go in the cup "spot" where there a hole for the cup. When we are going down the stairs, he has to close the gate at the top of the stairs after we get on the other side (on the stairs). If the handle is not all the way closed on his gate downstairs he has to close it. If the latch on the oven baby proofing lock is not closed, he always closes it. If there is an empty place on his plate that is divided into sections, he keeps pointing to it until we put something there too. If he dumps out his bowl of cheerios or goldfish or whatever he has for a snack, he yells and runs to me immediately to pick it up. He doesn't like messes!  I could go on. He's a funny kid.