Here is Andy back on May 25th:
And here is Andy on June 25th:
Andy is a real chatterbox. In his 22nd month he added cow, shoe, chalk, kiwi, turkey, slide, glasses, flower, yes/yeah, up, stick, dump, seed, chicken, duck, hair, swing, apple, and squirrel to his vocabulary. And in his 23rd month he added star, pizza, sink, sit/seat, two, play, straw, shirt, sky, down, see, a, shark, ride, he, inside, frog, turtle, sleep/asleep, change, my, chair, horse, neigh, all gone, and head. He hasn't really started saying a second syllable yet but in the past couple of weeks especially tends to speak with two or even three words together. He likes to say "I see" for "Can I see?" and "I too" for whenever he wants whatever Matt has or does. He will say phrases like "a ball." He does say some noun-verb combinations, usually "cat sleep, cat bed" for "the cat is sleeping on the bed" or "owl sleep, owl tree" for "owls sleep in trees." He'll also say two nouns together, as he apparently isn't ready for "and" yet: "mil wa" for "milk and water," for example. And he loves possessives: "ma car" for mama's car, "da wa," for dada's water, "ma shoe" for my shoe, "Matt cup" for Matt's cup, and so on. He can count to two and also identify that there are two of something, and I'm pretty sure he knows at least three at this point.
Andy still loves all things vehicles, especially trucks. He could drive toy vehicles and trains and watch trucks on the road and planes in the sky all day. His current favorites are fire trucks (wee ooo wee ooo) and dump trucks (dump cuck). He also likes dinosaurs (rawr). He likes other animals, too, although cats, birds, and bugs remain of most interest. Recently he has really gotten interested in owls. We often have to check rooms or the outside for owls, and he will only be satisfied if we confirm that the owls are sleeping in the trees since it's daytime. Like his brother Andy is on a big Curious George kick. They will watch the TV show and read any of the books together, and Andy likes to snuggle with any one or more of the various stuffed Curious Georges we have for nap or bed. Andy, like his brother, also enjoys Winnie the Pooh books, movies, and stuffed animals, and at least one of the various Winnie the Poohs or other characters we own will often end up in bed with him as well. (Lately a stuffed owl has been completing the bedtime buddy trifecta.)
Andy still loves playing in water and in the sand. He is slightly more cautious with climbing and big slides, but he is still fairly adventurous for his age. Swinging as high as he can is one of his favorite things to do outside. He continues to love proprioceptive activities: pushing anything he can - his shopping cart, toy lawnmowers, laundry baskets, vehicles - around, crawling through tunnels of any sort, running (through mazes in particular), jumping, climbing, digging, carrying and throwing relatively heavy objects, squeezing hugs, etc. He remains one active little guy, that's for sure.
