Cleaning

We are attempting to clear the house of clutter to get it ready to sell. It is a lot harder to do this with toys everywhere! We are trying to have just one box of toys in the living room and Sean's bedroom so whenever we have a showing we can just throw both boxes in the car. Unfortunately now our basement has to be reorganized to accommodate all of the clutter and extra toys we are removing from the first and second floors. Very exhausting, but hopefully worth it if a potential buyer comes in and notices how AWESOME our clean, decluttered house looks!

18 month stats and baby kicks

We went in for Sean's 18 month well appt. He is 23.8 lbs and 100 percentile for height - 34.75inches. This kid is still tall and skinny. I thought he would have evened out, but I guess he is meant to be that way. Sean was vaccinated for chicken pox today as well.

In other news, I felt baby yesterday night. I had felt some flutters here and there, but yesterday, it was for a full minute. It's probably early to feel anything more than that so I was very surprised and delighted, even if it was 3 in the morning. Sean was very active and kicked all the time so it'll be interesting to compare if this little one is going to be like his big brother or not.

Sean at 18 months

Sean is 1 1/2 years old today! He is growing by leaps and bounds, physically and intellectually. He loves to run, jump, kick, and throw. We had some mild weather last week and Sean loved putting his boots on and jumping in the puddles. Matt just taught him how to catch a ball and Sean is pretty good at it.
He understands everything we say and is starting to add new words to his 10-15 word vocabulary. Yesterday he said "good" out of nowhere! Sean knows his shapes, some colors, animals/sounds, and about 15 sign language signs, including milk, more, eat, dog and airplane.
With some new toys for Christmas, like his kitchen set, fake food, shopping cart, mini broom and dust-buster, Sean follows me around the house and "helps" make food and clean up. He is also very organized and quite the perfectionist. He has to have his legos divided up by color and his fake food in certain places. If I move a lego out of the way, he will put it right back where it "belongs". I wonder where he gets that from =)
Matt and I looked through photos of Sean when he was still a baby, and reminisced at how grown up Sean has gotten. The cliche they grow up so fast is so true.
Here he is lounging on the couch like a big boy-