Seven weeks! I have obviously been slacking, because even though I keep thinking I need to post on here, it has taken me seven weeks to actually do it.
Jonah has turned into such a little toddler lately. All the traces of the baby he used to be are disappearing. It's great that he's growing up and maturing like he's supposed to, but it is certainly bittersweet.
Not only is Jonah walking confidently, he has started trying to run. It's really funny when he's holding Peter's and my hands and he puts his head down, out in front of his body and starts walking quickly - like his big head will help pull him along. He is still not speaking many real words. His intelligible words consist of mama, dada, up, ice, what's this (still sounds like washish), and bob. At his 18-month checkup the doctor said that Jonah does have a "slight language delay." He should theoretically be saying a lot more words, but we're not worried about it. He understands a lot, and certainly communicates. He's even started picking up several baby signs, without us really trying. The words will come.
Jonah has started recognizing some letters. I think this is mostly because he asks "what's this?" about a lot of letters in books. Right now he definitely knows S, G, and O. There are a couple of others he may know as well. He loves books, so I suspect it won't be long before he's recognizing a lot more.
One of Jonah's favorite activities right now is shape-sorting. He is becoming quite the pro at figuring out where all of the shapes go in his various shape-sorting toys. He seems to have a couple of the toys memorized, and turns it straight to the shape he needs.
Thankfully, Jonah has continued to sleep well. We have noticed that whenever we go somewhere different, he doesn't sleep well the first night, but then gets better the next nights. Luckily, he goes right back to his normal routine when we get back home. He has actually slept in the past three mornings since we've been home from the beach. He's still sleeping around 11 hours at night and usually about 1.5 hours at nap time, although sometimes more. I am very grateful for this consistent sleep!
