Rex @ Eighteen Months

Rex had his 18 month check up today, so we figured it was probably time for a post discussing his latest talents, tricks, and silly things he likes to do.

During a fairly recent bath night, Josh decided to make up a game where he would hold a cup and Rex would put various bath toys in it and then they would dump them out.  Josh counted each item as Rex put them in and Rex thought counting was pretty cool, so he joined in.  Since then, he has had an obsession with counting things from snacks, to stairs, to just about anything.  A couple rules:  Rex never starts with one.  One doesn't exist in Rex's counting system.  His starts at Two and ends at Six (or "Iss").  Within the last couple of days, he made up a new rule:  order no longer matters and we've added Nine and Ten to the lineup.  Its perfectly acceptable to start with Two, jump to Five (or "Fise") and then jump to Nine. 

Here are a few clips of one of his snack counting episodes, pre-Modification:



One thing we're beginning to notice about Rex is that he's really friendly.  He likes to wave and say "Hah" (hi) to random strangers.  This might include the couple standing behind us in line at Cafe Rio, the man walking down the hall at the doctors office, or the cashier at Wal-mart.

He's a bit of a chatterbox.  One of his favorite things to do these days is after we put him to bed, he will lay in his crib and talk to himself for up to an hour.  He also enjoys kicking the daylights out of his crib during these episodes.  Recently, he's been waking up at 3 or 4 in the morning, having a short 20-30 minute conversation with himself and then fall back asleep.  We aren't sure if he's actually awake and talking or if he's talking in his sleep.

But our favorite thing about Rex is his sense of humor.  He makes us belly laugh about something everyday.  He's quirky and does some random funny things.  Enjoy this video of one such random, funny outburst:



We love our little guy!