Ben is 18 months old!

This post is a little bit late in coming, but the boys are really running me ragged these days.  As things like night-time parenting get easieer, other things like being a referee to wrestling matches becomes more difficult.  This post illustrates Liam turning 18 months.  My boys look similar at 18 months, but vary greatly in size and development.

Ben at 18 months:

Ben is 31 inches, maybe 31.5 inches and about 22 pounds, much shorter and lighter than his big brother at this age.  Liam was beinning to count and have letter reconition, and while Ben can count to 3, he has no interest in numbers like Liam and while he can sing portions of his ABC's, he is not able to do letter recognition.  What he can do that Liam couldn't is: answer yes/no questions, follow 2 steep directions, say the name of people he frequently sees (Mama, Dada, Mema (Liam), Memo (Elmo), Pets (Wonder Pets), Murmey (Murray), Mammy (Sammy), Beckee (Beckee--Liam's ABA therapist), banana (Anna), Ben can also request items he wants, sing songs, and knows the titles of his favorite books (Go Dogs Go and Hop on Pop).

Liam at 18 months:

Dave always says I'd make the perfect wife for Henry VIII, just popping out little replicas of their dad, and my boys show that is clearly the case physically.