Leland: 18 months old

Here is our little Leland. On July 17th he turned 18 months old! He was so eager to go to nursery until he developed some separation anxiety. If we aren't at home, he spends his time clinging to my legs or screaming  with fear because he doesn't recognize any of the legs around him. Then he wanders around looking at peoples faces trying to find mine, screaming all the while. ;)

Leland has a recent fascination with the toilet and water in general. I have found him on counter tops by the sinks multiple times splashing water around or "washing" things. Of course he loves Sophie's water bowl and tries to play in it. His favorite, and the worst part, is the toilet. He can't get enough of that toilet! We had one long week of toilet issues and finally called a plumber who said he didn't know what it was, but there was definitely something in there. He spent a good 20 minutes working on it.

Leland's vocabulary is really exploding. He usually says something once or twice and then not again for a long time. But he's starting to put things together.

One of his favorite things to do is stand in the middle of the room and do something like put together a tower or put a peg through a hole and then he says "Yay!" and starts clapping. And he claps until everyone else is clapping and saying, "Yay! Good job!" He's been the life of the party more than once, and he loves it!