Teddy is 22 Months Old!

I am not sure what happened to my little baby boy.... but here is my little man! And I really can't believe he is already 22 months old! Two is just 2 months away and I don't know where the time has gone! Or where his baby bear has gone either...

Oh wait. Teddy was just sitting on him.

As you can tell, Teddy continues to grow. He weighs 26 pounds now and actually is getting too tall for his 18 month clothes! This is new because in the past he has always outgrown the waist bands of his clothing long before he became to "tall" for them! Today I tried 3 outfits before I found one that fit him!

I feel like I always write this, but.... Teddy is SO MUCH FUN these days! He is talking even more and his sense of humor is really coming out. He is so outgoing and friendly he always draws attention where ever we go. For example, yesterday I took him to the doctor because he was sick. Although he had an ear infection and was not well, in the waiting room he was named the official "greeter" by the receptionist because Teddy said, "Hi" and "Bye" to every single person who walked in and out of the office as we waited (and we waited a long time). He also made sure to show his new Elmo socks to anyone who made eye contact with him. He calls any other children that he sees his "friends" even if we have never met, often waving and saying, "Hi friend!" His imagination is growing and he loves to pretend. Today not only did he put Elmo in the high chair and feed him imaginary food but then later he told me, "I change Elmo diaper," as he marched off to his room. Coincidentally Teddy also needed a diaper change at the time. Teddy is typically so happy and he brings us joy every single day. He loves music and to dance, and his current favorite children songs include "I'm a Little Tea Pot" and "The Wheels on the Bus." He cracks me up though because he likes a wide variety of songs. Just about daily he asks us to play Mamma Mia (thank you to our clogging teacher- we dance to that song and for some reason Teddy loves it) and "No Cry"... which is Bob Marley's No Woman No Cry. At least our little boy has an eclectic taste in music! So, as you can tell, Teddy keeps me pretty busy. But I am proud of one of my recent projects that is finally complete. Here is a before picture of a cheap piece of furniture I got years ago:

We have been working on converting our basement into a playroom for Teddy. (Until now, it has been a cross between Shae's man-cave and a dumping ground for anything and everything we were not using at the time). I wanted to keep this ugly piece of furniture since I use it to hold all of my craft/scrapbooking supplies in, but I hated the way it looked. So, first I painted the entire thing in magnetic paint:
Then I painted it again, this time with blue chalk board paint. I added the alphabet across the top and numbers across the bottom and now we have a fun piece of furniture Teddy seems to love:

Mommy and Daddy enjoy it too!

So here it is in the playroom (finally!!):

I tried to make a bright and fun space that all three of us can enjoy.

And I think so far it is a success. One of Teddy's favorite things to do is to look at his books, and he seems to love our new play area. I am also loving having a space where I can work on crafts, etc, while still keeping an eye on Teddy.

Have I mentioned how grateful I am for our amazing little 22 month old man?!!! Because I am!