Happy 18 months!

And he turns 1.5!

Guillermo's unofficial weight is 31 lbs, though he fluctuates between 29 and 31 on our scale at home. Not sure how tall he is--we'll find out at his appointment in a few weeks! I was talking to Bill about his (Guillermo's, not Bill's!) language skills the other night, and commenting that some 18-month-olds can use 2-word sentences. I was saying that Guillermo isn't at that level yet, and went on to tell him how all day, Guillermo says, "Daddy bye-bye". Bill looked at me and said, "Babe, that's a 2-word sentence.". So, Guillermo has one 2-word sentence! Other words include, "ball", "bird" and "meow!" to name a few. New feats include using the big boy slide at the park, climbing the slide from the bottom to the top, spinning around in circles, fake falling with a dramatic flare, collecting rocks, watering the lawn and hugging the cat gently. Six more months until the big T-W-O!

Fire station

Here are a few pics taken by a friend from our co-op of Guillermo and his first fire station experience...he fell in love at first sight.


Taking me around the station...literally pulling me the whole time!

More interested in the camera at this point..that fireman kind of scared him.


Whoa that's high! A fireman went up it and back down...100 feet. Also, this sky is one of my pro items for Spokane. It was 85 or so yesterday...not one cloud...anywhere.

I was obviously intrigued by the ladder, but Guillermo wanted nothing more than to check out the truck stabilizers on the ground. He wasn't all that into the ladder.

Giving the scary fireman the look from inside the engine.

Stories

So, Guillermo has done a couple of cute things lately (well, especially cute since, as you know, most of the things he does are cute!). Two stories stand out:

Owww!
Guillermo's little friend Aiko came over to play the other morning. This is a common past time for the two of them--they've been getting together weekly since they were 3 months old or so. As they get older, they are starting to notice each others' existence and get excited to see each other. They run to each other and look at themselves, etc. They are also starting to play side by side and share key play items. Well, this particular morning, Guillermo was very excited and moving furniture around, yelling, etc. (this is something Aiko doesn't do). When Aiko and her mom were on their way out the door (a slow process at this age), he accidentally pushed one of our chairs into Aiko, pinning her against a window seat. Aiko, of course, wasn't happy at all. She cried, quit breathing, turned blue. I had moved the chair and Guillermo telling him that he had hurt Aiko. He watched her with a quivering lip until she stopped crying. Soon after, Aiko was leaving with a smile on her face, no damage done. She was actually trying to run back in the house for more play after they left. But, Guillermo somehow got it into his head that she left because he hurt her. He kept touching his head and saying "OW!" (he does this when he hurts himself) and then looking toward the front door and saying "Bye Bye". All during lunch when I asked him if he'd had a fun time with his friend, he would touch his head, say "ow" and then point outside and say "bye bye". This lasted until his nap--I actually tested him to see if he still remembered after he woke up, and he didn't. Anyway, it was sweet to see his reaction to making his friend hurt. Very sweet boy (when the mood arises anyway).

Marry me?
So, the other night, Guillermo noticed Bill's wedding ring and was trying to get it off so he could play with it. Bill kept saying, "This is my wedding ring, it's not for play", but Guillermo was intent on getting that ring. Finally Bill said, "Guillermo, you have to be married to have a ring like this....will you marry me?" Guillermo looked right at Bill and said, "NO!". Now, I'm sure he wasn't actually saying no to the question (he says no about pretty much everything right now...including when he's shoving food he really likes into his mouth...if you ask him, "do you like this?", he'll shove it into his mouth and say, "no", but in the case of Bill's question, the timing was perfect.