wow, we can hardly believe that our baby is 18 months! cuter than ever and more fun and precious! he has a thing for his two fingers on his left hand. he can do many things while these two fingers remain in his mouth. also his pooh chewy bear and his puppy arent very far away at all times for this guy, they really seem to comfort him. if he is cranky, i will go and get his little friendsand just about every time it does the trick. and his blanket (not pictured) who auntie megan actually made for dahlia a few years ago, but valen has kind of taken that over. he carries that around all over the house most of the day.

he is talking a little bit more. easy words like door, more, up, off......he just started throwing tantrums about a week ago. nothing tragic but he is certainly different than before. sometimes if i go into the bathroom and he doesnt want that (i can still see him because we have a gate in the doorway) he will fall on the ground and hit his hands to the floor a couple times while whining and then in a couple seconds crawl away and play... so cute! i cant help but laugh! 

he was teething again for a few days and it was not fun for anyone. he wouldnt sleep or eat much and needed to be held at all times. not to mention all the serious drooling going on! thankfully it only lasted 3 days and it wasnt as bad as having a 6month old teething... at least we can communicate with him and he isnt screaming his head off with no end in sight! i dont miss those days! 

he loves being in the nursery at church. until recently it was hard for us to leave him because he would cry and just not get over it. but now he is fine.... but dahlia still wont let us go. i teach sunday mornings in her class so i am hoping that by the end of the month she will be more comfortable even when i am not the teacher. 

ok, well valen is our favorite boy and we couldnt imagine a more perfect beautiful amazing child and are cherishing every moment and excited to see who he becomes!