17 months

Crawford, at 17 months you:

• are a little parrot. You repeat everything we say!
• LOVE balls. This is certainly nothing new, but it has reached a whole new height of obsession.
• are addicted to your paci all of a sudden. We have always kept a few in a mug downstairs and now you know where they are and ask for them alllll the time (by saying and signing "peeeas"). And then you have to have a lovey (to rub under your nose) or the blanket off the couch to lay on the floor to cuddle. We've only let you have the paci in the crib and car seat for months now, but when you were sick recently we caved and let you have it a lot. We have to get out of that bad habit! I hate for you to talk with that stinking thing in your  mouth... you're too old for that!
• hated swim lessons, I think mainly because of the time... We're going to try a different session next week. You generally love being in the water!
• cut all 4 molars at once (verrrrry slowly).
• are down to one nap a day (around 12:30), but sometimes wake up so early we have to sneak in a morning cat nap.
• love to point out my earrings (and turn my head to find the other one) and teeth, everyone's hat and/or glasses.
• think all African American people are wearing hats. And point it out. Loudly. In public. 
• willingly give kisses, but mostly just to me and daddy. You almost never turn down an opportunity to give the baby kisses. 
• love stickers, your lawn mower, bubbles, wearing your sunglasses on your head, watching Elmo on YouTube for 30 seconds at a time, making baskets, the vacuum cleaner (and lawn mower and power tools- you call them all vacuum), driving cars and reading books (by yourself).
• LOVE the VBS DVD my mom gave you. It is the "music videos" of the songs they sang that week, and you would watch it all day if we let you. I don't know if it's the actual movie ("moomie") you like or just that it's the only you-specific thing we put on the tv.