17 Months

Mason is 17 months and what a personality! The boy never stops... unless Shrek or Wheel of Fortune is on the television.

He loves to help vacuum and sweep. You tell him to grab his vacuum and he'll run into the other room just to bring his mini-dison vacuum to you. I love it when he vaccums right next to me. Similarly, if you leave the pantry door open, he'll run in there just to grab the swiffer sweeper and/or the broom... and heaven forbid if you start sweeping the kitchen without him... He'll try to steal the broom right out of your hands. He's my little cleaner.

Mason has also learned to climb and he climbs on EVERYTHING. We keep catching Mason on top of the kitchen table. We tried turning the kitchen table chairs around but he still climbs on them. Another one of his climbing games is to climb onto the sofa and run across it to meet Gammy. He then gets behind Gammy and pulls her toward him so that she squishes him.

Another favorite game of his is to open and close doors in the house. My favorite is when he shuts doors in my face. The other day he was standing in the bathroom and I went to join him. He smiled and then shut the door right when I approached the doorway. It was either a coincidence or he has impeccable timing.

His vocabulary is getting better. He's learned to say 'no', which tells me that he does know what it means... he just acts like he doesn't. He also says "oh wow!", "all gone", "mom", "dad", "sit".

His favorite book is still "Five Little Pumpkins" and he loves when I recite "5 Little Monkeys". Nana keeps bringing Mason books and he loves every single one.

One more month and we will have a one and a half year old!