your twentieth month

You were growing up so fast.

It seemed like something we said a lot all of a sudden

but you definitely seemed more and more like a big boy

and less and less like a baby.

Not least because in your twentieth month

you became a big brother.

You were great at it

just like you seemed to be with everything that did.

You were pretty disinterested in your baby sister a lot of the time

but you did like to stroke her hair

and would blow her kisses

which was completely adorable.

When she cried you would either tell us she was "Noisy baby"

or say "cuddle" to us

until we picked her up and stopped her crying.

Your speech was coming on in leaps and bounds

and it seemed like you talked non stop from the moment that you woke up

until the moment that you went to bed.

You were using increasingly more words together in your sentences

and were really good at making yourself understood.

You would always greet people by saying "Hello. You alright?"

which never failed to raise a smile from everyone.

And when saying goodbye you would also say "See you soon."

Your obsession with numbers continued

and you counted constantly.

You recognised all the numbers

and never seemed to tire of pointing them out in your surroundings.

We bought you an abacus to play with

and you loved to sit and count ten beads time and time again.

You also absolutely loved playing with flashcards and books

and pointing out all the different words that you knew.

Mummy was worried that people would think she was a pushy parent

but you just seemed to love learning new things.

But it wasn't all work and no play

and you were a hilarious little bundle of energy and laughter.

You loved dancing whenever you heard music

including when you were out with Daddy and saw a busker;

you decided to stop and show of your best moves

leaving Daddy looking very embarrassed as he had no change to give to the busker.

You loved nothing better than to laugh

and to see us laugh

so you would do silly things repeatedly for laughs;

like spinning around until you were so dizzy you would fall over,

or chasing the cats around the house while making cat noises at them,

or tickling our feet,

or insisting on finding everyone's belly buttons.

You were a crazy little monkey

and we absolutely loved how much your character was coming out.