He has my Heart!

This little guy got a piece of my heart the first day he entered this world and as he gets bigger he keeps surprising me!

There is so much to love about this baby boy - but man he also knows how to push every button.  Just look at that face. Have to love it - but you can see he's up to something!

It's so hard to believe that my baby is 18 months old today.  Seems like yesterday we came home with him.  But at the same time it seems like we've been a family of four forever.

Here are some things about Borne at 18 months old:

• He loves the outdoors.  I think Borne would stay outside all day long if we'd let him.  If you are ever around our house about the time it's time to go in you'll hear how mad Borne can get!  Since we've had some good weather lately it's been hard to hear this but maybe one of these days he'll figure out that tomorrow he can go back out!
• He can climb almost as good as spiderman.  This is no joke.  Borne can pretty much climb up anything and he'll do it in a blink of an eye.  There have been many times when I'm sitting on the couch and I see him heading towards the dining room table and I'll turn back to the TV and right back around and he's already on top of the kitchen table with the biggest grin ever.  Then we go through the entire process of screaming and kicking while I put him on the ground.  Most of the time he'll turn right back around and do it again with seconds.  I know our babysitter Amanda will be happy when he gets over the idea of being on top of the kitchen table is so much fun!
• He is a strong little boy.  You can let him hang from a pole and he'll just hold on and many times even swing his legs up so they are parallel to the ground.  Every time he does it I'm amazed.  I have a feeling Borne is going to be an athletic kid.  This is probably part of the reason he can climb so fast - he just lifts himself right up!
• Borne is a daddy's boy.  There have been a couple different times where Chris will be holding Borne and Borne will turn to me and wave bye-bye.  It's like he's saying "I'm with dad now - you are free to leave."  And almost every night when we get home and Borne turns to see Chris for the first time there is always a huge smile and little legs that are running to get a daddy hug.  I love that moment every night!
• Borne does not stop until we make him go to bed at night.  He is always on the go and won't stop until we make him.  
• Borne likes to sleep in his own room with his fan running while laying on his dog pillow holding his blanket.  We've found out in the last couple of weeks that if he's not sleeping at home we usually have issues - the biggest issue being that anyone in the house where we are staying is not getting any sleep either.
• He loves his big brother.  Ian can get Borne to smile and laugh pretty much anytime.  Although they already have a few battles here and there - I think they will be the best of friends growing up!

 I love this boy to pieces and can't wait to see what the next 18 months bring for him and us!