David's 21-month Milestones

David is a busy busy boy and seems to be doing more this month, which is wonderful!

-David can pull up on a walker and walk with it all by himself.
-David will walk without holding on to anything if I hold on to the back of his shirt to help him keep his balance.
-David can stand without shoes on for about 5 seconds.  With shoes and orthotics about 10 seconds.
-David is now signing "eat" and a very occasional "mommy"
-David now plays "peek-a-boo" and covers/uncovers his eyes.
-David loves to play "basketball" and throw little basketballs into my laundry basket.
-We have this musical instrument kit, where the instruments are stored in a clear plastic drum.  David now loves to put the instruments back in and secure the lid in place.  He will leave something out usually so he can bang the drum with it.  He's playing with more intention now.
-David doesn't say words yet, or imitate, but he babbles with quiet a variety of vocal ranges from high pitch with energy to calm and slow.  He gets very animated when he's talking!

David is on a this schedule that he's been on for quite awhile now.  He doesn't depart from it, it's like clockwork:  Up at 7-7:30am, Nap at 12:30-1:00 for about 1 hour, sometimes longer or shorter, and in bed between 8-8:30. 

A couple months back the only way to get David to nap was to put him in the jumper and he would jump to sleep. But he's since outgrown it, so I transitioned to rocking him to sleep which took about 5 minutes.  That got old, so I would put him in his crib, and he would pull up to stand and cry for 10 minutes or so and finally after that would go to sleep. NOW, I put him in his bed, he pulls up to stand and fusses for 2-3 minutes and will go to sleep.

When it's time to sleep at night, he usually fusses for 1-2 minutes and sometimes will stay down and not pull up to sleep. But he sleeps quicker and all through the night. In the morning he is my alarm clock and will start talking/yelling/crying to let me know he's up and wants me.

But David does so good throughout the day because of our "schedule", I just wonder what Evan's schedule is and how he's doing.  I pray for angels of protection over that sweet boy that I hope to meet soon and take home with me!  He has lots of love awaiting him... :-)