Where did my baby go?!?!

Connor - days old.

Connor - days ago.

I'm so totally bummed out!! Connor who is 17.5 months old...has pulled out the stops with development lately!! He's got a mouth full of teeth...it feels like there's a new one almost everyday (I know I'm exaggerating but really it feels that way)...he listens to what you say and can follow directions fairly well (when he's cooperating)...he can wash his own hair...yes..my not even 18 month old child can put shampoo in his hands....lather it all over his head...and dumps the bucket over his head to rinse...all by himself...he tells me when he's poopy...he can communicate most of his needs...for example he'll take you by the hand and lead you somewhere..or he'll run ahead of you then look at you like he wants you to follow him...he knows the color blue and can say "blue"...he has too many words to list...but there's new ones every day...and the kicker...he can get out of his crib...AND...open his bedroom door. Yep...I woke up this afternoon after a quick cat nap while the kids were napping and Connor was in my face...you're probably thinking it was one of the other two...nope...they were both sound asleep...he did it all by himself...without injury thank God..tonight is a different story...he's OK...but he did fall out of his crib after I put him to bed...tomorrow the crib will be coming down...I need a toddler bed...Lori is looking into a friend of hers that may have one available...but if not...he'll be sleeping in a mattress on the floor...goodbye crib...it makes me teary to think that he could be my last baby and he's already outgrown the crib...he's my baby...really though...he's a toddler trapped in a body of a baby...well OK..he looks like a toddler too..and I know he's close to really being thought of as a toddler...but he's my baby...my baby boy...they grow up quickly...too quickly...