Little man - 15 months

Your little personality is bursting!

You love to play with your Legos and you now put the pieces together as well as taking them all apart of course.

You are obsessed with your cherrios and you love to walk around the house eating them. You give at least half to Dylan. We start each day with a sippy cup of milk and your cup of cherrios.

You love to be chased and you also love to chase us and play hide n seek.

You run to give me hugs - this melts my heart. And when you lay your head on my shoulder.

You are still waving at everything especially when you first wake up or get out of the car.

You have learned how to use the light switches and you love to turn them on and off.

You love to open and close doors.

You bring us books to read with you. Your favorite books are the Going to Bed book and lately you've loved Where's Spot.

You laugh a lot! You love when we tickle you and blow raspberries on your belly.

You can say mama, dada, your version of Dylan which sounds like deedah and bah for ball. And you babble a LOT! You have full conversations while you are playing.

You like to dance and you bounce when you get excited. You get especially excited when we are doing something for you that you want - like opening a lid, turning on a toy, or getting you a pretzel. You bounce like crazy then! Hilarious.

You like to help load and unload the washer. It's just the right height for you and you are actually really helpful and you hand me each piece of clothing.

You are such a great sleeper! You sleep from 7:30 until 6:30 or 7 and you take two naps during the day for about an hour each.  When you wake up in the morning you like to lay in your crib for a while. Sometimes we come in to get you and you wave hi and then lay back down with your Ellie. You move around so much when you sleep! You flip from one end of your crib to the other. We use a sleep sack so your blanket stays with you.

You have been a great eater too, that is until last week. You started turning down some of your favorite foods - oatmeal, veggie burgers and sweet potatoes among others - and you now throw a LOT of your food on the floor. I know it's a normal phase but it's driving your dad and I a bit crazy!!!! You still love blueberries and most fruit and you love frozen peas!  Your dad says you are definitely my kid with the way you eat your veggies :) 

You are starting to get better at feeding yourself with a spoon.  You can scoop up your yogurt and get some in your mouth without spilling much.

I am so amazed every day to see how big and smart you are getting. You are definitely not a baby and you are starting to figure out how to be a little boy. Your dad and I love you so much and we love watching you grow and change. You bring us so much joy and laughter. Love you chachi!

Fillmore train trip

We went on a field trip with little man's class to the Fillmore train. It was a fun adventure for us and we both had a great time!

In his seat waving to the other trains.

With the conductor.

Train ride selfie :)

It's the little things

Over the past couple of weeks our little man has started to respond when asked where parts of his body are.

"Where are your ears?" He will point to his ears. "Where is your nose?" He wiggles and scrunches up his nose.  And of course our favorite - he sticks out his tongue when asked "where's your tongue?" It's quite adorable. We're working on the toes next!

He has also figured out how to open all five doors on the pop up animal toy. We've been working on the twisting one for a while and he's finally got it!

It's so neat to watch the learning happen. You show him something over and over and then all of the sudden he does it! So cool.