I can not get him to hold still anymore. He wants to be on the go, lounging bouncing, squirming, running, & playing all the time! So pictures are a bit hard to take, as are videos (plus he likes to come over and look at them now).
He is saying all kinds of stuff, most when prompted by me. By himself he is saying; G.G. Pop Pop, Grandma (gah-ma), (we asked him to say Uncle the other day and it came out gun-ka-- ha ha) out, apple, banana, hot dog, happy, baby, ball, car, stop, no, what... I'm sure there's more I'm just not thinking about right now. He is jabbering all the time & I'm convinced he is speaking a different language some days. But he mostly communicates by going over to what he wants and pointing or whining. We are really encouraging him to say what he wants & it is coming, slowly buy surly.
This boy loves food! He eats all kinds of stuff and the only time he is picky is when he is teething (which hopefully we don't have to worry about for a while--since he has molars and cuspids already). Veggies he loves peas, corn, carrots, celery, green beans & broccoli! Fruits he'll eat strawberries, blueberries, grapes, apples, peaces, & bananas. He also loves Mac & Cheese, Pasta-roni (anything pasta really), anything rice, hot dogs, chicken, beans, yogurt & of coarse ice cream. As I said in my last post, he drinks everything from his sippy cup, no more bottle! I haven't given him tons of juices but he is starting to like those too.... and he especially loves drinking from a straw!
His likes:
- He loves Hoopla Kids nursery songs on You Tube. They are pretty cheesy & the animation is bad, but he loves them. It was kind of a fluke we even discovered them but I'm glad we did.
- He loves throwing balls. He's got a great arm too--- I'm thinking basketball player or quarter back perhaps? He also loves throwing rocks and poking stuff with sticks.
- He points at everything.
- He loves reading books and pointing at what he is recognizes. He is even starting to say some animal sounds... sheep (baba), monkey (Oo-oo), and dog (woof woof). He can recognize birds, cars, babies, and the bus in one of the books he has.
- He loves bike rides. He is quiet throughout the whole ride... it almost feels as though I'm alone. Which can be nice to have some quiet time where I can be alone with my thoughts.
- He loves the playground. That's the only part of our bike ride that he let me know he wants out is when he sees one. He loves teeter-totters, swings, ramps, stairs, slides and throwing wood chips!
- He is starting to run, he likes going down hills and he has started to jump a little (he can get about 1 inch off the ground by himself).
I took him in for his 15 month check up and he is doing great physically and development wise. 33 inches tall which is in the 90-95%ile (he grew almost 2 inches in 3 months), & 23 lbs 4 oz (25-50%ile). So you can see all his growth is going to his height. Tall skinny boy! She said his development is great, somewhere around the 20 months range.
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| This was taken in February |
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| This was taken today. Not so hard to get stuff on the same dresser is it buddy? These overalls are the same ones I took his 10 month pictures in too, they are totally high waters now! |
Video collage of the past couple months...
In an attempt to learn more about the manual mode and aperture mode on my camera, I took tons of pictures of Andrew this past month.
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| "...Canon? I love Canon" |
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| He has learned how to propel himself on this thing. Next step Stridder Bike.... I'm thinking for his 2nd b-day. |
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| He throws a ball with his left hand... |
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| Happy boy! He gets bonks and bruises all the time these days! |
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| If you look close you can see his tan line and the strips where his sandles let in the sunshine. |
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| He loves the slide & he can go down very well all by himself! |
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| He is loving the swing too! |
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| I can get a few smiles out of him but this is what he typically looks like on the swing. Cool and collected. "This is the life, Mom" |
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| Love this! |
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| Throwing a tantrum. |
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| And another one on the street! |
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| We got a chair for him at Once upon a Child (for $3.50), he totally loves it. He is now learning to stand on it and he wants to jump off of it! |
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| I love his smile! He will smile for us when we ask him to now! He was coming at me pretty fast when I took this so that's why it isn't centered... but i totally love it! |
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| Big boy needs a drink... he loves drinking from my water bottle! |
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| I love that he holds my hand. It melts my heart. |
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| He's got that "I'm cool" look, and he does look cool in this sweater vest (once again thank you Once Upon a Child!) |
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| I love his little cheeks.... they get kissed alot! |
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| And that look when he is exploring... so cute!! |
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