15 months old!

the last month has been a big one because you are WALKING!!!  you are gaining confidence everyday in your abilities and love to explore!  i also started doing sensory play with you last month and you also love it just like your sister.  you are working hard on talking, and you have lots and lots to say even though we can't understand you.  and when you are unhappy you make it very clear what you want, which is also new.  you love music and dancing and anything that bowie is doing. you love the shape sorter and peg dolls and your favorite thing to do is to take one at a time and relocate it and then go back and do it over and over again until you have moved them all, and then start over again.  you are also learning the skill of "transferring" and you especially like to practice this with the pasta in the sensory table.  you have a special bond with wilfred and he has exceptional patience for you.  you and bowie are starting to play more together and you guys like to play peek a boo and hide in seek in the family room together, it gets the biggest belly laughs out of you.  you guys also like to play with the play kitchen together and the food, you are working hard to sit on your own in the chair at the kids table. 

you are extremely affectionate.  when you are playing you will come over to dad or i, give us a "snug" and then go back to whatever you were doing.  it's like you are checking in or letting us know you care.  you don't do it because you are scared or unsure, but you do it out of love and closeness.  it's one of the sweetest things and i hope you don't stop.  you also give kisses and it melts my heart.  you will lean in and make the "mmmmm" kissy sound and go in for a wet one.  you adore your daddy and literally scream "DA DA" for him all the time. 

you amaze us everyday and make us laugh.  you are love, light and magic!

milestones:

~24 month size clothes, some 2t shirts
~size 5 diapers
~2 new teeth (on either side of his two bottom teeth) 8 teeth total
~approximately 30 pounds
~blonde hair, brown eyes
~walking and standing up on his own
~loves to dance
~getting pickier with food
~naps in morning and afternoon, but afternoon naps can be flexible and sometimes you just play in your crib
~bedtime around 7:30pm, wake up around 7am
~loves the song "baby shark" and when sister sings
~gives high fives, points, plays peek a boo, waves and blows kisses
~great climber
~loves "stuffies" just like bowie
~does not like socks
~says "dada" "mama" "bow bow" "uh oh" and what sounds like "grandma".  he is working on talking a lot and has lots of conversations and loves to hear himself babble
~does not like the gate closed in the family room
~likes the swing and the slide at the park
~likes books