Sixteen Months

So handsome!

G R O W T H

• Height: 31.5in
• Weight: 25lbs
• Clothing Size: 12-18 month, some 24 month. Starting to get away from onesies and that makes me so sad, makes you seem so big!!
• Diaper Size: 4
• Shoe Size: 5. I feel like that is giant, you have wiiiiide feet! Haha. Now that you've really gotten the hang of walking you have accepted walking with shoes on, yay! I got some cute tennis shoes from a Mom to Mom sale and didn't realize they were light up shoes til we got home. Win. You are so curious about them!

L I K E S 

• Animal noises
• Transferring - I'll give you 2 bowls and some smaller objects, and you'll put them all in one and then back in the other, one by one. (Montessori!!)
• TV Remote
• Snuggling/chasing (okay...harassing) the cats
• Bathtime 
• Being chased
• Reading books. You'll grab one and come sit next to us and fold your hands together and wait for us to start reading it. SO CUTE. And then we read all the books a hundred times. 
• Your love for the outdoors came back full force now that the weather is getting nicer... we basically have to drag you inside kicking and screaming. 

D I S L I K E S 

• When we hide the tv remote. Legit meltdowns when you can't have it, so you know, every 5 minutes. #onetrackmind
• The fact that your trains don't stay in a perfectly straight line when you push them on the track or on your bench. You get SO mad! Sometimes we have to take them away you get so worked up. I think you've got a touch of my OCD-ness in you...haha.
• Waiting for the water to get warm for a bath.
• Going inside.

You want me to go inside? I don't think so.

E A T I N G

• Favorites: chicken nuggets and bbq sauce, pasta, ham, grapes, nilla wafers, yogurt, fruit snacks, pancakes
• Dislikes: most veggies (you'll eat them mixed with something else though), meat other than chicken or ham.
• Standard afternoon snack: fruit snacks :) 
• Decided this month that you do like cheese! Cheese sticks, cottage cheese, slices of cheese... you like it all. 
• Still nursing before naps and bedtime (2-3 times/day). Still working for all of us, so we'll trek on a little longer.
• Grandpa gave you a few sips of root beer and you loved it! Won't be happening at home any time soon though!!

S L E E P

• Bedtime is 8-8:15 (that is when we start the bedtime routine, you're usually asleep in your crib by 9)
• Dropped your morning nap, and if you do take one it's 30 minutes or less.
• Since you have dropped the morning nap, you afternoon nap is now usually 2 1/2 - 3 hours long. 
• Sleeping through the night most of the time, 9pm-7am (ish). HUGE VICTORY. I think you were teething, though no new teeth popped up, but sleep was horrible there for awhile. Thankfully it's been much better the last few weeks, only one night here and there that you've woken up but you go back to sleep quick. 

D E V E L O P M E N T

• WALKING (basically running) everywhere!
• Making all sorts of new sounds, you never stop chatting!
• Really study our mouths when we talk/make noises, I can see you trying to figure out how to say things but it's just not clicking yet.
• Can sign: milk, please, all done, more, eat/food/drink (these are meant to be 3 different signs but you use the same one for all three).
• Can point to your nose, ears, head, and belly.
• Love to take care of things. Almost all of your toys end up in the garbage or recycling bins. You love to put your shoes, coat and hat away when we get home, starting to pick up your toys when you move on to something else. 
• If we ask you to find something, you can go find it. If we say it's time to go upstairs for diaper change/bedtime, you'll put away whatever you are playing with and basically run to the stairs.

P E R S O N A L I T Y

• Weirdest little toddler I've ever known. Yep. 
• Love to make all sorts of noises and see how loud you can make them.
• Have a littttttle bit of a temper at times (mostly when you're hungry or super tired)
• Babble constantly! You are always saying something, some day we'll be able to understand it haha.
• You LOVE Thomas. I don't know how someone so young can have specific preferences like that, but if we put something else on the tv you will point at the remote and then the tv and grunt until we change it. Whenever you see something with Thomas on it, you get a huge smile on your face. 
• Pretty darn happy go lucky kid! 

Not a baby anymore...full blown little boy!

Things I want to Remember:

• When you get tired you'll suck your left thumb and rub your cheek with your other hand. 
• You run to the door when Daddy gets home, you can't wait to give him a hug and say hello!
• The way you hold your hands up to say "Where is it?!"
• How you flop all around in your crib when you're trying to get comfy or when you start waking up.
• Walking around with your hands behind your back with your goofy smile while you look for the next thing to get into.
• How you'll pull Daddy's finger to get him to follow you.
• When you wake up in the morning or from a nap and have to play in your crib with all your animals for 15-20 minutes before I get you out. 

My two favorite boys :)