15 Months Old

Hi dear baby boy,

I love you so much. You are just the most precious little thing that I am so blessed to see and hold every single day. It's been so sad this week because you have croup, and it just would not go away, even with the steroids that the doctor gave you to help your throat not be so swollen. We had to go get the steroids a second time and your hoarse voice is gone... but you still cough a little bit. I can tell it's better, but it's still hard to watch you be in so much pain and so tired and sick. I wish I could take it away, but all I can do is hold you and let you watch cartoon songs on youtube in my lap or lying on the bed all day.

Today you finally have some energy back, so I followed you wherever you wanted to go exploring outside today. I didn't even make you come inside until you wanted to. Every walk we take you gather rocks in your hands and carry them the whole time. When we get back to our little apartment, you bang the rocks on the metal railing and you love the sound it makes.

You just got your first tricycle. It's so cute and you love it! Your feet almost reach far enough to use it yourself.

We spend most of our days playing, reading, building legos, going for walks, playing at the playground, going to playgroup with friends, eating, and sleeping.

All about you at 15 months old:

• You are still 25 pounds and growing like a weed. You are so tall!
• Your a social butterfly - wherever we go you will walk up to groups of strangers and just look at them, sometimes you say hi to them.
• You love hugging other kids.
• You love kisses.
• When you're done eating in your highchair you throw any remaining food off. It's so frustrating and we can't get you to stop it! haha, but you find it funny and will throw things off pretty fast before we catch you.
• You love the spacebar (on the computer keyboard) and the mouse. You've learned that the spacebar will stop and start your videos.
• You love cell phones and get nervous when someone answers the calls you make.
• When we go somewhere new, you shoot off and start exploring everywhere you can go.
• We left you in nursery without us for 30 minutes and you didn't care we were gone (my calling is a nursery leader).
• In the mornings I have to be the one to get you. I try to sleep in, but if Daddy gets you then you cry and knock on my door until I come out. He can usually distract you for a little bit, but you need your momma cuddles first thing.
• You love falling into our soft bed.
• You make faces at yourself in the mirror. I even caught you looking at yourself while you fake cried to see what you look like. haha.
• You love to laugh. You fake laugh if all the adults around you are laughing.
• You love to dance. Your newest dance move is lifting your shoulders up and down.
• Your crib is right next to a dresser; when we leave you in there to sleep, you will open the top drawer and empty all of Daddy's garments out.
• You like looking under things like couches and cars, or if there's a hole you like to look in it and see what's there.
• You love water. Baths are the highlight of your day. If it rained, you like to play in the rain gutters (as water drips out of them). If I turn the water on in the sink you fuss to be lifted up so you can play in the water.
• You love cameras. I can hardly get you to perform though because you just want to watch yourself on video.