15 Month Update

I admit, I've been terrible at keeping up with this blog lately.  I'm just soaking up every bit of family time right now!  Matthew is at such a fun age and I don't want to miss a thing.  Here are a few highlights of what Matthew's been up to:

~  We went to see Dr. B this week and he gave you a glowing report as usual!  You weighed 24 lbs 3 oz and were 31.5 inches long.  Unfortunately, your height is kind of our best guess because they were off at your 12 month appointment by at least an inch.  When they measured you at your 15 month appointment, the nurse got 31.25 and the doctor got 32.5.  We just estimated your height at 12 and 15 months based on your 9 month stats.

~  You have 4 teeth (FINALLY!).  You got your first two teeth at 12.5 months, then the next two followed shortly after.  I know that more teeth are coming thru because you are drooling up a storm and have your fingers in your mouth all the time.

~  You are a busy-body like non-other (another reason I'm behind on this blog)!!  You walk/run all over the place.  You've gotten to where you really don't want to be held much because you want to move around on your own (unless you are unfamiliar with the environment).  I know we've got our hands full, but I'm looking forward to keeping up with you :-)

~  You LOVE to climb!  It started with you climbing into your toy basket.  You then learned how to climb into our bathroom cabinets, onto storage totes then on the couch, on your activity table/motorcycle/rocking chair, and into the kitchen cabinets.  You were literally all the way on the top shelf in the lower cabinets with just your little bottom and feet hanging out.

~  You are talking more and more.  You still do more babbling than saying just words, but it's adorable.  While you may not, yet, know how to say certain words, you know exactly what we're talking about.  You can say dada, mama, Bella "be-ba", uh-oh, and bye bye.  I'm amazed at how smart you are - such a proud momma!

~  You've developed a love for reading again.  It went away for a few months while you were busy learning to crawl and walk.  You especially love a book filled with animal pictures.  We are reading books over and over again with you snuggled in our laps.

~  You absolutely LOVE animals of all kinds!!!  You are only interested in books or shows that have animals.  You can identify several of them: dog, cat, cow, horse, donkey, chicken, pig, snake, monkey, lion, sheep, giraffe, elephant, tiger, polar bear, rhinoceros, bird, fish, bee, and bunny.

Now, here are a few pics of my sweet little 15 month old Matthew

 He loves his alligator!

 Like Father, like Son - spaghetti is his FAVE!

 Told ya - climbing in his toy basket, he was so proud of himself

 Meeting my BFF's babies -  which makes them Matthew's BFF's

 Checked this off the Fall Bucket List - playing in a pile of leaves

 A Saturday walk to the park - Matthew loved it!

 Reading in his first fort

 Playing in Bella's dog house

Sitting on the couch after climbing a storage tote - this was in between jumping on the couch

I love you sweet boy and am looking forward to the Christmas season with you!  You are already in awe of our Christmas tree :-)