15 Months

The munchkin is 15 months old - can you believe it?  Time is absolutely flying.

We had his check up today with his new doc in Sammamish, and he is healthy, thriving and "right on track".  Here are the highlights:

• Weight = 28 lbs., 7 oz. (90-95th percentile)
• Height = 35" (95th+ percentile and they said he's the height of an average 2 year-old) - he's officially over half my height...yikes!
• Head = 19" (90th percentile)

Things loved/things he's good at/new stuff:

• Balls - any color, any size
• Keys - he has his own pair that he takes with us to the mailbox every day
• Digging through "his" drawer in the kitchen (i.e. all his bowls, sippy cups, etc) and matching up the lids to the cups (he's actually really good at this!)
• Hauling my handbags around the house
• Putting balls/toys into a bucket and taking them out. Repeat.
• Opening and closing doors
• His lawn mower
• Shoes - picking them out, putting them on, putting them away, carrying them around; his first ever real pair is still his favorite, even though he now has four pairs
• Books - especially 'Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus'
• Being outside
• His water table
• "Helping" around the house (putting things back/away, throwing things in the hamper, picking up toys)
• Throwing tantrums when something isn't going his way - we've had a major meltdown the last three nights.  Super fun, trust me.  (Side note - got some tips from the doc on how to handle and the good news is that we've been doing the right thing by trying to calm him down through distraction or, if really upset, just letting him get it out and then comforting him.)
• Sprinklers
• Words: hi, bye, ball, yah, no, uh oh, boo (= blue), bup (= up), more (always accompanied by the sign)
• Watermelon
• Top two teeth on either side of his front teeth are coming in and what was already an insane amount of drool has increased tenfold
• Trying to words like keys, cheese, please (all sound like 'sish'), colors, etc
• Loves mac & cheese - he can eat an entire single serving pack in less than 5 minutes
• Can follow simple directions like "Go get your shoes" or "go put your socks in the hamper"
• Will run and grab my shoes when I say, "let's go outside!"
• Loves to tickle other people's feet and the reaction that accompanies that (please play along if he tries to tickle yours!)

Next check-up is at 18-months.  Looking forward to seeing what he'll be up to then!