15 months

Monthly Stats

Weight: 21.19 lbs. (8%)

Length: 31 in. (43%)

Head Circumference: 18.86 in. (69%)

My little baby... is no longer a baby. Where did time go?! He is definitely now a toddler, making his opinion known, showing personality and trying oh so hard to communicate with us. 

just hanging out...

Some of His Current Words: "moo moo" = smoothie, dada, mama, nana, papa, "enna" = makenna, "lala" = elmo, bye, yeah, no, "boo boo" peek a boo, book, ball.. and he pretty much mimics everything we say!

We have a walker!!! Finally at 15 months Christian has taken his first steps. He is still unsure and a bit unstable on his feet but he is definitely trying and getting better each day. C also has 7 teeth, four on top and three on the bottom. 

pretending to be a baby in the swing :)

C loves to play with blocks, his dump trucks and cars, books and his toy barn. He is starting to figure out how to stack two blocks on top of each other. I love when he asks me to read his bible to him. So sweet!

being silly!

He is still taking two naps, one around 9:30 and another around 2:00. He wakes up for the day at 6:30 (early for me!) and goes to bed around 7:30. Although this "schedule" does seem to change daily as C unfortunately has been suffering through a never ending ear infection :(

spiky hair!

In these last few months, we have enjoyed going to the Y where C loves to play in the child watch area. (I love this too as it is a great break for me and he gets to play with other kiddos.) 

Favorite Books...currently

C loves to read books. We read books before each nap and before bedtime. He will also grab his basket of books and quietly sit and flip through them throughout the day. I ALWAYS have books in my diaper bag too! What is funny is that he is really opinionated as to what books he likes to read and he usually has a few at a time that he always want to read. But these change day to day and week to week.

 Here are a few of his current favorites... (subject to change on a daily basis!)

Spring Sensory Bin

Now that March is here, I can get into "Spring" mode, including some of C's activities. So this week we headed out to the dollar store to stock up on some cool and cheap supplies for his Spring sensory bin.

 Here is what we grabbed:

Easter Eggs

Cotton Balls

Easter Basket Grass/Stuffing

 I threw it all into one of his sensory tubs and viola! So far he has loved "hunting" for the eggs which I hope means he will be completely competitive for our annual easter egg hunt in the next few weeks :)

 ** after a few minutes I made a quick decision to move the play onto one of our dollar store shower curtains to help with easy clean up!

Too Cute Tuesday

...because sometimes a picture is too cute not to share!

President's Club

I am so proud of Kerry for being one of the top 40 producers in his company this year. Because of his hard work, we were able to take part in the President's Club Awards weekend at Torrey Pines. We had great dinners each night, Kerry got to golf (his highlight for sure!), spend some awesome family time together and I got to see Katie and Isaiah! 

Kerry had meeting every morning so C and I hung out by going on walks, hanging out with my mom and we enjoyed room service one morning!

 We were there over Valentines and I had to get C a special outfit! So he was my little "heart breaker" for the day. :)

Katie, Isaiah and Marlene came up for a day to visit with us and my mom. We made a trip into La Jolla for lunch and went to the water to see the seals. 

 

Such a fun week!

First Haircut

Now that C got his helmet off, his doctor's first orders were to get a haircut! We we were really joking about how we could now tame his unruly hair. :)  We  took him to the cutest little shop called Bella and Max in Country Village.

the "before" shot

We warned the stylist that were were going to be THOSE parents who went picture crazy and of course needed a locket of hair to keep.

Christian did awesome! He was giggling, smiling and having a grand 'ol time. He got to sit in his Thomas the Train seat, watch Curious George on the TV and play with toys. He didn't seem bothered at all by the scissors or even the buzzer.

loving it!

the "after" shot

I can not believe how much more grown up he now looks. He really is a little boy now and no
longer a baby. These milestone are so fun to celebrate but I have to admit that it is a bit hard too to see him grow up. Before I know it he will be running, going to school and getting his first car. :)

Helmet Free!

Wahoo! Today marks the day that Christian is DONE wearing the helmet! This little champ grew so quickly which really cut down our treatment time. In his initial measurements, he had a difference of 17mm between his two cross measurements. After the treatment, it was 4mm!

 I will not miss rubbing down that stinky thing each night with rubbing alcohol and we are immediately heading home to have some head snuggle time :)