15 Months!

Little Mr. Reese is 15 months old now (as of yesterday!) and he just had his check-up this morning. He is about 30.5 inches tall, weighs about 21 pounds according to the scale at the Dr.'s office, but I might double check that at home since on our scale he barely weight 19.5 lbs a month ago. He checks out great and will just need his next round of shots and then back for another check up at 18 months (if we can stay out of there due to illness between now and then that would be great!)

Reese's vocabulary is sure expanding. He has been saying "bye bye" and waving for quite a while now, he of course says dadda and mamma, uh-oh, wow and "itty" (for kitty). His newest additions are "binky" and "ellow" (for yellow), particularly flowers but can point out other yellow things like balls and blocks). He has been saying ball as well as throwing it. He is working on saying "book" I think but any book in his possession is destroyed (he bends them backwards until the binding snaps) within seconds so he doesn't get to be around books as much as his brother was at this age. He said truck once or twice a few weeks back but I haven't heard it since, although I haven't worked with him on it either. He probably has at least several more words that I can't think of right now, and he also communicates very well with his own made up "sign language."

Also, we are happy to report that Reese seems to be official out of the "big bed" and in his crib full-time for naps and at night. He hasn't slept in our bed for at least 2 weeks and it was just once (on my birthday actually) and it had been a while prior to that. He still wakes up a minimum of 3 times per night and nurses at least one of those times (he wishes every time but if it has been less than 4 hours since he last nursed I just make him lay back down) and he does go back to sleep with minimal crying and it's getting easier and easier each week. He is also sleeping later in there and I am able to let him hang out in his crib for a while after he and Clayton wake up and I think they "talk" to each other and I know this morning Clayton was doing something goofy to make him laugh. (Oh, I wish I had a video baby monitor!)

We spent about an hour at the park today after his Doctor's appointment and I'm amazed at how well he climbed all the steps and then fearlessly went down the tall tornado slide (at Miller Park) all by himself! He and Clayton had so much fun going up the steps and down the slide and around to start all over again. They also had a lot of fun on the swings!

1, 2, 3 . . . WEE!!!

On the "big boy" swing since there is only 1 baby swing