Liam is 15.5 Months

Liam's personality continues to grow everyday.  He has started to throw little tantrums, which so far we think is cute.  The first one we really noticed is when he was having a good time in his bath and we were in a bit of a hurry so we got him out.  He wanted to play some more, and he started to cry.  The next one was he was playing outside with G'pa and Dad and it got cold and dark, so they brought him in, he again started to cry because he wanted to stay outside.  To us this really indicates that he is realizing that he is an individual, and can say whether he is happy or not about a situation.  Although, we're sure this will start to get harder as he gets older, but right now we think it's an interesting development.  His language skills have really grown lately.  One weekend I was flipping through the channels and stopped at the 'Little Einstein's' show.  The kids on the show said 'Raise Your Arms' and he did!  I hadn't watched this show with him, but realized he must have seen it at G'ma's house.  He also does the 'Pat, Pat, Pat' on the legs that they do, it's pretty cute!  His new word this week has been 'Book' and if we ask him to bring us a book, he will do it.  The other word he says a lot is 'Koko', (who is G'ma's and G'pa's dog) that he plays with while we are at work.  I will ask him if he wants to go see 'Koko', and he will start to say it back to me.  Then when I pick him up after work, I will say do you want to go see Gretchen (who is our dog).  He can't say her name yet, but he does understand who I'm talking about because he starts to smile.  He and Gretchen just LOVE each other.  When she comes to see him, he gets this HUGE grin on his face, and then he will stick his tongue out like she does and try to give her a kiss.  We got him some flashcards that have the Alphabet and a word on one side and a picture of the word on the other.  When I show him the picture of the Bee, he does the 'Bzzzz' sound.  We are just amazed how quickly his language skills are developing, and we are excited that we will be able to communicate better with him.  We were invited for brunch at our friends house this past weekend, and the new foods we discovered that he likes is Goat cheese, and Kalamata olives!  That kid has a taste for fancy and different stuff!

Liam is 15 Months

Liam is starting to understand things that we say.  One day we asked him to help pick up his blocks, and he surprised us by actually doing it!  He even grabbed a few from across the room that were with some of his other toys!  We were pretty impressed by that.  The other day I asked him how old he was, and he put one finger up, and today I asked him where his nose is and he pointed to his nose!!  I also asked him where Elmo was, and he pointed to Elmo.  He has gotten pretty good about asking for more by doing the sign, and saying 'more' or 'mmm' and pointing at what he wants.  So far, some of the words he can also say and/or recognize are 'Cheese','Fish','Kitty','Bear','Dog','Ball','Balloon' and  'Koko' (who is G'ma and G'pa's dog).  If he's hungry he will do the sign for more, and if I ask him if he would like some food, he will do the sign for food, and get really happy and excited because we understood him.  He's getting really good at climbing and can just about get on the couch by himself.  He also has discovered that if he stands on something he can get higher up which makes climbing up on things easier.  One of his new tricks lately has been walking backwards.  He really loves books, and will sit on the floor and turn the pages, and also bring them to us to read to him.  He especially likes to have a book to look at right before bed, and it will usually help calm him down if he is crying because he doesn't want to go to bed.  We got him some baby safe toothpaste that is fruity flavored, and since then he has been much better about brushing his teeth (knock on wood). Some of his favorite foods lately have been mango's, kiwi, strawberries,tofu,hard boiled eggs,veggie hot dogs and sliced turkey. He had his 15 month check-up today, and he now weighs 21 lbs. 13 oz. (15th%), he is 30.75 inches (40th%) and his head is in the 91%.  Yes his head is BIG!!  We love having Liam in our lives, and are grateful he is with us each and every day.

comment by Star on 03/14/2009
baileys only a pound more!