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!