16 Months Old

That's right he is 16 Months old and he has learned how to turn the locks on all the doors. I have to be extremely careful when I leave the house that I have a way back in, just in case Nolan shuts the door behind me and locks it. He is getting bigger and bigger every day and more and more adventurous. Yesterday he learned how to climb onto the couch, we have big couches so this really is quite a feat. He keeps trying to slide down the stairs head first on his tummy like Rylee, but does not understand how to use his hands to slow himself down. Luckily, I am watching him as he normally tries to do this and Rylee won't let him either she grabs him by his pants and won't let him go. He can scale the crib, but after getting stuck straddling the railing last week he has not tried it again. Nolan loves, and I mean loves the park. It is a place where he finds many different kinds of dirt and lots of fun things to climb, it is a perfect setting for him. The silly boy has decided about a month ago, all by himself, that he is done with two naps a day, and that Mom must be crazy for even trying still; however, he is still a terrific sleeper at night! He can dribble a ball as well as most 4 year olds, and it does not have to be a soccer ball, he dribbles any kid of ball. Today alone I saw him dribbling, with his feet, a basketball, a football, a golf ball, a soccer ball and a large bouncy ball. He will either hate soccer by the time he can play or be really good. Needless to say he is a mover!

As far as his speech goes, Nolan is a grunter and I guess Rylee understands grunt because she typically knows what he wants. We are working on his with talking more, but he feels no need to. He has started signing and can sign: eat, more, please, thank you, finished and book. Most of the words he says are grunts too: uh-uh, uh-huh, uh-oh and then Dada, boo, and poop (whenever he goes).

He loves his blankie right now and is starting to get clingy to it, not as much as Rylee is to hers but on his way. He insists on brining it with him when he wakes up each morning and after his nap. He has a few stuffed animals, but has not attached to any of them, just the blankie.

The last few days he has been making himself a little bed at the bottom of the stairs while Rylee is taking her nap. He grabs a pillow off the couch and carries/drags in to the entry way and will lay there and just wait for her to wake up. The minute he hears her start to fuss he takes off straight up the stairs to go see her. While he was resting there today he decided to play peek-a-boo with his shirt. He was most proud of himself.

Lasly, he has the silliest teeth I have ever seen in the world. He has three on the bottom and three on top, but he is missing on of the front middle on the top. So, we have been calling him snaggle tooth lately, and there is no sign of that missing tooth yet. As of right now at 16 months he only has six teeth, but he can eat anything out there and that is all that matters to our boy.

We are so lucky to have him and his sweet smile as a part of our family. Nothing can turn my day around then sweet kisses and smiles from this little guy.