Fifteen Months

I can't even believe how quickly Camden is growing up. He really seems like a little boy all of a sudden. He has such a funny little sense of humor, understands everything we say to him, is learning lots new words, signs and sounds, and is even starting to throw little tantrums (he sits down on the floor and gently lies down so as not to bump his head and starts crying if he doesn't get what he wants (only occasionally, and it is pretty hard not to laugh at him!).

He still loves to read and is constantly bringing us books and climbing up on our laps. He loves to wrestle and sit on our heads when we lie on the floor, and he loves to be chased around the house and tickled. All of a sudden he knows how to do puzzles! He used to just dump them out on the floor, but now his picking up the pieces and putting them back in the right places! He is obsessed with stars (to the point where he will wake up from a nap and point out the window and do his sign for "night night" and "stars"). We had to explain to him that the stars sleep during the day and come out at night and I think he finally understands! He recently learned the different parts of his body and can point to his toes, feet, nose, eyes, ears, teeth, tongue, mouth, hair etc... He's still taking two naps a day, would only eat fruit and cheese if we allowed him to, and is still struggling with sleep at night (but we're working on it!) He loves to dance, sing and snuggle and we are just having such a blast with him!

We made it through the first fifteen months of his life without facing ANY sickness (thank you breastfeeding!). He never had a runny nose, cough or fever, but we both were sick last week with the flu. He had his first fever and was pretty miserable for the week, but he actually handled the sickness much better than I did and kicked the fever pretty quickly.

We just went to our 15 month well-child check up with our wonderful pediatrician. She was so impressed with Camden and all of his new developments. She said he's right on track with language development and is flourishing with his gross-motor skills. He weighs 23 pounds and 12.5 ounces and is 32.5 inches tall.

We're really looking forward to some time to ourselves over the next 10 days of vacation. We've had a pretty crazy fall, and Scott especially is ready for some downtime. We're even hoping to squeeze in a date if we can get out of the house on our own!