16 months.

(i'm going to start writing these entries as letters to beckett. i feel like he is getting so much older and i started thinking about him possibly reading these. i like the idea of it being focused towards him instead of about him!) so, here goes.

Beckett,

today you are 16 months old. my oh my, how time is flying by. i look back at last month and remember thinking how much more of a little boy you were becoming. this month you are even more of a little boy. all boy for that matter. you absolutely love being outdoors. when i say it's time to go inside, you shake your head and say "no." it's so funny. any time we go outside to walk to the car, you grab a hold of my hand, walk down the front steps and run for the yard and not the car. i have to beg you to come to the car and then eventually, come and pick you up and you say, "no" and arch your back and stiffen your legs. you hate your car seat when i initially put you in it. thankfully, you don't have to be in it for too long. considering, it only takes five minutes to get anywhere in our lovely town. (i love that) you don't even know how lucky you are to not have to be in it for 45 minutes to an hour like you would if we lived somewhere else in the country.

foods you've been eating:

blueberry pancakes, gelato, craisins, whole strawberries, blueberries, english muffins, bagels, cream cheese, bowtie pasta with peas, carrots, watermelon, nectarines, french toast, vanilla bean ice cream, pinwheel pasta with cheese and chicken, cheese eggs, greek pineapple yogurt, turkey sandwiches, pbj, loves honey nut cheerios (constantly pointing and asking for them and looking for them in the lazy susan), bran cereal (weird, i know), spaghetti with meat sauce, bananas, he will eat anything. amazing what he can chew with only 4 teeth.

16 month stats.

size 3 diapers
size 12 month clothes, some 18 month, size 4 shoe
height-
weight-
head circumference-
6 teeth- #q (august 22nd), #n (august 29), #d and #g are on their way (we can see them)

dislikes.

you absolutely hate getting your diaper changed, getting dressed, getting out of the tub, having to come inside from playing

likes.

singing along with songs, loves music, loves to play hide n seek, loves being scared, loves dragging towels, clothes, blankets, etc. like linus, sitting on the counter while i'm in the kitchen, twirling around, shooting hoops, getting into the refrigerator, singing in the microphone

books we are reading.

where's my mummy?, chicka chicka boom boom, he loves dr seuss's hand, hand fingers, thumb, old macdonald had a farm pop up book

favorite song.

twinkle twinkle little star, ABC song, really anything (you swing your arms and dance)

words you've been saying.

• "fis"-fish
• "quack"-i say, "what's a duck say?"
• "moooo"-i say, "what's a cow say?"
• "this"-this
• "chees"-cheese
• "mama"-mama
• "oooo"-oooo
• "awe"-awe
• "soos"-shoes

new words you are saying.

• started as "awt," now it is "hot"-hot (you know exactly what that means. if you touch anything warm, you say it)
• "kikds"-kids (one day i asked you if he heard the kids outside playing and you repeated the word)
• "col"-cold
• "kweek"-squeak
• "swee"-i interpreted it as sweet. ha. you said it after i handed you your pacifier one day.
• "cooka"-cookie
• "dah"-dan or dad. not quite sure on this. dan says it's dad, i say what if it's dan? since i refer to him as dan. dan gets mad and says, "don't teach him that." never the less, dan will leave any room and you will walk around and say "dah" looking for dan to respond.
• "too"-2 (you love to count)
• "sis"-6

things i don't want to forget over the past month.

• how you grabbed a nectarine out of the grocery cart when i wasn't looking and started chowing down on it
• how you crawl around in your play tent and roll around grunting
• after dad set up your basketball net, you needed no instruction on how to slam dunk it. you just did it.
• how you took a #2 right during shooting hoops and then right after, you slam dunked it and grunted
• how you brought me the "robots" dvd case, handed it to me, and walked over to the dvd player and pointed
• how you mimic counting and always say two and six in the correct order
• how you will stomp one foot real high sometimes when you are walking
• how you like to walk backwards
• how you walk on your toes
• how you now have to duck your head to go under the kitchen table. you learned that real quick
• how when we read dr seuss thumb book, you always holds your thumb up
• how you says "shh" and puts his one finger to your mouth
• how you have became a little climber (you hang off the dishwasher and the stove)
• how you blink real long sometimes and i can see you raise your eyebrows and roll your eyes around
• how you mimic blowing your nose
• how you blow out your mouth when you are smelling anything. especially flowers
• how you opened my swimsuit drawer and pulled all of them out and was trying to put them on over your head. (ive decided to make you a cape soon)
• how you have this hilarious fake forced laugh
• how you will go into the kitchen, open the cabinet door to the lazy susan and grab the cereal box and help yourself
• how after bath time, you love to lay your head on my shoulder and cuddle while you are wrapped in a towel (i wish it never had to end)
• how your soft spot is almost completely closed
• how when you get overly tired you will head butt your head on anything
• how you still sleep with one pacie in your mouth and one in the other hand
• how you squint your eyes and smile while showing all your teeth
• how your soft spot is gone :( you're getting so big

everyday is so much fun. you laugh all the time and are doing so many things to make your dad and i laugh. you are just an angel from heaven here on earth and we are so blessed to have you as our son. we love you to the moon and back.