15 months

 

Patrick,

You are such a fun and lovable little 15 month old! We mostly call you Patchy these days but Little Stinker is a close second. We recently had your 15 month check up and you are 19 pounds and 30 inches (3rd and 10th percentile). You are little but you are tough. Our friends comment on how you never cry when when you pushed or fall down. Sometimes when you are at our house you will try to run down the hallway but you end up going right into the wall hard enough that it makes you fall all the way back like you were knocked out. You just lay there for a bit...stare at the ceiling, roll over, get up and move on. It always makes us laugh. You seem to roll with the punches. You are so easy going and sweet. Your hair is reddish brown and has a few curls. You have these dark brown eyes that get soooooo big when you are excited. You are really good at using facial expressions to communicate. 

 

You love books. We will often find you snuggled up in Ellie's bed looking at one of her books. Sometimes you jibber jabber outloud while you are trying to read the book outloud. When you wake up in the middle of the night you point to your basket of books and say "book". I never read to you in the middle of the night but you never give up trying.

 

Ellie is starting to learn the troubles and annoyances of having a little brother now that you are walking around and starting to talk.... but she also loves you to pieces. You love to wrestle and jump on anybody that is laying on the ground. You get all fired up. You also like to take some of Ellie's most prized possessions. You think you are big stuff when you are walking around the house with her things. You are very affectionate with her. You love to give her hugs and kisses. When she is in the mood, it is very very cute. Daddy and I love to see you two loving each other.

 

JoJo is still your best bud and you have even started to say JoJo. It was making all of us laugh the other day because you were both sitting on Auntie Angie's lap chugging Muscle Milk. You only stopped to breathe. You need your energy though, Grandma and Papa's backyard wears you out. You have also taken over our kitchen stand from Ellie. She doesn't like to stand in there to eat that much anymore because she says it is all sticky and gross from you. You are a very good eater. I'd say that you eat 3Xs as much as Ellie right now. Who knows where it all goes. You are a sneaky little thing and have figured out how to open the child proof cabinets to get your own food. You love walking around the house with a bag of goldfish. It might be your favorite thing to do. You love food.

Some other things about you at 15 months: You like to wave to everybody. You also like to walk up to people and give them a stare down. When you are looking for something or someone you put your palms up at your sides with a concerned look on your face. You are saying lots of words such as ball, book, dog, Eeyyyee (Ellie), see (can I see?), num nums (food), cookie, bye, no and hi. When Ellie is taking a nap you walk all around saying shhhhh with your finger to your mouth. You also love to play peek a boo. You are mostly all sweetness but there is certainly a fiery little temper that comes out at times too. You are very good at throwing your body all around and banging your head to the ground if you are upset about something. Or if you are mad at me, you headbutt and it hurts!  You kick, arch your back and do all of those fun things that toddlers do when they are mad. Thankfully, you get over it pretty quickly. You are still very snuggly and I love that about you. You wrap your little arm around the back of my neck when I pick you up from your crib and you squeeze like you don't ever want to let go. It is the best. We love you, Patchy!