Well, Emmitt is 15 months old today! He is such a joy and a challenge all at once! The old saying, "He will eat us out of house and home" is beginning to ring true! He eats as much if not more than Jesstine! Here are a few pictures and a few things to remember about Emmitt at 15 months.
Emmitt is FINALLY walking! He walks about 95% of the time. When he crawls, we remind him to walk and he gets right up and goes for it! Much like Jesstine, once he figured out he could walk, he tried to run! As he was just getting comfortable with walking, I remember he would try to go as fast as he could between the barrier (yes the tubs are still keeping him from the dining room) and the couch (roughly 6-8 feet). His walk is what Grandmom calls, "So endearing." It is the classic toddle where he is careful where he puts his feet as he steps and has his hands up high to balance himself! He is also turning out to be a climber. Grandmom is finding that out all too quickly! ;-)
Still shot of his walk. He is beginning to balance without his hands quite so high anymore.
He now has two molars plus the 6 other teeth he had (four top front, two bottom front). He is eating larger chunks of food as a result! He also increased the amount of food he eats! I guess this is do to the walking?! His favorite foods are yogurt melts, grilled cheese, quesadillas, chicken, and just about any fruit (although he is really sensitive with Bananas, Blueberries and Mango).
He is roughly 28 lbs. (or at least he was before his last flu bug). He wears size 18 month clothing, but some of that is starting to get a little snug and short in places! He is in size 5 Huggies Snug and Dry diapers during the day. At night he is a super soaker so he wears a size 6 overnight plus a disposable liner (usually used for cloth diapering). I am guessing on his feet size because it varies between shoes. We inherited a few hand-me-down shoes, the largest being a size 6.5 wide. He is too big for all of them. However, his size 6 converse are just slightly big on him. So my guess is he is probably a 6.5-7. He is still pretty much walking around in Robeez because he does most of his walking indoors and it is just better for him that way! His Robeez are a 12-18 month. He has been in that size since well before his first birthday.
Emmitt is a character! Right now his favorite thing is Disney Pixar's: Cars. He has a little diecast car he loves to carry around. That is always the first thing out of his mouth when I get him out of his crib in the morning or after nap. He emphatically declares, "CAR!" as he points across the room at his umbrella hanging on a hook! His cars don't say "Vroom!" although he does do it for some. But all of his "Cars" cars say, "Nuh nuh nuh nuh nuhnuh!" (think the rhythm of "Real Gone" by Sheryl Crow).
He likes balls too. To him, every ball is a "ooball" (football). He also loves books. He is a goofy kid! He will flash me the craziest grins sometimes! I of course absolutely LOVE it! He is still a cuddler although we have noticed that he doesn't so much like to cuddle and be held after he has been hurt. He would rather just cry! And of course as mentioned in a previous post, he has a nearly 55 word vocabulary including signs and sounds. I have each one listed out and add to it as he says something new! It is CRAZY! Now, I don't know if people would actually call it a vocabulary if they can't understand the words, but he certainly has at least half of them that are understandable!
Emmitt still takes one nap a day that is roughly 2-3 hours long (depending on whether he is with Grandmom or at home). He really starts to wear down at about 11 or 11:30, but because of our schedules, he normally goes down for naps at home at 1 or slightly there after. *KNOCK ON WOOD* lately, he has been doing great to sleep through the night! It has been quite nice! He used to go to sleep pretty much right after he was put in his bed. Not anymore. He usually has to play for a little while before hand. He still sleeps with his blue blanket, Wesley (his owl) and has recently become attached to a dog taggie blanket that my mother got him when he was born (he has a matching outfit in his memory box).
He still takes a pacifier, mostly only at night and nap, but a lot more recently since he has been cutting teeth. He just moved up to the largest size Nuk. I had roughly 10 of the last size. This time I am sticking with 4 at home and 2 at Grandmom's! Makes it a LOT easier to keep track of them!
Here are just a few photos I tried to take of Mr. Wiggleworm today. Attempted a picture with the Elephant in the chair. It was pretty comical! Also a picture of Jesstine in what she calls her "bumpy hair."
"Don't bother me! I am READING!"
"What's that? You want to take pictures? And there is an Elephant in the room?!"
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