15 Months...

15 WHOLE months!!!! Where did the time go? These days we're rapidly leaving babyhood behind and firmly rooting ourselves in the toddler phase. This is both good and bad (and well, a little sad too).

Its sad not to have a little baby anymore (not that we're looking to have numero dos anytime soon). It's bad sometimes with the hitting (the occasional biting), the frequent use of the word "NO", and the stubbornness that this child exhibits on an hourly basis. Oh, but the good. Well, it makes the rest all worth it. The smiles, the kisses (rare, but makes them even more precious), the laughter, the words, the goofiness. Oh so worth it!!!

We had our 15 month checkup today. Looks like he is finally catching back up...

Weight: 24lbs 6 oz (back up to nearly the 50th percentile after a drop to the 10th...woo hoo!)

Length: 30 inches (20th percentile)

Head: 17.25 inches (not even the 5th percentile, ha ha, but its still growing, and that's all that matters)

Jack also has a rash--probably just a little case of eczema/heat. And he ended up on a week's worth of antibiotics for, get this.....a hangnail. Seriously!!! Only our kid. He was due for 2 vaccinations today, but we decided to hold off on one until next time, and get just the one today. Despite a hiccup in administering the shot, he really did great with it (I think he hated being held down worse than the shot itself). Other than those minor issues, he's been deemed in good health!

He is still an avid thumbsucker...although he's definitely become a right thumb only kind of guy. He rarely walks--he runs nearly everywhere he goes. Apparently, walking just doesn't get you there fast enough. This has certainly amounted to many more bumps, bruises, scrapes, and cuts than before. He loves books and his 'duckie' (although duckie #1 went for a swim in the toilet...so we're on #2 now, thankfully, he's none the wiser). Jack is currently obsessed with farm animals. He's starting to enjoy driving little cars around and makes a bbrrrmmm noise--its hilarious.

I still can't believe that our baby is already 15 months...and while I hate for him to grow up too fast, I really can't wait to understand more of what's going through that little head as he learns to communicate more.

All right, better feed this boy some lunch before he loses his mind!!