fifteen months old

miles is having a blast being 15 months old and we are amazed at how much he is learning and GROWING everyday. at his well baby check yesterday, he was 34 inches (>97%) and 25 lb 11 oz (63%) - confirming everyone's comments on how tall he is and how good of an eater he is. I know you'll all be surprised to see that he almost has enough of a mini-mullet to warrant a hair cut. soon, very soon.

the other day as I was chatting with my mom on the phone, I mentioned to her that miles' word of the day was "dink" (a.k.a. drink). she said I should make a list of all of the words he says at this age. I have a similar list that she made for me when I was 18 mo old and I could definitely jabber (shocking, I know). so I started writing down anything he says on his own - because he will pretty much copy any word you ask him to say. I have come up with 80 words and 35 signs. in the past couple of days he has figured out how to put the end of the word on the beginning sound. for example - what used to be "seer" is now "cereal". he's also just starting to put two words together: all done and down please. it's so great to hear him practicing words and sounds in the car as we drive around town. today he was "reading" his little book - "da da ya da ya apple" [turn page] "da da ya da ya da truck" [turn page] etc. it was adorable! yes I realize that as a teacher I am probably more amazed by this milestone than others would be. but hey, it's nice to see that all of the reading of books that we do is paying off!! here are a few pictures from the past week.

playing IN the lego box
(note: I did not leave a dozen eggs on the couch, it's a toy)

time to get out

eating cereal in a midriff shirt=stylish

trying out a pillow...yes please!

silly pj baby
a glimpse of his whiny face

that's better!