16 Months!

You're starting to get to the age where it's feeling a bit silly to gauge your age in months. When I say it, I see people calculating in their heads and masking their eye rolls, but the thing is 16 months is soooooo different than one year. Maybe I'll just start claiming a year and a half? Oh mom problems. 

This month has been a bit of a doozie. New teeth brought weird sleep, and a crazy fever brought long days and extra long nights. Glad both of those are behind us. You're asserting yourself in totally new ways lately too (read tantrums) and have gotten just a tad bit clingy in the last week or so. Ma-MA! The good thing about your new-found clingy-ness is you're doling out hugs and kisses at awesomely random moments. I love so much when we're walking around and you just lean right over and kiss my cheek or my shoulder. So sweet to think your little brain just thought, "hey! I should kiss my mom right now." 

Your words are still amazing me. You're like a little parrot. You've learned to say Oli in the last couple of weeks - she's your very favorite girl - and at the park this week as we called "Eddddd-dy!" to come back, you joined right in. You still love biiiiiiiiiig trucks, trains, buses, and boats, but we've added cranes to your infatuation lately. You love collecting berries in the backyard - every night after dinner we head out to play and you walk the fence calling "Berrrrrr-we!" until you find one. When I ask where anything is now you walk around calling for it until it comes into eyesight. This works really well for Stanley, but I'm not sure your water cup is responding to you. Who's to say, though?

The pools and splash pads are closing around town so we're going to have to find a new, cool daily activity. We've been in the water everyday because ooof it's still miserably hot. Music class is starting back up though and so is storytime at the library, so I'm sure we'll have no problem filling our days, but I'll miss swimming with you. You're getting so good. 

This month we spent time in Dallas, playing with all my sweet family, and you've had almost weekly sleepovers with GaGa and PaPa. Gosh it must be rough to be loved so much. Oh and you got your first haircut! You were starting to look a bit Einstein-ish, so your dad and I took you to Floyd's Barbershop and chopped your crazy locks. Your grandma's weren't totally crazy about the idea, but oh my lord are you cute! The actual trim wasn't the best part of your day, but the lollipop afterwards made everything more than okay. Shoot you're adorable. 

And while you were a total rascal last weekend, we've had a fantastic week. Back in our routine and loving it. You're just the coolest kid, little friend. Your dad and I are out of town a lot this coming month, and as excited as I am to see old friends and meet new babies, my heart's already missing you. You make all my days so very much fun.