16 Months

I'm a few days late getting this up, but happy 16 month birthday Dayson! Getting your picture this time around was not easy. You kept grabbing the paper and running away with it. You are very much a toddler who wants to be a big kid like your sister. Everything she does, you think you can do as well.

Running away with it.

Currently, you weigh about 25 pounds. My scale kept flickering back and forth between numbers and for you to sit long enough for it to really register, that was asking a lot. So, your weight is a rough estimate this month. Your height is 31 inches. Even though the numbers aren't showing a big growth spurt, you sure feel like you've gotten bigger. No longer do I have a little baby to snuggle with but a growing boy who is over half my height already. This past month you've really gotten into giving us kisses. Since you're not much of a snuggler any more, your kisses more than make up for what we're missing.

On most nights, you still sleep through. This past week though has brought back the dreaded middle of the night wake up calls along with sleeping out in the living room. With four cuspids (or eye teeth) coming in at once, you have been miserable. So miserable that you have been taking out your pain on everyone. Hitting has become a really big thing this month along with throwing yourself on the floor and slapping your hands down in anger. That of course isn't always due to teething pain, we've hit the early stages of the terrible twos. Your doctor was surprised at some of the things that you are already doing, saying that normally that doesn't happen until closer to two years old. I'll take that as a good sign that you are maturing just fine.

You still love to eat almost anything and everything. With your teeth coming in though, I've actually seen you back off on some things. It's almost distressing to me to not see you eat much. I'm so used to you being finished first and wanting seconds, that seeing you with still half a plate and no appetite had us worried for a bit. Fortunately, that only lasted for a couple of days and you seem to be making a come back. In fact, a couple of things that you did this past month for which I can laugh at now were: getting up on the table and eating pepper straight from the shaker (you actually liked it!) and quietly getting into the pantry and stuffing your face full of marshmallows as quickly as you could. Needless to say, you weren't very happy when I took the bag away from you.

We're slowly starting to understand you more and more. You still would prefer to sign your words or pull us around and point rather than say much. A few words that you will say are: mama, dada, ball, bar, bye, hi or hello, woof woof for dog, more, and bath. You still have a great love for climbing anything, running all over, wrestling, taking baths or anything that has to do with water, going to church and seeing your friends (as long as your not put in the nursery) and playing a grammy's house. Your activity level and busyness keep us on the go all the time. There's never a dull moment around here. We love you little man!

Had to include this one. Iyana was playing with her kid glasses and Dayson off course had to try them as well. It took a couple of times to get the picture and keep him from grabbing them, but I think the picture turned out pretty cute ☺.