Cam –16 Months!

We just took Cam for his 15 month appointment (1 month late), so I figured I would do a quick update on both of the kids!

Cam

• Cam weighed a little over 25 pounds and was 32 inches long.  He was right around the 70th percentile for both. 

• He is a wild man, but is just about the cutest thing I have ever seen.

• He is down to one nap.  He usually gives us a 2 – 3 hour nap in the afternoon.  Sometimes we have to help him get through the morning, but that one good nap in the afternoon is worth it.  He started taking good morning naps and then fighting the afternoon nap.  Since we had to choose one, we would much rather him sleep in the afternoon when Caroline naps.

• He goes to bed around 7 – 7:30 and gets up around 7 – 7:30.  He has nights every once in a while where that doesn’t work out, but that is definitely the majority of the time.  I’m not complaining!

• He has one of the most expressive faces I’ve ever seen.  He uses his eyebrows all of the time and will give the meanest look and then the next second be smiling and look like the sweetest thing in the world.

• He is frustrated that he can’t tell you all the things that he wants/needs, so his weapon of choice is an ear piercing scream that he has been using since he could make noise.  He will use it when he is angry or frustrated or to get your attention when he needs something.  Caroline gets it a lot when she tries to hug him or help him do something when he doesn’t want help!  I know once he starts talking I’m going to want him to be quiet, but I will be glad when he can use words!

• He can say a few words (that we can understand): mama, dada, sissy, what’s that, what say (what do they say), up, stuck, sish (fish)

• He LOVES animals. He asks what they are and then asks what they say.  He can make the sounds of a dog, lion, elephant, monkey, cow, and laughs every time I tell him a cat says meow instead of buff (woof).

• He is a sneaky little thing.  He loves to go behind Jason’s chair to get to the remotes and his phone and drink.  When we catch him and tell him to come out he falls to the floor and pretends to be asleep or he hides his face so that we can’t see him.  It is really hard not to laugh.

• He loves his sissy and his daddy, but he is a whole-hearted mama’s boy.  He fakes them out every once in a while and pretends like he wants them, but if I walk into a room he is all mine.  And I can’t say that I don’t love it!  He is my boy!

• We have already cut his hair once, but he has a head full of white-blond hair and the back is curly.  I think he is going to be like Caroline and I have straight on the top and curly in the back/on the bottom.  Sorry, guys!

• He is using utensils like a champ.  With Caroline I think we tried things too early and then they were frustrating with both of us, so we have paid a lot less attention to ‘when things are supposed to happen’.  So the other day Jason just handed Cam a fork to see what he could do and he stuck his food and put it right in his mouth like he has been doing it for years!

Now some pictures of my sweet 16 month old boy!

Digging a Frosty!

Crazy pants ‘helping’ with laundry!

When he gets bigger, this is how I will always remember his sweet face!

He is such a ham!  He got a new hat and mittens from Mimi and Papa and wore the mittens like socks for about half an hour!

Our boy is wide open, silly, crazy, smart, funny, and everything in between.  It is so much fun watching you grow and we are so proud to be your mommy and daddy!  We love you, Bubba!