I guess I should start with his personality -
He's still an emotional dude. It's nice for me because I see (and receive) so much affection from him. He's a hugger - the kind of hugs where he just grabs you and rests his head on you and makes contented noises. He just recently started giving kisses, which is SO adorable, but the only one I've ever actually seen him do it to so far is his sister - which may be even MORE adorable to me. He walks up to her sometimes and just hugs her and gives her a kiss and she completely eats it up. I have no experience with sister/brother relationships whatsoever so I have no idea what to expect but I'm hoping that they always stay close like this.
He laughs. SO much. It's so easy to get a smile or a laugh out of him. His new favorite thing is "this little piggy went to the market", he loves it and it's my new trick if he's pissed off while I'm changing his diaper. Speaking of being pissed off....
It goes both ways - super happy and then super pissed. I can see him getting frustrated because he can't express himself the way he needs to and he's literally throwing tantrums already - at 15 months.
He's super ticklish. He loves being tickled, to the point where he'll start tickling himself on the belly and any time he's tickling himself or being tickled by someone else, he tries to mimic the "tickle tickle tickle" sound and it just comes out as this drooly, lispy, tongue roll noise. I can't explain it, I really need to make sure I get it on video at some point because it's one of those things I'll look back on and really appreciate.
He gets into EVERYTHING. I literally don't sit down during the day anymore. He climbs into/onto/over/under/above anything, and he's fast. Also, his favorite things are power cords and outlets..lovely.
He has now turned into a full blown thumb-sucker. Justin and I both sucked our thumbs for an embarrassingly long period of time. We were hoping to avoid that with both kids by using the pacifier. Gwen was obsessed with it and we ended up waiting too long to take it away from her and, as a result, it caused her to stop napping when we took it away at 2.5 yrs. Because of that, we took Nathan's pacifiers away right around 1 yr old. It was a piece of cake because he never got really hooked on it like Gwen did. But then he started sucking his thumb at night and just recently, a lot during the day. It's kind of adorable because when he sucks his thumb, he also rubs his earlobe with his other hand. (not sure how adorable it will be when he's 12, though)
He's a man of very few words. Mama, No, Me, Dog, More, Dada(sometimes). Gwen was slow to start talking too, and now the girl doesn't stop. So i'm not too concerned about it. Per the Dr, 5-15 words is average at this age and she didn't seem concerned at all especially because his comprehension is very good.
His fine motor skills are very good for his age. The Dr made sure to tell me that when she walked into the room, as he was drawing all over the exam table paper (and himself) with a pen. The way he holds the pen in his fingers apparently is **ahem** advanced. Again, another similarity to his sis!
15 month stats -
Weight: 21lbs 2oz 26%
Height: 30in 13%
Head Circ: 18.5in 56%
Here he is - my sweet, sensitive, energetic, happy (and sometimes pissed, but mostly happy) guy! His eyes just pierce my heart and soul.
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