Isaiah- 15 Months

This little sweetheart turned 15 months old last week. Feel free to pass this blog post up as I'm mostly writing it for my own memory's sake. And because I like lists, I'm just listing all the happenings here. 

In months 12-15 Isaiah: 

• Overcame an icky week-long stomach bug
• Enjoyed a visit from Lola, complete with yummy snacks to help his tummy recover 
• Learned to sign "eat" around 12 month. Around 15 months he also started saying "eeeeet" when he signs. He's quick to let us know when he's hungry! 
• Started waving bye-bye
• He loves to play "chase" with his Daddy. Josh says "Isaiah!" and runs to the other side of the house or up the stairs...Isaiah crawls (now runs!) to find him...Josh jumps around the corner....Isaiah screams in laughter. It's adorable. 
• He loves to dip foods, especially if everyone else at the table is dipping. A few of his favorites: hummus, yogurt, and ketchup 
• Gives high-fives
• Points to his ear when asked 
• Around 13 months he started getting on and off riding toys by himself 
• Making a "silly face" with his tongue out 
• New foods he's tried in the last 3 months are limitless but his favorites were: biscuits, ribs, olives, and ice cream 
• Loves to make towers out of blocks or cups and then tear them down 
• Night-weaned from nursing at 13 months and shortly after only started nursing twice a day (upon waking in the morning and before bed). 
• Right before his 15th month he began only nursing before bed and dropped the morning nursing. 
• Uses a fork and spoon just like a big kid. It's amazing how quickly he actually started getting things in his mouth. 
• One thing I've noticed about his personality is that he's quite cautious. He stops and assesses things before diving in. 
• Finally started walking around 13.5 months. Just in the last week he's really gotten steady and is walking more than crawling. 
• Went on 2 retreats with friends to cabins in the woods in the last 3 months. He loved the nature just like his mama and daddy. 
• Loves loves loves to throw balls 
• Has fun wearing shoes on his hands and walking around the house 
• Started pushing cars 
• Cut his top molars around 14 months 
• Started SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!! In his own bed! Around 14.5 months. He does still wake up around 5 many days to come to our bed for the last couple hours of the morning.
•   Grew the sweetest little curls in the back of his blond hair 
• Sweats like no one year old should 
• Says "cheese" for pictures 
• Loves to read the same books over and over and over and over and over. I'm not ashamed to say that I've hid books to keep from reading them the 100th time. He also thinks books must be read sitting in the lap of the reader. It's the sweetest. He often walks over with a book in hand grunting for me to pick him up and read. His favorites are counting books and any book with a picture of a dog. 
• Woofs like a dog any time he sees one or thinks of one. He really loves dogs. 
• Shakes his head "yes" when asked questions. If he wants to say no, he just whines :) 
•  Understands most everything we tell him even though he can't communicate much. It has amazed me how much a little one can comprehend. 
• Knows what he wants and when he wants it and likes to throw tantrums when he doesn't get it. Yikes.
• Starting say "night-night" last week 
• Can say "Pawpaw" and knows that it's my dad
• Started transitioning to 1 nap a day about 2 weeks ago. But right now, we're still taking 2 naps half the time. If we're out and about he'll stay awake and nap once but if we're home for the morning he typically naps. This is good for both mama and baby :)
• Fallen in love with our neighbors' 3 kids. He gets so excited to play with them! 
• Visited Mississippi a couple times to see grandparents. He really loves Pawpaw, Lola, Randaddy, and Naama!